BERLIN — Mercedes-Benz is about to drop the EQ product model for battery-electric vehicles as quickly as the subsequent technology of compact vehicles, set to be available on the market from the tip of 2024, German day by day Handelsblatt mentioned on Thursday, citing firm sources.
The choice relies on Chief Govt Ola Kaellenius’ give attention to electric-only vehicles, making the EQ model redundant as Mercedes turns away from the combustion engine, Handelsblatt cited the sources as saying.
The German carmaker now markets its all-electric mannequin sequence beneath the EQ model, first introduced in 2016, with its first mannequin, the EQC electrical SUV, launched in 2019.
A spokesperson for Mercedes’ EQ merchandise mentioned the model is a crucial pillar within the carmaker’s electromobility technique.
“With the aim of our mother or father model Mercedes-Benz changing into absolutely electrical by the tip of the last decade, we are going to adapt the positioning of the automobiles and thus additionally using the model in step with the instances, however it’s too early for particulars on this in the meanwhile,” mentioned the spokesperson.
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