Mercedes launches sales of the EQE with a smaller battery

Mercedes-Benz now offers further variants of its electric model EQE. The new price list of 5 July lists a total of six variants, including the new entry-level EQE 300 and the EQE 350, both of which are equipped with a slightly smaller 89 kWh battery.

The battery in the previous EQE 350+ and above (i.e. the EQE 500 4MATIC and the two AMG models) comes with a usable energy content of 90.56 kWh. Mercedes does not confirm it directly, but it is therefore likely to be a battery with ten modules as well (the larger EQS has up to twelve modules), but the cells in the EQE 300 and EQE 350 are likely to come from a different supplier – only this would explain the small difference of around one and a half kilowatt hours.

In the new price list, the EQE 300 is listed with 89 kWh with a nominal output of 180 kW, the range according to WLTP is between 550 and 639 kilometres, depending on the equipment. The EQE 350 with the new 89 kWh battery comes with 217 kW and exactly the same WLTP range of 550 to 639 kilometres. The EQE 350+ with 90.56 kWh and 215 kW rear-wheel drive is dropped in this move. As this is still the version with the longest range (567 to 654 kilometres), none of the new versions will receive the name suffix “+”, which at Mercedes identifies the variant with the longest range in each case.

The base list price for the EQE 300 in Germany is 66,402 euros, the EQE 350 costs at least 70,210 euros. Above that, the EQE 350 4MATIC (with a system output of 215 kW like the rear-wheel drive) costs 73,363.50 euros and the EQE 500 4MATIC with 300 kW costs 87,286.50 euros. Mercedes had already made the 500 available during press test drives, but had not yet priced it. According to information from April, this was planned for June or July – and is now included in the price list.

Mercedes does not give any different information about the charging performance with the new battery: As before, all EQEs (whether with 89 or 90.56 kWh) can charge at up to 170 kW. The AC charging capacity is 11 kW ex works, a 22 kW charger is optionally available.

As reported, orders for the second AMG variant of the EQE were also opened a few days ago. This means that six drive variants of the EQE are currently available to order.

mercedes-benz.de (price list to download in German)