What sort of automobile is the 2022 Mercedes-Benz EQS? What does it examine to?

Mercedes swings huge with the EQS electrical car that’s billed because the eventual successor to the ultra-posh S-Class sedan, with a completely electrical powertrain and a futuristic inside. Rivals at this degree of electrical luxurious (and value) are few, and embrace the Lucid Air and the Tesla Mannequin S.

Is the 2022 Mercedes-Benz EQS automobile?

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Very a lot so. It earns a TCC Score of 8.0 out of 10, with its in depth options (each elective and commonplace), 350 miles of electrical vary, and opulent inside main the way in which. (Learn extra about how we charge automobiles.)

What’s new for the 2022 Mercedes-Benz EQS?

Every part is new for this all-new mannequin, beginning with its platform. The EQS rides on the Mercedes Modular Structure (MMA), which can underpin most of the forthcoming EQ electrical autos from Mercedes. What’s on high of that’s eye-catching, largely due to its form. Mercedes began with the purpose of a 0.20 coefficient of drag, the bottom of any manufacturing automobile, and designed the outside round that purpose. Wheels vary from 20- to 21-inches in a big selection of futuristic designs.

If you’re sitting contained in the EQS nonetheless, the awkward proportions don’t matter as a result of the inside is a beautiful, technological tour-de-force. A 12.8-inch portrait-style touchscreen lifted from the S-Class comes commonplace in 450+ fashions, however the out there MBUX Hyperscreen transforms the entrance of the cabin right into a digital playscape (it’s commonplace on the 580). 

Behind a single pane of glass that stretches throughout the dashboard are three screens: two 12.3-inch shows for the driving force and passenger flank a 17.7-inch display within the center. The screens are powered by a tweaked model of MBUX that includes a “zero layer” within the middle display, so known as as a result of the system will study your preferences and current the objects that could be of curiosity as small home windows so you may entry generally used capabilities on the highest layer of the display with out going into any menus in any respect.

The inside supplies match the posh commonplace set by the S-Class, with a number of varieties of out there leathers in a wide range of hues. The entrance seats aren’t automobile seats as a lot as thrones with the entire heating/cooling/massaging options you could possibly think about. 

The EQS is obtainable in 450+ and 580 configurations, with the rear-wheel-drive 450+ that includes a single 245-kw rear motor that pumps out 329 hp and 419 lb-ft of torque. Leap as much as the all-wheel-drive 580 so as to add a second, front-mounted 140-kw motor that bumps whole output as much as 516 hp and 631 lb-ft. Each use the identical 107.8-kwh battery pack mounted beneath the ground. Regardless of the added weight and the additional motor on the 580, its EPA vary estimate of 340 miles stays near the 350 miles of vary on the 450+.

The EQS can fast cost at as much as 200 kw, the place it’s out there. When charging at 110 kw, it takes about half-hour to fill the battery from 10-80%. On a Degree 2 wall charger, it takes 11 hours to cost utterly from 10%.

The EQS comes with all of Mercedes’ security options and superior driver aids commonplace, together with adaptive cruise management, lively lane management, blindspot displays, and automated emergency braking.

How a lot does the 2022 Mercedes-Benz EQS value?

The 450+ begins at $103,360 (together with vacation spot costs), with the 580 beginning at $120,160. As anticipated, commonplace gear is substantial with heated and cooled entrance seats, leather-based upholstery, a panoramic sunroof, Burmester 3D sound system, a surround-view digicam system, lively parking help, and 20-inch wheels. The 580 provides on the Hyperscreen and 21-inch wheels as commonplace gear.

The place is the 2022 Mercedes-Benz EQS made?

The EQS is in-built Sindelfingen, Germany.