Yahoo Autos Mercedes-Maybach EQS 680 SUV brings super luxury to EVs
Mercedes-Benz’s rapidly expanding EQ electric vehicle lineup isn’t just limited to its core models. AMG, the brand’s performance arm, has already put its touch on the EQE and EQS sedans. So now it’s time for Mercedes-Benz to take things in a different direction. Meet the 2024 Mercedes-Maybach EQS 680 SUV.
The company’s most luxurious EV yet takes everything we like about the standard EQS and adds a little somethin’ somethin’, giving the SUV more power, more style and more comfort.
When it launches later this year, the Mercedes-Maybach EQS SUV will be available with five different two-tone color combinations. Interestingly, Mercedes designers say all of the two-tone options will feature the lighter color on the bottom half of the SUV, since the darker tone up top better accentuates the vehicle’s aerodynamics. On that note, while the base EQS SUV has a drag coefficient of 0.26, the Maybach variant is slightly less slippery. Daniel Lescow, head of Mercedes-Maybach, expects the SUV to come out around 0.29, but says things could still change before the EQS hits the road. “We’re fighting for 0.28,” he said.
Maybach-specific design details include vertical metal-look lines in the EQS’ faux grille and a Mercedes-Benz star ornament on the hood. The would-be air intakes on the lower fascia have Maybach logos scattered throughout, which kind of looks like a Louis Vuitton purse. (That may or may not be intentional.) There’s a Maybach logo on the D-pillar and the taillights have a unique running light pattern. Mercedes-Benz says 21-inch wheels will be standard when the Maybach EQS goes on sale. Larger 22-inch wheels, as well as a sixth two-tone paint option, will come online later.
Mercedes-Benz is still finalizing some of the Maybach EQS’ official specs and won’t yet disclose the SUV’s battery capacity. We’re betting it’ll be the same – or right around – 107.8-kilowatt-hour lithium-ion pack used in the EQS 580 SUV. With an electric motor mounted at each axle, the Maybach EQS 680 is expected to produce 649 horsepower and 700 pound-feet of torque, increases of 113 hp and 67 lb-ft over the EQS 580, and identical amount of power to the Mercedes-AMG EQS sedan.
The Maybach will have the same 200-kilowatt maximum charging speed as the standard EQS SUV. Final details once again unavailable, but Mercedes-Benz is currently estimating a range of 600 kilometers – about 373 miles – on the optimistic European WLTP cycle. You can count on that spec to decrease under the stricter EPA testing regimen.
