{"id":13441,"date":"2021-11-14T09:03:11","date_gmt":"2021-11-14T14:03:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/autosector.com\/auto\/?p=13441"},"modified":"2021-11-14T09:03:11","modified_gmt":"2021-11-14T14:03:11","slug":"mercedes-eqs-edmunds-range-test","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=13441","title":{"rendered":"Mercedes-Benz EQS Exceeds EPA Rating In Edmunds Range Test"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mercedes-Benz<\/a> EQS<\/a> is a model that has all it needs to compete against similar electric luxury sedans (Tesla<\/a> Model S<\/a> or Lucid<\/a> Air<\/a>, among others) and arguably the most important number in this company is range. The EPA rates the base single-motor EQS 450+, currently the longest-range version, at 350 miles (563 km), but as Edmunds<\/em> discovered, it can drive for far longer than that on one charge.<\/p>\n

They tested an EQS 450+ that they described as \u2018very light on options\u2019, although it still weighed 5,500 pounds, or over 400 pounds more than an S-Class<\/a>. The range test they performed was carried out over 12 hours, with an average exterior temperature of 67\u00b0F \/ 20\u00b0C, in which the vehicle managed to clock up some 442 miles (680 km), or an impressive 77 miles (almost 124 km) more than the EPA estimates.<\/p>\n

The EQS was equipped with the standard tires fitted to this model from the factory, Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 5, wrapped around standard 20-inch wheels. They were inflated to the correct factory-recommended pressure, but even so, the vehicle exceeded its EPA range rating by over 20 percent.<\/p>\n

Even so, that\u2019s still off the WLTP range, which stands at 784 km (487 miles), though, making it seem impossible to achieve without advanced hypermiling techniques and a very good driver at the wheel with lots of experience in wringing out as much range as possible from EVs. The EQS also achieved a better overall electricity consumption result than the EPA claim, 29.5 kWh\/100 miles (3.39 miles\/kWh) versus the 35 kWh\/100 miles (2.86 miles\/kWh) official claim.<\/p>\n

Edmunds<\/em> also breaks down how much the 422-mile trip cost, pointing out that this will vary quite significantly, depending on where you drive. For instance, in Washington where the average rate per one kilowatt-hour is 10 cents, it will cost just $12,45, while if you embark on the same journey in in Hawaii, it will be several times more expensive, amounting to $41,08.<\/p>\n

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Mercedes-Benz EQS is a model that has all it needs to compete against similar electric luxury sedans (Tesla Model S or Lucid Air, among others) and arguably the most important number in this company is range. The EPA rates the base single-motor EQS 450+, currently the longest-range version, at 350 miles (563 km), but as […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8313,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13441","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-e-cars"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13441","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13441"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13441\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/8313"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13441"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13441"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13441"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}