The Mercedes-Benz EQS 580, the posh automaker’s flagship electrical sedan, started arriving at dealerships this month and can begin at $144,200, earlier than delivery.

The EQS sedan is Mercedes-Benz’s totally electrical rival to the Tesla Mannequin S. The corporate didn’t instantly say how a lot supply will price.

The automobile is powered by a 107.8-kilowatt-hour battery that delivers as much as 547 km of vary, based mostly on U.S. EPA testing.

It’s able to being charged with as much as 200 kilowatts at fast-charging stations with direct present, which may cost from 10 per cent to 80 per cent in roughly 31 minutes. 

The sedan has sports activities car-like efficiency, delivering as much as 516 hp and with a 0-to-60 mph time — or 0-to-96 km/h — of as much as 4.1 seconds.

Rear-axle steering — able to a steering angle of as much as 10 levels — permits the greater than 17-foot-long sedan to have the maneuverability of a compact automobile. 

Inside, the cockpit is anchored by a 56-inch curved high-resolution “Hyperscreen” that stretches from A-pillar to A-pillar and combines three screens — a 17.7-inch centre show flanked by a pair of 12.3-inch screens.

Autos additionally come outfitted with the newest technology of MBUX, which stands for Mercedes-Benz Person Expertise, the automaker’s superior multimedia infotainment system that makes use of synthetic intelligence. It now gives an intuitive new zero-layer idea guaranteeing key purposes are at all times on the prime stage of the display screen in order that the driving force now not must scroll via submenus or give voice instructions to entry generally used purposes. 

The EQS, filled with as much as 350 sensors, boasts good tech and spacious shows.

The EQS is constructed on a brand new electrical car platform known as EVA2.

Mercedes plans to launch three new all-electric car platforms in 2025 and arrange eight battery factories with companions, the corporate mentioned in a method replace in mid-2021.

“This milestone signifies the start of the Mercedes-EQ period in Canada,” Mercedes-Benz Canada CEO Eva Wiese mentioned in an announcement. 

She known as the EQS “the primary of what’s going to be an unbelievable lineup of Mercedes-EQ automobiles coming to our market.”

”We stay up for persevering with the exhausting work we’ve began with all of our supplier companions as we execute Mercedes-Benz Canada’s transition to ‘electrical solely’ within the years to come back,” Wiese mentioned.

With information from Automotive Information and Automotive Information Europe.