Mercedes-Benz EQE SUV teased forward of imminent reveal

The worldwide premiere of the following Mercedes-Benz EQ electrical mannequin is simply days away now, with the German carmaker teasing the automotive one final time.

The Mercedes-Benz EQE SUV and its high-performance Mercedes-AMG EQE SUV counterpart will each debut at an artwork set up activation in Paris on October 17 at 5AM AEDT.

The 2 EQE SUVs will seem alongside the whole vary of EQ electrical automobiles provided by Mercedes-Benz and Mercedes-AMG.

The most recent teaser picture of the EQE SUV offers a shadowy glimpse of its entrance finish, with styling extraordinarily just like that of the bigger EQS SUV.

We’ve beforehand seen camouflaged prototypes of each the Mercedes-Benz EQE SUV and Mercedes-AMG EQE SUV that present a mushy, spherical, and virtually blobby design like that of the EQS, EQE, and EQS SUV.

This front-on teaser picture builds on a earlier set of official inside photographs of the EQE SUV that confirmed it’s a five-seater and will probably be accessible with the MBUX Hyperscreen.

Mercedes-Benz refers back to the EQE SUV because the “multi-purpose variant” of the EQE sedan, and it serves as an all-electric different to the interior combustion-powered GLE.

The EQE SUV would be the fourth mannequin constructed on Mercedes-Benz’s devoted Electrical Automobile Structure (EVA), following the EQS, EQE, and EQS SUV.

It’s anticipated the EQE SUV will mirror the drivetrain and battery specs of the present EQE sedan.

Presently, the mid-sized electrical sedan is on the market in EQE 350 guise with a 215kW electrical motor driving the rear wheels.

Subsequent step up is the AMG EQE 43 4Matic, which has two electrical motors, all-wheel drive, and whole system outputs of 250kW and 858Nm.

The flagship AMG EQE 53 4Matic+ sedan can be powered by a dual-motor all-wheel drive powertrain however produces whole system outputs of 505kW and 1000Nm of torque with the AMG Dynamic Plus package deal chosen.

All EQE sedan fashions, at current, include a 90.6kWh lithium-ion battery pack that, based on WLTP testing, has a driving vary of between 518km and 660km, relying on the variant.

Anticipate rather less vary from the EQE SUV, because the EQS SUV has much less vary than the EQS liftback due partly to its extra upright, much less aerodynamic physique.

It’s unclear what the size of the EQE SUV will probably be at this stage, however count on it to be round 5 metres lengthy, because the EQE sedan is 4946mm lengthy and the bigger EQS SUV is 5125mm lengthy.

The Mercedes-Benz EQE SUV will probably be constructed alongside the EQS SUV on the German automaker’s Tuscaloosa, Alabama plant alongside the GLS and GLE, and use batteries produced at a “state-of-the-art manufacturing facility in Bibb County”.

This ramp-up of battery manufacturing follows Mercedes-Benz’s announcement that it’ll go all-electric by 2030, wherever market situations enable.

The Mercedes-Benz EQE SUV might turn out to be a essential mannequin for the German model as manufacturing of the present EQC is reportedly ending in 2023.

The EQC is the model’s first electrical automobile from the EQ household and is derived from the previous-generation GLC.

It’s unclear if there’s going to be a second-generation EQC as of but, which might imply the EQE SUV may need to choose up the slack earlier than a second-generation mannequin launches.

From 2025, Mercedes-Benz will launch three all-electric architectures. The principle platform will probably be MB.EA, which is able to underpin all medium to massive automobiles.

This will probably be complemented by AMG.EA for efficiency vehicles, and VAN.EA that can kind the premise for vans and light-weight industrial automobiles.

Mercedes-Benz may even debut the “electric-first” MMA small automotive platform in 2024.

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