Mercedes is lastly bringing its electrical flagship SUV to China. The corporate is planning to formally debut the EQS SUV on February 14 and apparently the automotive will show its prowess by driving throughout a snowy discipline through the launch occasion.
Whereas North America and Europe have been having fun with the Mercedes EQS SUV for some time, China solely had the Mercedes EQS on sale. The corporate hasn’t confirmed but which variations will probably be out there however the clients can have a selection between 5 and seven-seat configurations.
Each the EQS and EQS SUV share the identical EV platform and have an identical wheelbase of three,210 mm however surprisingly it’s the EQS that’s longer. It has an extended rear overhang whereas the EQS SUV compensates with a a lot greater peak of 1,718 mm which is 20 cm greater than that of the sedan.
There are extra variations underneath the pores and skin of each of the vehicles. Regardless of the 2 sharing the 450+ designation, their energy outputs are barely completely different – 245 kW within the EQS and 265 kW within the EQS SUV. This was finished to compensate for the burden distinction between the 2 vehicles however the torque is stored on the identical stage of 568 Nm.
The shorter however taller EQS SUV pays for its bulk in a shorter vary of 664 km in comparison with 730 km that its sibling EQS can obtain in line with WLTP. The burden penalty of almost 200 kg is answerable for barely slower acceleration as properly – 6.7 seconds to 100 km/h from a standstill remains to be spectacular in a virtually 3 metric ton automobile.
The efficiency hole narrows down for the 580 4MATIC variations of each vehicles – EQS SUV has 544 hp in comparison with 523 hp within the EQS which is quicker solely by 0.3 seconds from 0 to 100 km/h. EQS wins on the vary as properly with 681 km towards the 602 km that EQS SUV manages. The burden distinction is even greater right here – EQS SUV suggestions the scales at a whopping 2,810 kg whereas the sedan weighs 2,585 kg.
The costs for the Chinese language market haven’t been introduced but. The corporate has loads of competitors in the marketplace already. Tesla launched its Mannequin X in China just lately, then there’s Nio withs its ES7 and ES6 fashions which declare greater than 50 p.c share of all electrical SUV gross sales within the nation.
