The naming convention on its electric vehicle range matches its internal combustion engine counterparts and included the sports SUV EQA, a family SUV EQB, a mid-size luxury EQC and a luxury saloon EQS.
Despite this, he said that sales across the brand were up 28% from the previous year. “Our goal is to get cars into the market, which we’ve been struggling with at the moment.” It comes standard with a 12.3-inch digital driver display, and a central 12.8-inch OLED screen that acts as the control panel for the vehicle. Here you can access EV settings, navigation, apps, media, Mercedes me store, car settings, general info and smartphone integration.
For Mercedes customers, the switch to its EV counterpart should feel seamless as the driver controls are still on the stalk behind the steering wheel, like all its vehicles. My drive was a quick 30-minute stint, including a stop for photos. It was right in the middle of stage 5 load-shedding, thus traffic all over Sandton. The drive included a brief leg on the M1 from Grayston to Marlboro but due to traffic, I couldn’t get a proper feel on the highway.