The Mercedes-Benz EQS has the potential to shake up the posh sedan market and Jay Leno just lately had the chance to take a look at the progressive EV.

Throughout the video, Leno spoke with Sylvain Wehrnert, the vice chairman of design for Mercedes-Benz North America. The EQS is the automaker’s first luxurious EV constructed from the bottom up and acts as a rival to the Lucid Air and Tesla Mannequin S, despite the fact that the Tesla has a better deal with efficiency and isn’t as luxurious.

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As Wehrnert is a designer, a lot of the evaluate focuses on the outside design of the automobile which Mercedes tried to make as aerodynamically environment friendly as potential, serving to it to slice by way of the air. Leno and Wehrnert then head into the cabin of the EQS the place we get an outline of a number of the intriguing options discovered within the 56-inch Hyperscreen that encompasses your complete dashboard. Admittedly, Leno does appear a little bit confused concerning the want for a number of the options accessible by way of the Hyperscreen however as a chunk of design, it’s fairly unbelievable.

In direction of the tip of the evaluate, Leno heads out onto the street to drive the EQS. Throughout the evaluate, he reveals that he had the automobile for 4 or 5 days, giving him loads of time to get conversant in it. He says it’s quick and drives fantastically and refers to it as the primary all-electric purpose-built luxurious automobile.

Pricing particulars for the EQS haven’t been introduced for the U.S. market but, however a few months in the past, it was confirmed that consumers will obtain two years of complimentary charging at Electrify America stations.