Mercedes-Benz launches second all-electric SUV
Date
4/19/2022 9:11:16 AM
(MENAFN- Trend News Agency)
Mercedes-Benz unveiled its EQS sport utility vehicle (SUV) on
Tuesday, a 660 km (410-mile) range car that will be made in America
and go on sale by autumn, Trend reports with reference to Reuters .
Production of the EQS, the premium carmaker's second electric
SUV after its EQC, will begin at its plant in Tuscaloosa, Alabama
this year.
The United States and Canada are expected to be the main markets
for the new vehicle, according to sales chief Britta Seeger, though
it will also be launched in Europe before the end of the year.
Mercedes-Benz has not disclosed how much the new SUV will be
sold for, though its existing EQS electric sedan starts at around
$103,000 in the United States.
Three-quarters of new car sales in the U.S. market last year
were trucks and SUVs, posing a challenge for carmakers seeking to
reduce their carbon footprint while needing to satisfy customer
demand for large vehicles.
In a bid to localise its production chain, Mercedes-Benz opened
its first U.S. electric vehicle battery factory in Tuscaloosa in
March.
The company sold 21,900 fully-electric vehicles worldwide in the
first quarter of 2022, three times more than in the same period
last year, even as overall deliveries across all vehicles fell
15%.
Just 2.3% of Mercedes-Benz' car sales last year were
battery-electric vehicles, rising to 11% including plug-in hybrids,
which have both an engine and a battery.
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- Mercedes-Benz
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