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Continuing design of EQ family, twin-motor all-wheel drive layout, a brief analysis of highlights of Mercedes-Benz EQE SUV.

2023/08/06Magazines

Attentive friends will find that over past two years, Mercedes-Benz has developed rapidly in field of purely electric vehicles. In just two years, company has launched numerous EQ series products covering several market segments. , and on October 17, new Mercedes-Benz QEQ electric SUV and new Mercedes-AMG EQE electric SUV officially debuted worldwide.

Continuing design of EQ family, twin-motor all-wheel drive layout, a brief analysis of highlights of Mercedes-Benz EQE SUV.

In terms of appearance, Mercedes-Benz EQE SUV also follows design style of Mercedes-Benz EQ family, and advantage of this is that it can greatly reduce research and development costs of new vehicles and shorten research and development cycle.There are many eye-catching places, such as dark night star array closed grille on front, and LED strips are added on top to connect with headlights on both sides to form a penetrating light group, which can increase visibility of front of car in width.

Continuing design of EQ family, twin-motor all-wheel drive layout, a brief analysis of highlights of Mercedes-Benz EQE SUV.

In addition, new car is also equipped with 2.6 million pixel intelligent digital headlights, and its intelligence is that it can actively adjust light speed distribution according to actual road conditions to achieve best lighting effect. and when vehicle is unlocked or locked Sometimes, an exclusive meteor shower light effect will also be displayed. It is worth noting that this configuration is only available in special version of EQE, and it should only appear in high-end version or even an additional list in future.

Continuing design of EQ family, twin-motor all-wheel drive layout, a brief analysis of highlights of Mercedes-Benz EQE SUV.

The shape of side of car also continues fluid design style. The overall shape is round and full, which looks quite powerful. In addition to hidden door handle design, new car also features a set of high-rise multi-frame wheels. The dimensions of new car are 4863/1940/1686mm, and wheelbase is 3030mm. It can be seen that positioning of new car is also between SUV EQB and EQS.

Continuing design of EQ family, twin-motor all-wheel drive layout, a brief analysis of highlights of Mercedes-Benz EQE SUV.

The design of tail is basically same as EQE, but after enlargement, it also makes it more rounded and plump, and uses LED taillight group through-through design, and the overall recognition is also very high. .

Continuing design of EQ family, twin-motor all-wheel drive layout, a brief analysis of highlights of Mercedes-Benz EQE SUV.

From interior point of view, interior of Mercedes-Benz EQE SUV is basically same as EQE sedan version, except that after performance upgrade, it will be better in terms of headroom, but it's like a huge 56-inch Hyperscreen While sold as an option, regular version features same S-Class 12.8-inch vertical screen but has brand new MBUX man-machine system built in and a Burmester 3D surround sound system with Dolby Atmos awaits.

Continuing design of EQ family, twin-motor all-wheel drive layout, a brief analysis of highlights of Mercedes-Benz EQE SUV.

In terms of power, Mercedes-Benz EQE SUV is also based on EVA platform. This time he also released three versions: 350+, 350 4MATIC and 500 4MATIC. -motor version with max power 215kw, max torque 565Nm, and max WLTP endurance 590km, 350 4MATIC adds a front motor, total motor power is still 215kw, but max torque is increased to 765Nm, and max range WLTP is 558 km, while 500 4MATIC version has a maximum power of 300 kW, maximum torque of 858 Nm and a maximum WLTP range of 547 km.

Continuing design of EQ family, twin-motor all-wheel drive layout, a brief analysis of highlights of Mercedes-Benz EQE SUV.

In addition, new car is equipped with AIRMATIC air suspension, which meets the higher requirements of consumers for driving.

Continuing design of EQ family, twin-motor all-wheel drive layout, a brief analysis of highlights of Mercedes-Benz EQE SUV.

At same time, new all-electric Mercedes-AMG EQE SUV was released. The new car almost adopts a sportier design in appearance, but overall outline is basically same as regular version.

Continuing design of EQ family, twin-motor all-wheel drive layout, a brief analysis of highlights of Mercedes-Benz EQE SUV.

In terms of power, new car also has a twin-engine layout, among which AMG EQE 43 4MATIC SUV has a maximum power of 350 kW, a maximum torque of 858 Nm, an acceleration from 100 km in 4.3 seconds, and a maximum range of 488 km by WLTP; while AMG EQE 53 4MATIC+ SUV has a maximum output of 460 kW and a maximum torque of 950 Nm, and optional AMG DYAMIC PLUS kit can reach 687 hp. and torque of 1000 Nm, and acceleration from 100 km/h in just 3.5 seconds.

Summary

If you count these two SUV models that have just completed their debut, Mercedes-Benz already has 11 electric vehicles, which can be considered first luxury brand on market to complete a product line. It may well complement product. Mercedes-Benz gap in high-end market. I believe that its appearance will also have a certain impact on style of pure electric models of high-tech brands with new power that are currently being sold. The domestic version of EQE SUV has also been completed by Ministry of Industry and Information Technology. Apply for a job and it will be mass-produced in China next year, so it is still worth waiting for.