Mercedes creates an electric equivalent of the E-Class in its quest to outdo Tesla. Does the EQE deliver? First drive review
The EQE uses a shortened version of the EVA2 car architecture that the EQS blooded, with a wheelbase some 90mm shorter. It carries two drive battery modules, rather than three, under the cabin floor for 90kWh of usable capacity, rather than 108kWh.
The other top-level difference between the EQE and EQS is that the latter has a liftback cargo bay and the former a separate boot. The EQE’s luggage-carrying capacity is still pretty sizable, though. We tested the EQE 350+ in both Avantgarde and AMG Line trim. Mercedes UK won’t offer the former, which is sad, because we preferred its seat comfort, lighter-coloured cabin ambience and more natural-looking materials.
Filtered but still intuitive-feeling steering makes it surprisingly wieldy and easy to place in traffic, too, and body control and handling agility are both tidy enough at greater speed. The EQE is made supremely easy to drive if you leave the powertrain in Intelligent regeneration mode, and particularly so when you’re out of town with the cruise control is engaged, when it almost feels like an imposition to actually have to operate a pedal now and again .
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