US-built Mercedes EQE SUV teased with inside images, due for October debut

Mercedes-Benz has teased the inside of its EQE SUV, the subsequent mannequin for its electrical EQ vary, forward of its deliberate October 16 debut.

Slated to be in-built america, the five-seat EQE SUV will comply with the seven-seat EQS SUV that is set to reach later this 12 months as a 2023 mannequin. Because the identify states, it should even be the SUV model of the Tesla Mannequin S-sized EQE sedan that is additionally speculated to arrive within the U.S. later this 12 months.

U.S.-market variations of the EQE SUV will get a typical 12.8-inch portrait-oriented touchscreen show and 12.3-inch digital instrument cluster, with the expansive Hyperscreen show from the EQE sedan and the EQS fashions seemingly obtainable as an possibility.

2023 Mercedes-Benz EQE SUV

Mercedes additionally guarantees the anticipated array of high-end supplies, together with aluminum and wooden trim. 5 coloration mixtures can be obtainable for the inside.

As for the outside, primarily based on spy shots the EQE SUV is anticipated to appear like the bigger EQS SUV, albeit scaled-down. That follows the sample set by the EQE and EQS sedans.

Mercedes hasn’t disclosed any specs, however we are able to seemingly infer from the EQE sedan. Within the U.S., that mannequin will get a 288-hp single-motor powertrain in base type, and prime out in 677-hp dual-motor AMG efficiency guise. The EQE sedan has a 90.6-kwh battery pack, however EPA vary scores have not been launched.

2023 Mercedes-Benz EQE SUV

The EQS and EQE SUV fashions can be made in Alabama, with locally sourced batteries. Autos can be assembled on the Tuscaloosa plant that at the moment builds gasoline Mercedes SUVs, with batteries provided by a brand new facility situated close by.

With the EQE sedan slated to start out round $70,000, the EQE SUV may begin just under $80,000, in order that with U.S. meeting, it’d earn the federal EV tax credit score beneath revised guidelines that place an $80,000 value cap on SUVs.

Earlier than the EQE SUV arrives, Mercedes will convey the smaller EQB to the U.S.—with first deliveries seemingly taking place by the tip of this month.