Inovev forecasts 25,000 new Mercedes EQB per year
- After the 100% electric SUV named EQC (D segment) launched a few months ago, Mercedes will launch its second 100% electric SUV, the EQB (C segment), which will take over the GLB's bodywork and not that of the B-Class MPV, while the B-Class did exist in a 100% electric version between 2011 and 2018. Between the GLB's bodywork and that of the recently renewed B-Class, the GLB's was preferred by the manufacturer, probably because of the success of SUVs all over the world, while that of compact MPVs is less convincing, as this vehicle category is clearly on the decline.
- The new EQB, which is the second model in the new 100% electric Mercedes range, will be available from next year, produced in the Mexican plant in Aguascalientes alongside the Mercedes GLB combustion engine. It will be able to carry up to seven passengers like the GLB whose MFA2 platform it shares.
- A third electric model, the EQA, should be launched in 2020 for production that should start in 2021 at the Smart plant in Hambach (in northeastern France) when the Smart Fortwo is transferred to a Geely plant in China, following the recent Daimler-Geely agreements. The EQC is manufactured at the Mercedes plant in Bremen, in northwestern Germany.
- The Mercedes EQB will compete with the Kia e-Niro and Hyundai Kona Electric, as well as the recently introduced Tesla Model Y.
- Inovev forecasts a sales volume of 25,000 Mercedes EQB units per year.
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