Mercedes-Benz has utilized to trademark the EQA nameplate in the USA, hinting that the EQA electrical compact crossover offered abroad could ultimately be offered right here as effectively.

A trademark software was filed with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Workplace on April 5, timing that traces up with a deliberate refresh of the EQA for the 2024 mannequin 12 months. Camouflaged prototypes of the 2024 EQA have been noticed testing just lately.

The EQA was launched in 2021, however is getting an replace as a result of the older GLA-Class on which it is based mostly has already obtained its conventional mid-cycle replace for 2024. The GLA-Class is now the entry-level mannequin in Mercedes’ U.S. lineup following the demise of the A-Class after 2022.

If it involves the U.S., the EQA would develop into the entry-level Mercedes EV for this market. Simply because the GLA-Class slots under the marginally bigger GLB-Class, the EQA would sit under the EQB, which can be due for a 2024-model-year replace, within the EQ electrical lineup.

The U.S. trademark software solely lists the EQA nameplate, however there’s an opportunity this mannequin shall be rebranded an EQA SUV in at the least some markets, following the nomenclature Mercedes makes use of for the EQE SUV and EQS SUV. The change would additionally unlock the EQA identify for an electrical compact sedan beneath improvement, though it is unclear if that mannequin will come to the U.S.

The compact sedan is predicted to debut Mercedes’ new MMA platform, which is designed to help each hybrid and all-electric automobiles, and can ultimately function the muse for all the automaker’s compact fashions. Even when the EQA crossover would not come right here, we could get a future model based mostly on the MMA platform if Mercedes follows by means of on its plan to go full electrical by 2030.