The 2025 Mercedes-Benz EQS electrical sedan will get various updates for its third mannequin yr. The refreshed EV arrives at U.S. dealerships later this yr, with pricing to be revealed nearer to that point.
A brand new 118.0-kwh battery pack for all fashions represents a 9% enhance from the 108.4 kwh usable capability in present fashions. Mercedes guarantees elevated vary, however did not not publish any up to date EPA estimates. The EQS presently achieves a most 352 miles in single-motor rear-wheel drive EQS 450+ type, in order that alone places 400 miles inside attain if different effectivity beneficial properties sort out a number of extra p.c enchancment.
Mercedes additionally touts new regenerative braking software program that allows higher vitality restoration, in addition to modifications to brake elements supposed to enhance pedal really feel—considered one of our most vital overview criticisms of the EQS. This comes after the EQS, together with the smaller EQE, obtained retuned braking final yr, together with warmth pumps.
2025 Mercedes-Benz EQS
A faux grille and a hood decoration give the EQS a extra conventional look nearer to gasoline Mercedes sedans just like the S-Class. The EQS has from the beginning supplied an S-Class luxurious expertise whereas forging its personal design route—and hatchback physique fashion—so it is odd to see it making an attempt to copy the S-Class look.
Inside, an Government Inside Package deal enhance consolation for rear-seat passengers with options like rapid-heating seats, neck and shoulder heating, and pneumatic adjustment of rear-seat depth. Mercedes made the huge Hyperscreen show normal on the EQS for 2024.
This EQS refresh had been introduced by Mercedes CEO Ola Källenius as a part of a February replace that delayed a number of the firm’s EV targets, with internal-combustion fashions staying in its lineup “effectively into the 2030s.”
2025 Mercedes-Benz EQS
Mercedes expedited the event of the EQS in 2017, and it arrived a number of years earlier than initially deliberate. Mercedes has since launched the EQS SUV and sedan and SUV variations of the EQE—all based mostly on the identical EVA 2 structure. These different fashions will get related updates within the close to future, in accordance with the automaker.
The automaker’s subsequent MMA platform will underpin a number of compact and midsize EVs because of begin arriving later this yr. Previewed with the Idea CLA-Class final yr, MMA emphasizes effectivity and contains some notable enhancements over the EVA 2 platform—like an 800-volt electrical structure.