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. [1]

Figure 1. Mercedes-Benz India Gearing up to Kick-Start the Production of the EQS at its Chakan Plant

Figure 1 shows 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. [2]

The S-Elegance of electrical sedans will probably be to be had in two trims – EQS 450+ and EQS 580 4MATIC. The EQS 450+ is the bottom variant that includes a unmarried electrical motor at the rear axle and places out 328 bhp and 568 Nm of top torque. The EQS 580 4MATIC is an all-wheel-drive (AWD) range-topping trim that will get an electrical motor on each entrance and rear axles. Overall output together here’s 516 bhp and it belts out a hefty 855 Nm of top torque, just right for a 0-100 kmph dash in simply 4.1 seconds.

The Mercedes-Benz EQS comes with a 107.8 kWh Lithium-Ion battery, promising a 770 km WLTP cycle qualified power fluctuate on a complete rate. Then again, the carmaker has no longer supplied main points of its variant-wise fluctuate choices. The auto comes with a normal onboard charger of eleven kW with an not obligatory 22 kW charger. The EQS can also be charged from 10 to 80 according to cent in 35 mins the use of a 110 kW DC speedy charging, whilst a 240-volt family wall charger will take 11 hours for a similar fluctuate. [3]

References:

1. https://www.carandbike.com/news/mercedes-benz-india-gearing-up-to-kick-start-the-production-of-the-eqs-at-its-chakan-plant-2948700
2. https://huntdailynews.in/mercedes-benz-india-gearing-up-to-kick-start-the-production-of-the-eqs-at-its-chakan-plant/
3. https://amazontechnews.in/mercedes-benz-india-gearing-up-to-kick-start-the-production-of-the-eqs-at-its-chakan-plant/

Cite this article:

Thanusri swetha J (2022), Mercedes-Benz India Gearing up to Kick-Start the Production of the EQS at its Chakan Plant, Anatechmaz, pp. 243