Mercedes-Benz EQS will debut next year, full of technology and luxury, with a maximum range of 700km

Recently, Mercedes-Benz released a trailer of its luxury electric sedan EQS, announcing that the Mercedes-Benz electric car family is about to welcome a new member. It is reported that this new electric model will be unveiled in the second half of next year. According to the official trailer released by Mercedes-Benz a few days ago, the new generation of Mercedes-Benz MBUX Hyperscreen infotainment system installed on the EQS will be officially released on January 7 next year.

Under the pressure of global environmental protection regulations and carbon emissions, major automobile manufacturers have to transform to new energy sources, and Mercedes-Benz is no exception. Prior to this, Mercedes-Benz had launched a test model - —The EQC based on the MEA platform has been launched in China, and the upcoming EQS will be a new member of the Mercedes-Benz EQ family.

In this preview video, Mercedes-Benz EQS adopts the new EQ family design language, with a beautiful and majestic appearance, simple and smooth lines, and adds a lot of futuristic technology while continuing the luxurious temperament of Mercedes-Benz. The front face adopts an integrated design similar to that of the EQC. The wide grille shape is decorated with a trident LED dot matrix, which is perfectly integrated with the headlights on both sides. Various lighting effects highlight the sense of technology.

It is worth mentioning that the EQS in the trailer is equipped with an electronic rearview mirror, which replaces the traditional glass mirror and uses a high-definition camera to obtain real-time images. It looks more like a small The wings are very simple, and it is foreseeable that the wind resistance will also be reduced.

However, such a design is not seen in the officially released camouflage photos. It is currently unknown whether mass-produced cars will provide such configurations. But another piece of information is that in the new generation of Mercedes-Benz MBUX Hyperscreen intelligent system that will be released on January 7 next year, officials have made it clear that five LCD screens will be provided, three of which are used for control, namely the central control screen, LCD instrument and air-conditioning control screens, and the other two are used to display images, replacing traditional exterior rearview mirrors. This seems to indicate that this avant-garde configuration will likely appear on the EQS.

In terms of smart cars, MBUX equipped with EQS has an intelligent learning function, which can learn the user's preferences from the user's use, such as temperature settings, seat adjustment, lighting, etc., and can also communicate with the user through voice. The occupants converse, and the sensing device recognizes the user's eye sight, gestures or body language, etc., providing a data basis for autonomous driving.

In addition, as the flagship of the EQ family, EQS is also equipped with many luxury equipment, such as its HEPA air filtration system, which is said to be able to effectively filter harmful substances such as PM2.5 in the air inside the car. , achieving air quality equivalent to operating rooms, and this system has obtained DIN? EN? 1822 certification.

In terms of performance, currently the only known information is that the EQS has a WLTP cruising range of 700km, of which the AMG version’s motor power will exceed 600 horsepower. In addition, according to Mercedes-Benz's plan, more new cars of the EQ family based on the new electric vehicle platform will arrive one after another, including EQA, EQB, EQE, EQE SUV, etc., all of which are planned to be launched in China at the Beijing factory, among which EQE will It will be put into production in the second half of 2021.

Written at the end: For a traditional automobile manufacturing giant like Daimler, the transformation to new energy means huge investment and the abandonment of existing resources and profits. This is very important for Daimler. It is said that this is an unprecedented change, and the difficulties are naturally imaginable, which is why such a magical picture appears in the capital market: the market value of the century-old automobile giant Daimler is less than that of the electric vehicle start-up NIO, which was only a few years old. However, when the giant turns around and the Mercedes-Benz EQ family arrives, such a magical picture may become a joke.

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