Tag: mercedes benz
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Mercedes-Benz launches EQS orders: €100k+ price, US deliveries in Q4
Mercedes-Benz announced today that it has started accepting orders for the EQS all-electric sedan, starting at €106,374.10 for its base model. Deliveries will begin in Germany by the end of September and in the United States in Q4. In development for several years, Mercedes-Benz unveiled the EQS on April 15th, aiming to take a stab…
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Mercedes-Benz announces all-electric strategy from 2025 onward
Mercedes-Benz is going all-electric starting in 2025, with plans to launch three electric-only architectures that year and install over 200 Gigawatt hours of battery cell capacity across eight factories. Earlier today, Mercedes-Benz, a German automaker based in Stuttgart, announced its plan to be fully electric by the end of the decade. However, any newly launched…
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From Porsche’s $91,000 station wagon to GMC’s 1,000-horsepower pickup, here are 9 of the coolest electric vehicles launching in 2021
The Air sedan, the debut model from EV startup Lucid Motors, is set to hit streets in 2021. Lucid Electric cars are hitting the market at a dizzying pace. More than 10 new EVs will go on sale in the US by the end of 2021. The Lucid Air sedan, Porsche Taycan Cross Turismo wagon,…
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All the tech crammed into the 2022 Mercedes-Benz EQS
Mercedes-Benz lifted the final veil Thursday on its flagship EQS sedan after weeks of teasers, announcements and even a pre-production drive in which TechCrunch participated. The company peeled off the camouflage of the EQS — the electric counterpart to the Mercedes S Class — and revealed an ultra-luxury and tech-centric sedan. The exterior is getting…
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The 2022 Mercedes-Benz EQS stakes its claim on a luxury, electric future
A day spent pushing a pre-production 2022 Mercedes Benz EQS provided an cursory look at what the German automaker has been performing with all the billions of dollars it’s dedicated to electrification. The EQS is a superbly constructed flagship sedan which brings together the automaker’s MBUX infotainment system, a new electrical platform and advancements in…
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Mercedes prices its all-electric EQC SUV at $67,900
The Mercedes-Benz EQC 400 4MATIC, the German automaker’s first all-electric vehicle under its brand new EQ manufacturer, will begin at $67,900 as it arrives at the U.S. first next calendar year. Mercedes-Benz declared the Cost of this EQC 400 Wednesday in the LA Auto Show. The price tag, which doesn’t account for the $7,500 federal…
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Mercedes-Benz apologizes for ‘red hot’ AMG GLA 45 ad amid Europe’s summer heat wave
Veteran automaker Mercedes-Benz has issued an apology on Twitter after a gaffe at a recent ad for a number of its vehicles, the Mercedes-AMG GLA 45 4MATIC. The apology comes beneath a powerful negative response from users of the social networking platform, many of whom found the company’s framing of the automobile as a “crimson…
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How China’s first autonomous driving unicorn Momenta hunts for data
Cao Xudong turned on the side of the street at panties and a black T-shirt printed with the term “Momenta,” the name of his startup. Before founding the firm — that last year topped $1 billion at valuation to become China’s first autonomous driving “unicorn” — he’d led an undercover life, but he was convinced…
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Mercedes tries to catch up to Tesla with its all-electric SUV
Following decades of rumors which Mercedes-Benz could launch an electric version into a high-end marketplace which has so far been dominated by Tesla, the German car manufacturer finally showed a major card in its hand on Tuesday as it unveiled its own plans for a zero-emission crossover SUV known as the EQC. The automobile is…