The Hyperscreen houses three displays that appear to merge into one. If you’ve sat in the latest S-Class you’ll recognise some familiar elements in the EQS’s superbly crafted cabin, but its whizz-bang (optional) Hyperscreen – an expansive curved glass screen that stretches right across the dashboard – provides an immediate point of differentiation. The estimated charging costs per charging stop are also calculated. This bodes well for its day-to-day usability, although we’ll reserve final judgement until we’re able to subject the EQS to an extended road test on home soil.Įfficiency is further optimised via ‘Navigation with Electric Intelligence’, which plans the fastest and most convenient route, including charging stops, based on numerous factors and reacts dynamically to traffic jams or a change in driving style, for example.Ī new feature of the EQS is a visualisation in the MBUX (Mercedes-Benz User Experience) infotainment system showing whether the available battery capacity is sufficient to return to the starting point without charging.Ĭharging stations along the route that have been added manually are given preference in the route calculation. At home or at public charging stations, the EQS can be charged with up to 22kW with AC using the on-board charger.
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The EQS can be charged with up to 200kW at fast-charging stations with direct current, enabling 300km of range to be added with a 15-minute zap.
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The in-house-developed battery management software allows updates over the air (OTA), which means the energy management system remains up to date throughout the lifecycle. Housed under the passenger cell is a new-generation battery pack that Mercedes claims has a significantly higher energy density than is the case with any existing EV. In fact, the bonnet doesn’t open at all, so the only access point up front is via a flap on the front left fender to enable top-ups of the windscreen washer bottle. This isn’t the case as a massive HEPA filter that channels pristine air to the cabin resides under there.
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Given the absence of a combustion engine up front, you could well assume there’d be some storage space under the bonnet.
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Its slipperiness through the air is part of the secret to a claimed range of 780km on a full charge for the EQS 450+, as well as benchmark-setting silence and refinement. The EQS has been subjected to a barrage of wind-tunnel tests and simulations, and the result of this is a record-setting (for a production car) drag coefficient of 0.20Cd, aided by retractable door handles that sit flush with the door panels when the car is locked. A low centre of gravity means the EQS hides its substantial mass well, but more on this later too. More on this later.Īs with all electric vehicles, the weighty battery pack makes for hefty girth, with the EQS 450+ tipping the scales at a lardy 2480kg (EC weight) and the EQS 580 4MATIC coming in at a Toyota LandCruiser-rivalling 2585kg. Mercedes-Benz quotes a 0-100km/h split of 4.3sec and top speed of 210km/h for the EQS 580 4MATIC, and while these aren’t Tesla-bashing numbers, it feels rapid enough in the real world. The two motors eke out 385kW (135kW on the front axle and 250kW on the rear) and 855Nm – compared with peak outputs of 370kW and 700Nm for the upcoming V8-powered S580 L 4MATIC. Take a look at Luda’s tour of the EQS below.The range-topping EQS 580 4MATIC is equipped with dual motors – one each for the front and rear axle – and hence the 4MATIC (Merc-speak for AWD) suffix. With many automotive brands looking to go fully electric by the end of this decade, more and more car owners are looking to get their hands on an EV themselves. Though the EQS is expected to hit the market later this year, Mercedes-Benz recently announced that it is planning on another electric C-Class car for the U.S. Luda equates the experience to Fast & Furious and is in awe of the technological advances of the electric vehicle. The EQS screen spans across the width of the dashboard and allows passengers to listen to different music to the driver, and even watch what they want comfortably from the passenger seat. But it’s not a video game, it’s real life.
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Ludacris shows off the EQS’s massive dashboard screen and is evidently taken aback by its capabilities, “I feel like I’m about to play a video game. It is I.” The rapper shares his excitement, giving fans an intimate tour of the car from the perspective of the driver’s seat.
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Ludacris can be heard saying, “First fully-electric Mercedes Benz, and who gets to test drive it first? It is I who gets to test it out first.