An S class that is not one: Daimler plans one electric car the luxury class that should be equal to the E-Class. The automobile will be the top model of the EQ range and not an electrified version of the existing S-Class.
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April 9, 2018, 10:13 am
Concept EQA from Mercedes (at the IAA 2017): Top model of the EQ series could come on the market in 2020.
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The S-Class is electric: The German automotive group Daimler wants to bring in two years, an electric car in the luxury class on the market, the Mercedes-typical S will carry in the name. The car will not be an electrified version of the gas-powered S-Class.
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The vehicle should be named EQ S. It will be luxurious and the top of the EQ series, said Michael Kelz the British car magazine Autocar, “We will have an electric car that is undoubtedly at the level of an S-Class, but it will not be an S-Class.” Kelz is the development manager for various Mercedes series.
Other than about Jaguar’s electric XJ Daimler will not develop an electrified version of its luxury class. The reason is that the different vehicle types are based on different platforms. The electric powertrain does not fit into the platform on which the conventional S-Class is based. The S-Class is only available with hybrid drive.
The EQ S will be built on the MEA (Modular Electrical Architecture, MEA) platform that Daimler developed for the EQ electrical series. The compact class EQA, the Mercedes, is also based on the MEA presented at the IAA in September last year has, as well as that SUV Coupe EQ C.
Daimler had the electric model series EQ Announced in 2016. Earlier this year, the group announced that the start of production for the electric cars scheduled for 2019 is. There are already concepts for the luxury variant EQ S, said Kelz. The car could hit the market in 2020.