Mercedes Benz EQC EV! Electrifying the Star!!

Electric HAS a MERCEDES!! Hey guys and welcome back to RBR! We’re in Oslo in Norway to test out the first car of Mercede’s all electric range, the EQC 400 4matic!

MB might prefer if you to forget about their first full electric car, the B Class electric drive; drove this thing once... 80% capacity had less range than my AMG GT R on reserve fuel in race mode. Oh dear!! They also are committed to testing hydrogen fuel cars, with the GLC F-Cell testing the less alienating technology.

But their real interest, as with the rest of the market, is in EVs. And so came the “EQ” brand of Mercedes Benz!! Think of it as a play on the word “IQ”, EQ means electric intelligence, and it really is!

Yet we have spoken about EQ before haven’t we? Thats because EQ has sub brands:

EQ Boost - Supported combustion engines, like the 53 AMGs
EQ Power - Hybrid Power! AMG Project ONE and rumoured AMG GT 73
EQ - fully electric, like this EQC

And Mercedes are investing heavily into it, 10billion euros worth of investment into the model line, and a billion in battery production. And the first is an SUV, because that’s what everyone apparently wants!

So while it looks like a regular SUV to you or me, MB insist it’s in between an SUV and and SUV coupe, so a crossover. We’ll explore this claim now as we go over design.

Underneath, there’s no engine, but rather batteries, these feed Compact electric drive trains, one at each axle - and it behaves like All wheel drive, hence the name 4matic, and it gives you 408BHP, 765nm and a 0-60 of 5.1 secs.

But the question is can the EQC stand out as a Mercedes Benz, vs the similar E Tron, Jag i-pace and the crazy Tesla Model X? Or is it more of the same, but a different badge?

Today we explore:

The Weird Origins of Electric Mercedes with - The Mercedes Electrique Taxi and
The B Class electric drive
The GLC F Cell hydrogen
EQ Product range
EQ Boost With GLE 53 AMG
and EQ Power + with GT73 AMG Hybrid
EQC basics
External Design
Batteries and internals
Electric drive trains
Charging the EQC
Future Full Electric EQ Cars - EQS, EQA, EQV, and AMG EQ GT and AMG EVs
Full interior run down
MBUX
Full driving review
Performance
Luxury
Range
EV Market commentary

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Driving disclaimer:

Please note all driving shots have been sped up or filmed in private by MB.