Mercedes-Benz India Gearing Up To Kick-Start Production Of EQS

The Mercedes-Benz EQS will be the second EV in the German carmaker's stable in India and we already know that it's all set to hit our roads this year itself. Mercedes-Benz India has also confirmed carandbike that the company is gearing up to kick-start its production at its Chakan plant near Pune and so it's quite obvious that the Mercedes-Benz EQS will also be sold as a completely knocked down (CKD) model in our market. The Mercedes-Benz EQS will arrive on Indian shores in Q4 of 2022.

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Martin Schwenk, Managing Director (MD) and Chief Executive Officer (CEO)- Mercedes-Benz India.

Speaking with Siddharth Vinayak Patankar, Editor-In-Chief, carandbike in context of the upcoming EQS on the latest Freewheeling With SVP webisode, Martin Schwenk, Managing Director (MD) and Chief Executive Officer (CEO)- Mercedes-Benz India said, "Right now we have started to prepare and we have ordered the equipment and we are starting with installation here and there. So the thing is that it's coming here and we have started to prepare the factory to be able to deal with high voltage, we work with the network that is able to deal with at the dealer end, all of that is happening and it creates a lot of excitement. So we're really looking forward to the car in all dimensions.

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Both variants of the new Mercedes-Benz EQS are powered by a 107.8-kilowatt-hour lithium-ion battery.

The S-Class of electric sedans will be available in two trims - EQS 450+ and EQS 580 4MATIC. The EQS 450+ is the base variant that features a single electric motor on the rear axle and puts out 328 bhp and 568 Nm of peak torque. The EQS 580 4MATIC is an all-wheel-drive (AWD) range-topping trim that gets an electric motor on both front and rear axles. Total output in combination here is 516 bhp and it belts out a hefty 855 Nm of peak torque, good for a 0-100 kmph sprint in just 4.1 seconds. The Mercedes-Benz EQS comes with a 107.8 kWh Lithium-Ion battery, promising a 770 km WLTP cycle certified drive range on a full charge. However, the carmaker has not provided details of its variant-wise range options. The car comes with a standard onboard charger of 11 kW with an optional 22 kW charger. The EQS can be charged from 10 to 80 per cent in 35 minutes using a 110 kW DC fast charging, while a 240-volt household wall charger will take 11 hours for the same range.