Mercedes-Benz’s subsequent EV is that this 7-seater EQS SUV

The subsequent all-electric Mercedes-Benz was revealed on Tuesday morning. It is known as the EQS SUV, and the identify says all of it—after releasing two sedans, the corporate’s newest electrical automobile might be a big SUV with as much as seven seats.

The EQS SUV will come to the US in two powertrain configurations. The cheaper of the 2 would be the single-motor, rear-wheel-drive EQS 450+, which generates 355 hp (256 kW) and 419 lb-ft (568 Nm). The extra highly effective EQS SUV is the twin-motor, all-wheel-drive EQS 580 4MATIC—this one packs a mixed 536 hp (400 kW) and 633 lb-ft (858 Nm) from its completely excited synchronous motors.

The one-motor and twin-motor EQS SUVs use a battery pack of the identical measurement, on this case, one with a useable 107.8 kWh. That ought to be adequate for a WLTP vary of greater than 373 miles (600 km)—an EPA vary estimate ought to observe because the EQS SUV will get nearer to arriving within the US towards the tip of 2022. Mercedes appears fairly certain of its battery, too; its guarantee covers 10 years and 155,000 miles (250,000 km) slightly than the industry-standard eight years or 100,000 miles (160,000 km).

The EQS SUV will DC fast-charge at as much as 200 kW, and Mercedes says it ought to take 31 minutes to go from 10-80 p.c state of cost if equipped with that a lot energy.

When the EQS sedan was revealed final 12 months, essentially the most eye-catching characteristic wasn’t its super-slippery drag coefficient; it was the huge 56-inch “Hyperscreen” for the automobile’s infotainment system. Unsurprisingly, this characteristic returns for the SUV model. The MBUX infotainment system is kind of good at minimizing distractions due to extraordinarily efficient pure language processing, however with eight CPU cores and 24GB of RAM, it has the facility to dazzle when it must.

In contrast to the EQS and smaller EQE sedans, the EQS SUV will not be inbuilt Europe. As a substitute, the SUV goes into manufacturing at Mercedes’ Tuscaloosa manufacturing unit in Alabama, with batteries made regionally at a brand new website in Bibb County, Alabama. Mercedes says that its versatile manufacturing system implies that the all-electric EQS SUV will run on the identical meeting line as its fashions with inner combustion engines.

Pricing ought to be revealed nearer to the EQS SUV arriving at dealerships.