Mercedes EQE EV targets luxury rivals

Mercedes-Benz is aiming for a sweet spot of the luxurious-sedan sector with its newest electric powered motor vehicle — the midsize EQE.

The gasoline-run E-Class sedan has been a longtime cornerstone of Mercedes’ lineup, and the automaker is eager to dangle on to those prospective buyers as the sector shifts to EVs. Midsize sedans are the second-largest luxurious-motor vehicle section driving compacts, according to the Automotive Information Study & Data Heart. 

The EQE, launched Sunday ahead of the Munich automobile clearly show, is dependent on Mercedes’ new Electric Car or truck Architecture and will go up in opposition to the Audi A6 E-tron and BMW’s prepared electric powered variation of the five Collection. It will be designed in Bremen, Germany, and Beijing and arrive in the U.S. in the second 50 % of 2022.

It will be the to start with of up to four Mercedes EVs prepared for the U.S. subsequent calendar year as the automaker appears to be to undercut Tesla’s lead although tough common rivals that are also swiftly electrifying their lineups.