For the Mercedes-Benz brand, the Mercedes-Benz S-Class is undoubtedly the most successful car of the brand, which is vertical and horizontal in the large car market, and also lays the foundation for the Mercedes-Benz brand in the large car market "leading big brother" status, let the old rivals BMW and Audi how to "innovate", in front of the Mercedes-Benz S-Class still need to rely on maintaining a lower terminal price all year round, in order to share a piece of the market. However, with the advent of the era of electrification, more and more cars began to carry out their own layout in the field of electric vehicles, Mercedes-Benz is no exception, just a few days ago Mercedes-Benz's electric large car Mercedes-Benz EQS was officially listed, as a large car, can it continue the glory of Mercedes-Benz S-class in the field of electric vehicles?
Mercedes-Benz EQS is priced at 107.96-151.86 million yuan, and opponents in the million yuan level, such as Tesla Model S or Porsche Taycan, are "debuting" with the name and figure of medium and large cars. In other words, Mercedes-Benz took the lead in occupying the field of electric large cars, and the competitors in the price range are medium and large electric cars. So next we can also see, Mercedes-Benz EQS and their competitors, in addition to the advantages in size, in other product points also have a chance to win?
Mercedes-Benz EQS hash rate is indeed strong, Porsche to become "smart" to add money
From the hardware level, Mercedes-Benz EQS sensors can make the vehicle have a relatively good perception of the external environment, in the car system, Mercedes-Benz EQS equipped with the chip computing power is still good. This Xavier chip from Nvidia has an 8-core CPU and 24G of running memory, which is even "smarter" than many home computers. The result of this is that the car has a stronger learning ability, it can be said that in terms of computing power and hardware configuration, the current driving assistance standard Mercedes-Benz EQS can be full, and it is ready for a higher level of driving assistance functions. It is also worth saying that for the compatibility of imported or joint venture models for domestic software, the Mercedes-Benz EQS car machine system has also been specially optimized, and before that, this piece has always been the strength of Chinese brands with "geographical advantages", from another point of view, in reverse, that is to say, Tesla and Porsche are not doing a good job in optimizing local software.
As a major manufacturer of intelligent technology, Tesla's Model S has been launched for nearly 10 years, basically some small modifications, and has not yet been equipped with the latest hardware. Tesla Model S in the current era of driving assistance function is still some lacking, its FSD chip computing power can not keep up with the times, there is no lidar, in the realization of high-level automatic driving is more or less "inadequate". In the configuration list, we found that it even has only a reversing image of millions of yuan, and automatic parking is also an optional function of the whole series. However, it is worth saying that Tesla still has the most databases at present, OTA upgrades are more "handy", according to the news of understanding, the chip computing power of the next generation tesla Model S can be comparable to Sony PS5, so if the new Tesla Model S keeps up on hardware, it may be another situation.
And Tesla Model S price is about 900,000 yuan Porsche Taycan, in the intelligent technology this piece is fully played their own traditional art "to choose", in the absence of optional, Porsche Taycan can only achieve a cruise function, there is no automatic parking and 360-degree panoramic image.
From the overall point of view, the current Mercedes-Benz EQS as a newly released million-dollar level electric vehicle, in the technology intelligence this piece is indeed a relatively leading position in the industry, to break this situation, it seems to need to wait until Tesla released a new Model S or BMW 7 series of electric version launched.
The Mercedes-Benz EQS is not the fastest, but the farthest
At present, Mercedes-Benz EQS is divided into two versions: single motor and dual motor, the single motor version has a maximum horsepower of 333Ps, a peak torque of 568N·m, and a zero hundred acceleration time of 6.4s. The dual-motor version can reach a maximum horsepower of 517Ps, and the zero-hundred acceleration time requires only 4.4s. For a large car, this is indeed a very "proud" achievement. With a 111.8kWh battery, the car has a range of 849 kilometers.
The Tesla Model S and Porsche Taycan are basically working athletic performance without scruples. Tesla Model S entry-level dual motors are equipped with three motors, so the result is that their maximum horsepower is 670Ps and 1020Ps, respectively, while their zero-hundred acceleration time is 3.2s and 2.1s. However, the battery capacity of Tesla Model S is 100kWh, while its official mileage is 652 kilometers. The Porsche Taycan is also available in single and dual motors, with multiple different power combinations, with maximum horsepower from 408-762Ps and zero hundred acceleration times from 5.4s to 2.8s. The high-performance version has a battery capacity of 93.4 kWh, and its official cruising range is 450 km.
Overall, Tesla Model S and Porsche Taycan have stronger power performance than Mercedes-Benz EQS, but Mercedes-Benz EQS is under the premise of ensuring good power performance, to achieve better endurance performance. Of course, this is also due to its model positioning.
Mercedes-Benz EQS battery is guaranteed for 10 years, and charging in big cities has advantages
Let's talk about the service policy of the manufacturer to the car buyer, compared with the traditional fuel vehicle, the electric vehicle due to its own particularity and the use of more new technologies, the follow-up manufacturer service policy is also an important part of the car owner to protect the car owner's subsequent use.
In the charging area, Mercedes-Benz EQS currently provides a charging solution covering multiple scenarios such as families and companies, through online APP functions, home charging pile installation, exclusive charging station laying and other measures, with good battery life performance to make the owner as far as possible without "power anxiety". However, at present, the charging pile laying of Mercedes-Benz is mainly in some mainstream large cities, but Mercedes-Benz can also provide power supply vehicles for mobile charging services, which is indeed more intimate.
The charging guarantee policy taken by Tesla and Mercedes-Benz are not much different, basically a combination of household charging piles + super charging piles, but because Tesla entered the electrification earlier, the current scale of its super charging piles is more than Mercedes-Benz, and Tesla owners can also find super charging piles for charging in some more remote places. In April this year, Tesla laid out 11 superchargers on a 2,500-kilometer line into Tibet.
The owner of the Porsche Taycan is currently mainly using household charging piles, or going outside to find charging piles for charging, Porsche's global electric vehicle charging network, is not yet laid in China.
In addition, to mention the situation of the warranty policy, we currently understand the situation, Mercedes-Benz to the electric vehicle is a three-year warranty, the battery pack for 10 years 250,000 kilometers warranty. The policy warranty period of Tesla Model S is 80,000 kilometers in 4 years, and the battery warranty is 160,000 kilometers in 8 years. The Porsche Taycan's vehicle warranty cycle is 100,000 kilometers in 3 years, and the battery warranty is 160,000 kilometers in 8 years. We can see that in the most important battery warranty, Mercedes-Benz EQS does have more advantages, after all, for electric vehicles, if the battery has excessive attenuation, it is still more troublesome.
From the perspective of after-sales service policies, Tesla still has certain advantages in the charging network, but in areas that are not particularly remote, Mercedes-Benz's power supply vehicles can still give owners a lot of confidence in electricity. As for the vehicle warranty, Tesla and Porsche are not much different, while the battery warranty policy of Mercedes-Benz EQS has more advantages.
summary:
On the whole, although the price range overlaps, but the Mercedes-Benz EQS and Tesla Model S or Porsche Taycan is not the "same type of car", the latter two are the real competitors, and mercedes-Benz EQS is more like a "new species", as the first pure electric luxury large car, Mercedes-Benz EQS product force is indeed good, it allows those who want a more executive than Tesla Model S pure electric luxury car consumers have a suitable choice, But compared to the traditional Mercedes-Benz S-Class, it looks younger and more "tasteful" to its target customers. And Mercedes-Benz EQS in the power performance, endurance, technology intelligence, luxury and many other dimensions, have enough product power, whether it can continue the success of the Mercedes-Benz S-Class, I think the hope is still relatively large.