{"id":76498,"date":"2024-09-04T09:03:30","date_gmt":"2024-09-04T13:03:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=76498"},"modified":"2024-09-04T09:03:30","modified_gmt":"2024-09-04T13:03:30","slug":"mercedes-reworks-flagship-plans-again-killing-eqs-name-by-2030","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=76498","title":{"rendered":"Mercedes reworks flagship plans again, killing EQS name by 2030 – Autoblog"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mercedes-Benz<\/a>, like so many other automakers, has made another edit to its EV roadmap, once again at the top of the range. Last we heard about plans for the S-Class<\/a> and EQS came from an insider report in April<\/a>. Back then, the ICE-powered S-Class was headed for facelifts in 2026 and 2029, and thence onto death in 2033. The battery-electric EQS would enjoy an update this year or next, followed by a second-generation model in 2028 that would see off the internal-combustion S-Class and become Stuttgart’s top-dog sedan. Well, forget about all that. Company CEO Ola K\u00e4llenius confirmed to Autocar<\/em><\/a> that the new plan is to eliminate the EQS sedan and its name, splitting the traditional S-Class into ICE- and battery-powered variants, same as with the new G-Class<\/a> and EQG. In K\u00e4llenius’ words, “There will be two S-Classes in the future \u2014 ICE and electric.”\u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n

The fusion is expected to be complete in 2030, when an all-new eighth-generation S-Class debuts. Until then, on the ICE side, the current S-Class will still get its facelifts while Mercedes<\/a> develops the successor. That 2030 car will sit on an evolution of the MRA II platform today’s S-Class sits on, itself an evolution of the MRA Mid-Size platform that launched with the 2015 C-Class<\/a>. Thanks to redirecting heavy investments into combustion engines<\/a>, the range of powerplants is said to be compliant “well into the 2030s,” and almost certainly all electrified.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

The EQS is due for a facelift<\/a> and some technology improvements toward the end of next year. These include moving to an 800-volt architecture for its EVA2 platform, which will cut charging times and power a more robust suite of driving aids, fitting a battery<\/a> with new chemistry, and installing in-house motors that Mercedes has designed along with a two-speed transmission. We’re not sure when the EQS is meant to change its name, perhaps with the second-gen model around 2028. Earlier this year, German outlets reported that Mercedes had stopped development work on a new MB.EA Large platform for EVs, part of a multi-billion-dollar investment in EV and digital technologies. Mercedes is said to have confirmed the report. However, K\u00e4llenius told Autocar<\/em> that the MB.EA Large is still in the works, so it’s possible the electric S will benefit from the big upgrade.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Autocar<\/em> suspects the same model fusion will be visited upon the upcoming seventh-generation E-Class<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Mercedes-Benz, like so many other automakers, has made another edit to its EV roadmap, once again at the top of the range. Last we heard about plans for the S-Class and EQS came from an insider report in April. Back then, the ICE-powered S-Class was headed for facelifts in 2026 and 2029, and thence onto […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":76499,"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":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-76498","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-industry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76498","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=76498"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76498\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/76499"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=76498"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=76498"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=76498"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}