Mercedes-Benz has confirmed the expansion of its electric car range with six new models. The EQS, the all-electric member in the new S-Class range, will arrive on the market in 2021. The EQS is the first to use the new electric architecture for electric vehicles of the luxury and executive segment at Mercedes-Benz.
With the EQE business saloon and the SUV variants of EQS and EQE, further models based on the new architecture will follow soon after.
Christoph Starzynski, Vice-President Electric Vehicle Architecture at Mercedes-Benz and responsible for the EQ vehicles, says: “The EQS has already piled up far more than two million test kilometres from the heat of South Africa to the cold of Northern Sweden.”
He adds: “The EQS will be the S-Class of electric vehicles. That is why it is undergoing the same demanding development program as any other vehicle that has the privilege of proudly bearing the three-pointed star. In addition, there were quite a few tests specifically for electric cars that cover important development priorities such as range, charging and efficiency.”
As part of its ‘Ambition 2039’ initiative, Mercedes-Benz is working on offering a CO2-neutral new car fleet less than 20 years from now. The company wants electrically powered cars including all-electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles to account for more than half of its sales already by 2030.
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