Mercedes EQ C Electric SUV tease starts
The Mercedes EQ C – Mercedes’ first ‘EQ’ electric offering – is teased on a Twitter video ahead of its debut on 4 September 2018.
Due to be revealed on 4 September, the EQ C is a GLC-sized electric SUV and aiming straight at cars like the Jaguar I-Pace and Audi e-tron (and, a bit later, the electric BMW iX3), and launches what is expected to be quite an onslaught of electric cars from Daimler in the next few years.
So if the EQ C debut is just around the corner, that means Mercedes has to move in to ‘Tease Mode’ for their new car, so the tease for the EQ C kicks-off with an brief Twitter video to show us the headlights and grille. Well, one headlight and a bit of the grille. Oh, and the running lights turning on.
It’s not exactly giving the game away, and if you take a look at the Mercedes Generation EQ electric SUV Coupe Concept and the ‘official’ spy photos of the EQ C, use the tiniest bit of imagination to blend them together in your head, and you’ll be pretty close to what we’ll see on 4 September, certainly more of an idea than the Twitter video gives.
At some point in the next week we will however learn exactly what the electric gubbins sitting under the EQ C will deliver in production guise; the Concept came with around 400bhp, 7okWh batteries, 4WD and a range of around 300 miles.
We already know the Audi e-tron gets a 94kWh battery, 355bhp (with a small boost to 402bhp for up to eight seconds) and a WLTP range of 250 miles, and the Jaguar I-Pace gets a 90kWh battery with 300 mile range, 395bhp and a 0-62mph of 4.8 seconds.
That puts the I-Pace ahead of the Audi on Top Trumps, but where will the EQ C sit?
.@MercedesBenz is flipping the switch: On September 4th, we will present our first all-#electric #MercedesBenz model of our new product and technology brand EQ. Here’s the very first design detail. Stay tuned!
???? https://t.co/3Pej7au1Xu #Daimler #switchtoEQ pic.twitter.com/i2aDbcMyQs
— Daimler AG (@Daimler) August 26, 2018
Mark A. Geller says
Why electric cars have to “say” electric, like this front, is beyond me. The GLC is a good looking truck, although a bit plain vanilla, so why give the world a whole new “electrified” front ? Pretty weird. Jaguar is to be applauded for their approach of not going the whole electric look direction. Audi looks like they are going to follow that direction. Why can’t we just have regular looking vehicles with electrified drive trains?
Cars UK says
We’re with you on that – just as Volvo are: https://www.carsuk.net/volvo-xc40-will-be-volvos-first-electric-car/