Articles tagged "Mercedes"

If you're in the UK and have been craving a Mercedes EQE SUV ever since it was announced last year, we bring you great news - you can now order one. Prices start at £90,560. For that amount of cash you're getting the EQE 350 4MATIC in the AMG Line...

Mercedes is bringing its electric van eSprinter to the US first with a hope of taking on Ford E-Transit and taking some of its customers away. The van will be manufactured in Charleston, South Carolina, in order to take advantage of the new EV tax...

Mercedes is planning to update all of its electric cars with the latest drivetrain technology to improve their range. First up are the EQE, EQS and EQS SUV and the cars with new drivetrain are supposed to start rolling off the production line this...

Mercedes is finally bringing its electric flagship SUV to China. The company is planning to officially debut the EQS SUV on February 14 and apparently the car will demonstrate its prowess by driving across a snowy field during the launch...

American nonprofit consumer organization Consumer Reports (CR) is out with a new ranking of active driving assistance systems, and despite what its brand may have you believe, Tesla's Autopilot is nowhere near the top. The winner this time around...

EV names, and EV branding in general, has been quite the hot mess throughout the industry these past few years. Mercedes has been one of the least worst offenders in this area, though. While "EQ" isn't the best brand around, the way it was used made...

Three major German manufactures posted their consolidated reports for the entire 2022 and they all tell a similar story. VW, Audi and Mercedes-Benz saw a sharp increase in the number of EVs sold, while their ICE vehicle sales...

As some of you may have heard, Mercedes-Benz has been granted regulatory approval to begin testing its Level 3 autonomous driving technology on Nevada roads. This marks a significant milestone for the company, as it is the first automobile...

Mercedes-Benz is planning to roll out a worldwide network of over 10,000 charging stations for electric vehicles, starting with North America before expanding to China, Europe and other regions. The first stations are expected to be built in the US...

Samsung electronics has a new EVP and Head of the Mobile Experience (MX) Design team – Hubert H. Lee. Previously, Lee was at Mercedes-Benz for over two decades and most recently was Chief Design Officer of Mercedes-Benz China. As a leader of the...

Mercedes has opened up pre-orders for the EQE SUV in Europe, but it hasn't disclosed any delivery dates just yet. The first available model will be the AMG EQE 43 4MATIC SUV in Germany, starting from €124,921. The models to follow are the...

Mercedes-Benz had already revealed its plans to go fully electric by the end of this decade, but today's announcement puts it one step closer. The carmaker shared its powertrain and battery production network worldwide, demonstrating its ability to...

Rivian and Mercedes only signed the memorandum of Understanding in September of this year and the two companies were going to explore building electric commercial vehicles in Europe. That plan is out the window now with Rivian changing its course...

One of the concerns that comes up often in discussions about EVs is battery degradation. Since these are lithium based batteries, naturally some degradation will occur over time - and result in loss of capacity. We know this well from the smartphone...

Mercedes-Benz pledged to go fully electric by the end of this decade, where market conditions allow. As part of this plan, the Stuttgart-Untertürkheim plant will double its production of EV-related parts by 2024. As of now, the plant is...

Mercedes EQT is a small, electric MPV that shares its underpinnings with Renault Kangoo E-Tech, Nissan Townstar EV and Opel (Vauxhall) Combo e-life. All the vehicles are produced at the same factory in France and only differ slightly from each...

Mercedes-Benz is gearing up to launch the updated version of its electric van eSprinter. The official launch is happening some time in February of the next year, but since this is an update and not a new vehicle, there are only some details the...

After Mercedes launched the subscription-requiring power update for its EQE and EQS models, the company explained it has no plans to launch the service in Europe. The simple reason - because it is illegal. According to Mercedes there are legal...

Subscription business models are tempting and everyone wants to be the next Netflix or Amazon Prime - unfortunately that includes the automakers. While some subscriptions make sense, charging a monthly fee for heated seats got BMW a lot of flack....

This has to be a world’s first - Mercedes is cutting prices of its cars due to low sales numbers. The Chinese customers are having the best Black Friday ever with some models of EQE and EQS getting substantial price reductions. Mercedes went...