2021 Mercedes-Benz EQS: A Preview Of Stuttgart’s Mannequin S And Taycan Fighter (Up to date With Official Video)

Mercedes-Benz is on a roll with their electrified EQ sub-brand. They’ve already launched the EQV and EQC with 10 extra fashions but to return.

Nevertheless, one mannequin of specific curiosity is its flagship EV, referred to as the EQS. Consider it because the S-Class of EVs.

So, what can we anticipate when it comes to design, underpinnings, and efficiency? Let’s take a spy-shot based mostly, illustrated sneak-peak earlier than these covers are formally lifted later this 12 months.

Sensual Styling

Whereas the S-Class is a conventional three-box sedan, the EQS adopts a cab-forward, lift-back model silhouette with curvaceous bodywork devoid of sharp, aggressive creases. There’s a reminiscent mixture of CLS and EQC within the entrance finish, with trapezoidal LED headlights and a pretend grille panel.

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Maybe essentially the most dramatic view is its facet profile – a smooth, egg-shaped greenhouse coupled with frameless home windows gives the look that it’s able to pounce. To this author’s thoughts, it even appears decrease and sleeker than the four-door AMG GT. On the rear, it’s all about lift-back practicality mixed with smooth LED taillights and, curiously, fake exhaust cutouts.

Luxurious Lodging

Because the flagship of Mercedes-Benz’s electrical automobile vary, anticipate the inside to be much more luxurious and technologically superior than that of the S-Class. As an EV, one benefit over its ICE-powered sibling (other than the absence of noise by the engine) is in inside packaging, so the EQS will present extra occupant area inside a CLS-sized footprint.

Mercedes-Benz EQS idea examine inside

Mercedes has already launched a number of CGI renders and sketches of what’s extensively believed to be the Frankfurt Motor Present-bound EQS examine’s inside, describing it as “a glimpse into the not-so-distant future.” In different phrases, it’s a very futuristic imaginative and prescient designed to attract consideration from show-goers, but it surely does give us a good suggestion of the styling route it is going to observe on the manufacturing automobile.

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As with the upcoming S-Class, the EQS will function a large MBUX-powered touchscreen coupled to auxiliary shows and a number of infotainment and semi-autonomous driving help options. Together with customizable LED ambient lighting, there’ll be an enormous array of storage cubbies and therapeutic massage capabilities for entrance and rear occupants.

The Mercedes-Benz EQS Idea has a luxurious four-seat structure

Platform And Powertrain

The EQS will sit on a very new platform referred to as MEA2 (Mercedes Electrical Structure 2). Opposite to conjecture, that is completely different to the underpinnings of the EQC SUV,which occurs to be an adaptation of the MHA platform that additionally helps ICE automobiles.

While precise numbers are but to be revealed, we anticipate the EQS to function all-wheel-drive, with an electrical motors on every axle. Whole mixed energy will doubtless exceed the EQC’s 402 HP and 564 lb-ft of torque, with a variety north of 300 miles (~480 km) on a single cost. DC fast-charging will allow the battery to achieve an 80 p.c cost in 40 minutes.

Mercedes will present an EQS examine in Frankfurt

Rivals And Reveal

The EQS will compete towards the likes of Tesla’s well-known, albeit ageing Mannequin S (although we must always level out that Mercedes is rumored to be readying a smaller EQE electrical sedan priced instantly towards the Mannequin S), Porsche’s new Taycan, Audi e-tron GT, Jaguar’s next-generation XJ EV and, probably, an in-house rival within the type of a hybrid-electric variant of the following S-Class.

Porsche not too long ago revealed the manufacturing Taycan EV

Stuttgart plans to preview the EQS with a examine at subsequent week’s Frankfurt Motor Present, earlier than introducing the manufacturing model later subsequent 12 months, with gross sales to observe shortly after.

UPDATE: Mercedes-Benz has simply launched the primary teaser video of the Imaginative and prescient EQS idea, which you’ll view proper beneath.

A long-lasting magnificence that strikes you. First particulars of our imaginative and prescient of sustainable trendy luxurious. The all-electric Mercedes-Benz VISION EQS reside in Frankfurt on September 10th, 2019.
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