What? Mercedes Debuts 2020 EQC All Electric SUV With The Worst Range In Class

Earlier today, Mercedes premiered its first-ever production fully electric SUV, the Mercedes-Benz EQC. It boasts 402 horsepower and 564 lb-ft of torque, which is impressive, but the EQC’s range seems to leave a lot to be desired.

The official Mercedes-Benz press release lists the EQC’s range at “up to 200 miles,” which falls pretty far short of the Tesla Model X 75D’s claimed 237 miles of range, the Jaguar I-Pace’s claimed 240 miles of range, and wouldn’t even keep up with the 2019 Hyundai Kona EV or Chevy Bolt. It’s bad. It’s really bad.
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malba2367 - 9/5/2018 10:21:17 AM

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This is probably what the upcoming GLE will look like...

carsnyc - 9/5/2018 10:34:46 AM

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Which is not a bad thing. This video also shows the interior and I think they have a winner.

Video link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7pHOLSq2cQ

rockreid - 9/5/2018 11:50:37 AM

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Strike 1, a whiff and a miss by Mercedes. I’m sure they will do better in a few years but it just goes to show making, sourcing, and delivering an EV in the real world is a whole different ball game than an ICE. Tesla’s reveal of the Model Y small SUV is coming soon, and you can bet the competiton will be left ever further behind the 8 ball as we see with this EV Benz. We haven’t even begun to even talk about a firm out the door price on the competition. Remember that units produced will likely be severely limited and since the old car makers like Mercedes, Jaguar, and Audi still use a dealer network individual dealers will be jacking up prices like other limited vehicles. Tesla sells direct, no price gouging on the sales floor.

TomM - 9/5/2018 12:11:51 PM

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Mercedes has reported to change that range figure to 450KM -which is 279 miles - saying the originally reported figure was not correct.

ilovecar2015 - 9/5/2018 12:13:47 PM

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Overall decent looking car, but why front has to look like Prius Prime, and back like Lincoln MKX?

SanJoseDriver - 9/5/2018 12:39:19 PM

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Think the only thing they have going against the iPace is the Mercedes brand. Size-wise, like every other electric SUV this is a Model Y competitor. Also, for a ground-up EV they were very lazy with the design--where is the front trunk??

cidflekken - 9/5/2018 3:03:36 PM

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What was Benz thinking with that grille, mainly in the all-chrome finish? It's not sleek. It's not attractive. It's not modern. It makes the entire front-end look clunky, odd for an EV product.

xjug1987a - 9/5/2018 3:10:28 PM

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whew.... ugly...

skytop - 9/5/2018 7:47:04 PM

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The MB wheels need more confusion and complexity. The front end need to look more like the Prius that it is copying.

qwertyfla1 - 9/5/2018 7:52:31 PM

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Merc is capable of so much more. This is disappointing and seems like a half ass attempt to bring something to market quickly.

ColMosby - 9/6/2018 2:39:13 PM

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Autospies is mistaken - the original spec release was in error. anyone who knows anything about electric cars would have known this - the car has an 80kWhr battery pack , larger than the base Tesla Model Y and most certianly will not weigh more than the Model Y, which means that a "200 mile driving range" cannot
possibly be correct. The real number is, in actuality, around 290 miles.

hangtime010 - 9/6/2018 2:43:14 PM

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No it wasn't Autospies that made the mistake, it was M-B and they released a statement regarding their error.
M-B says that their EQC has a range of 279 miles or 449 km.
https://www.msn.com/en-ca/autos/news/mercedes-misspoke-issues-corrected-eqc-range-estimate-279-miles/ar-BBMXeGF?li=AAggFp0

hangtime010 - 9/7/2018 9:36:14 AM

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This is prime example of folks on this site only wanting to complain & criticize the majority of the time.
When the news was that the EQC had a range of only 200 miles, it was all negative. Now that M-B corrected their error in the estimate, nothing.