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The 2020 Mercedes-Benz EQV Beats Tesla And Volkswagen To The Electric Van Game
The 2020 Mercedes-Benz EQV Beats Tesla And Volkswagen To The Electric Van Game-July 2024
2024-02-19 EST 22:12:57

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Elon Musk has talked about making an for a while, Volkswagen has teased the return of its, but Mercedes-Benz beat everybody to the punch in this critical segment with the —an electric van that seats up to eight and runs a claimed range of over 200 miles. At least in Europe.

Mercedes-Benz showed off a “concept” version of the EQV previously, but it was rather obviously very close to production-ready. That’s backed up now that we have the real deal just in time for this year’s Frankfurt Motor Show next month.

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The press release only talks about the public charging network services in Europe, so it may be unlikely we’ll be getting this electron-powered van Stateside, but you never know.

That said, the EQV has a 90 kWh battery pack centrally mounted under the floor of the van, offering a claimed preliminary range estimate of 405 km, or roughly 250 miles on a single charge. The van is driven by a single motor on the front axle with an output of 150 kw, or 204 horsepower, and 362 nm of torque, or just about 267 lb-ft.

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On a 110 kw public DC rapid charger, the Mercedes claims the EQV can charge from 10 to 80 percent of its battery capacity in around 45 minutes. On an AC charger, like a standard public parking charger or using the Mercedes-Benz Wallbox Home 11 kW charger that can be installed in your house, the battery should charge in less than 10 hours.

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The EQV picks up a little bit of the exterior design language of the EQC crossover, and inside it gets some rose gold accent touches and adaptable seating with optional bench seats, which means you can shove up to eight people in this thing.

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Here’s my favorite line from the :

A top speed of up to 160 km/h also ensures that you quickly get to where you are going outside an urban environment.

I like how Mercedes knows you’re going to floor this thing every chance you get, but are self-aware enough to remind you to do it out of the city!

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I like the EQV because it’s just an electric version of the regular Mercedes-Benz van, so it’s very practical. EVs do not all need to be fancy! I just want to zoom me and my seven friends around town without contributing to localized pollution! And now I can. In Europe.

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