2023 Mercedes-Benz EQS SUV spy shots: Electric crossover to join S-Class family
Mercedes-Benz is out testing a new member of its EQ family of battery-electric vehicles.
It’s a crossover that Mercedes is currently referring to as the “EQS SUV,” and it’s due on sale in 2022 likely as a 2023 model.
As the name suggests, the EQS SUV will be a high-riding counterpart to the 2022 EQS hatchback. Both EQS models will form part of an expanded S-Class family. Smaller EQE and EQE SUV models are also coming. The EQE, a hatch, is also out testing.
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These EVs are all designed around Mercedes’ first dedicated EV platform, known as EVA (Electric Vehicle Architecture). It’s the familiar skateboard design and, depending on the model, will support a driving range approaching 400 miles on a charge.
Other Mercedes EVs like the EQA, EQB and EQC are all based on platforms originally developed for internal-combustion models, hence many of the packaging benefits of EVs couldn’t be fully realized. This isn’t the case for EVA-based models.
Production of the EQS SUV and smaller EQE SUV will be handled at Mercedes’ plant in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. The EQS SUV will also spawn a high-end Maybach variant, and we could also see a sporty AMG variant at some point. Both Maybach and AMG versions of the EQS hatch are known to be in the pipeline. The AMG EQS is already out testing.
