EPA gives Mercedes-Benz EQS 350 miles of range – Robb report

Mercedes-Benz seems to have overestimated at least one of the capabilities of its new all-electric EQS.

The German luxury brand’s new electric flagship has received a 350-mile range rating from the Environmental Protection Agency (h / t Inside EVs). That’s both good news and bad news: While the rating makes the car one of the long-range EVs on the market, it misses the company’s own estimates of around 50 miles.

With the lower than expected price for the EQS announced last month, it was only a matter of time before the car’s EPA range estimate was revealed. The EPA has given the single-engine model of the sedan, the EQS 450+, a range of 350 miles after performing its own tests. The powerful twin-engine version, the EQS 580 4MATIC, isn’t much further behind, with a range of 340 miles.

Brand proclamations aside, both lines are unequivocally very good. It’s not like the nightmare Porsche faced when the EPA released the results of the Taycan (a mere 200 mile range) at the end of 2019. In fact, when the EQS goes on sale later this fall, it will be the fourth highest -range EV on the market, behind the Tesla Model S Long Range (which has a range of 405 miles), the Tesla Model X Long Range (360 miles) and the Tesla Model 3 Long Range. AWD (353). It will drop one spot when the Lucid Air goes on sale, as this electric vehicle has already received a record range of 520 miles from the EPA.

We don’t think Mercedes will be very proud to finish in the top five, however. Although his EPA rating was never going to match the 485 miles he got in WLTP testing – the European test is much more generous than its US counterpart – a “over 400 mile” figure was thrown in testing preview in spring and summer. The EPA rating is under 50 miles, which means it missed the low of that 12.5% ​​estimate. (Mercedes-Benz representatives did not immediately respond to a request for comment.)

Yet there is still hope for the EQS. Earlier this year, Automotive Information Service Edmunds found that the Taycan exceeded its EPA range by 120 miles in tests that attempted to replicate actual driving conditions. Maybe 485 miles isn’t out of the question after all.