Soon will go on sale electric car class "luxury"

Experts holding the Mercedes-Benz announced the creation of an electric segment "premium".

Simultaneously with Mercedes develop similar cars and other well-known manufacturers. For example, Porshe announced the soon-to-be-launched sale of the Mission E electric car, and Audi - the A9, also equipped with an electric drive.

The representative of the manufacturer Michael Kieltz, responsible for the creation of large cars of the brand, announced the name of the sub-brand. This will be abbreviated as “EQ.” The machine will be designed on the Modular Electric Architecture platform. The car itself is somewhat different from the representatives of the S-Class wheelbase of a larger size, short overhangs and a more spacious interior.

Manufacturers claim that the new electric car will appear on the market in 2 years, in extreme cases - in four.

Tests of the test version are carried out already this year. In addition to the claimed premium sedan, the EQ model range is represented by almost twenty other models, including the crossover, hatchback and many others. The EQC crossover will be the first to launch the series.It is expected that this will happen next year.