Star Speed Test Drive 2024 Mercedes-Benz EQE pure electric SUV

　　In 2024, the Mercedes -EQE pure electric SUV was redesigned. Under the condition that the guide price of the new car remained unchanged, the 215kW 350 model was cancelled, and all the models were 500 models with a total power of 300kW, which was high at the beginning. EQE 500 4MATIC Ultimate, the top model, adds AIRMATIC air suspension system, which can automatically lift the body up to 25mm according to the road conditions. Standard 10 rear wheel steering makes the turning radius only 10.5 meters. In addition, the whole system has added velvet foot pads, 5G communication technology (free unlimited traffic for 3 years) and UWB digital keys, and carrying authorized digital devices (smart phones/smart watches) can unlock the starting vehicles.

　　The 2024 modified Mercedes-Benz EQE pure electric SUV has the same appearance and interior as the 2023 model, so this time I mainly talk about its endurance performance and driving experience. This test drive is EQE pure electric SUV 500 4MATIC deluxe edition, and the route is from Tianjin downtown to Yizhuang, Beijing. 90% of the whole journey is an expressway with a speed limit of 110km/h, which is also the most challenging road condition for pure electric vehicles.

　　Mercedes-Benz EQE pure electric SUV is equipped with a 96.1kWh ternary lithium battery, which has a full battery life of 609km(CLTC). Before departure, the battery capacity is 97%, and the maximum cruising range is 606km. The whole process adopts "C" comfort mode, the kinetic energy recovery is D (intelligent kinetic energy recovery), and the air conditioner is set at 22℃, carrying two people and a small amount of luggage. High-speed basically runs against the speed limit, and often accelerates to overtake the local train. The minimum power consumption is 15.9kWh/100km. After the final driving of 111km, the apparent power consumption is 18.0kWh/100km, which is similar to the official claim of 17kWh/100km by Mercedes-Benz.

　　The whole journey shared 22% of the electricity and ran 111km. It is estimated that under this road condition, the full battery life can reach about 505km. For a 2.6-ton medium and large pure electric SUV, this power consumption performance is very satisfactory, which is similar to that of many other brands of medium and large cars. In addition, it will also give two remaining cruising ranges (454km and 471km). The less one is the cruising range if you drive harder, and the more one is the cruising range if you drive more smoothly. It will always learn your driving style and calculate the remaining cruising range in real time in combination with road conditions.

　　Why is it so energy-saving? Mercedes-Benz EQE pure electric SUV is developed based on EVA pure electric platform, and its electric drive efficiency is as high as 94%, making full use of every kilowatt hour. In addition, the front motor can be disconnected from the half shaft within 240 milliseconds, which makes the sliding distance longer and prolongs the total cruising range. The most important thing is that the drag coefficient of the whole vehicle is only 0.25Cd, which improves the cruising range by means of low drag design such as bow-shaped body, low drag wheel hub, closed middle net and smoother and narrower sheet metal gap.

　　Mercedes-Benz EQE pure electric SUV has four kinetic energy recovery modes, namely D- (strong recovery), D (standard recovery), D+ (no recovery) and D auto (intelligent recovery). The most interesting thing is the intelligent kinetic energy recovery mode, which can judge the road ahead with environment-aware hardware and automatically adjust the kinetic energy recovery intensity. For example, when the accelerator pedal is released on the road ahead, it will automatically adopt the D+ sliding mode, and because the electric vehicle has no engine braking effect, the speed drops slowly and the sliding distance is very far. When the road ahead is congested, it will automatically adopt D- or D kinetic energy recovery to slow down the speed in time. If you don’t know which kinetic energy recovery mode to choose, choosing D auto is the simplest method, and its judgment is also very reliable, which not only ensures comfort, but also gives the battery some electricity.

　　In intelligent driving assistance, Mercedes-Benz EQE pure electric SUV has L2 driving assistance, ACC adaptive cruise+lane keeping, which can greatly alleviate the fatigue of long-distance high-speed driving. At the same time, it also has the function of shifting the steering rod to change lanes. After shifting the steering rod, the vehicle can automatically change lanes and accelerate to the speed of constant speed cruise on the premise that the system judges the rear safety, which is still very convenient.

　　Let’s talk about the driving experience again. The front and rear dual motors of Mercedes-Benz EQE pure electric SUV output a total of 300 kW/858 N m, except in E economy mode, which will limit the motor power. In C comfort mode and S sports mode, it behaves like a beast. A big guy who accelerates for 5.1 seconds in 100 kilometers can also make people’s blood boil when they get angry. And the power is from 10% to 100%, and it can be fully output.

　　It is worth mentioning that such a large SUV does not look up and nod too obviously, whether it is in sudden acceleration or sudden braking. There are probably two reasons for this. One is that thanks to the EVA pure electric platform, the four wheels are closer to the four corners of the car body, which physically inhibits the range of raising the head and nodding; Second, Mercedes-Benz has rich experience and foundation in suspension design and excellent support. A lot of new energy vehicles have been tested before, and the SUV that accelerates for about 5 seconds has a relatively large head-up and nodding range, which will inevitably cause discomfort to passengers in the car.

　　The suspension adjustment of Mercedes-Benz EQE pure electric SUV is relatively moderate, and it retains strong support in comfort. It is comfortable enough for home use, and you can occasionally run wild when driving by yourself. The direction is accurate, and the sense of the road is also preserved. The road information is not completely isolated, and the driver can communicate better with the vehicle. In NVH performance, there is basically no wind noise when driving at high speed, only slight tire noise but it is not disturbing. In addition, we simply tried to ride the flagship model with air springs, which made the road vibration filter more thorough and more comfortable.

　　The design of Mercedes-Benz EQE pure electric SUV is still the elegant beauty that is not too ostentatious. Inherited the unique design language of EQ family, the closed front grille and the three-pronged star emblem mesh complement each other, and the dynamic EQ design language shows the beauty of freedom and easy, with optional "meteor shower" intelligent digital headlights, providing up to 2.6 million lighting pixels.

　　The side of the vehicle adopts the "arch" body design, which brings smoother and more dynamic lines while reducing wind resistance. Its wheelbase has reached 3030mm, and its body size is 4880/2032/1679mm.

　　The tail of Mercedes-Benz EQE pure electric SUV is round and full, and the taillight adopts a penetrating 3D spiral taillight with four spirals inside. It is worth mentioning that if you see five spirals, it is its big brother-Mercedes-Benz EQS pure electric SUV.

　　The interior of Mercedes-Benz EQE pure electric SUV looks more like sitting in a yacht, elegant and dignified. The standard 12.8-inch central control panel integrates the latest MBUX intelligent human-computer interaction system, and adopts 8-core CPU, 24GB storage and 46.4GB memory bandwidth per second. The top model is a super-linked screen composed of three screens.

　　MBUX adopts zero-level menu, and common functions such as air conditioning, music and navigation are all put on the interface. In addition, the physical buttons such as driving mode, vehicle setting and volume adjustment are reserved, which is more convenient to use.

　　Off-road mode and transparent chassis are still very useful for an SUV. When encountering road conditions with poor vision, they will help you grasp the environment and vehicle status of the vehicle in time.

　　Finally, I have to mention the HUD of Mercedes-Benz, which is not only large enough, but also clear enough. The most important thing is that the information displayed is quite rich. In addition, the visual distance projected by it is far enough, and the eyes will not feel tired after long-term use. If you don’t like HUD, you can turn it off by voice control. Mercedes-Benz’s "mind-reading voice assistant" can support natural semantic control, and there are many controllable vehicle settings, and the localization design is in place. In addition, Mercedes-Benz will start the largest OTA upgrade this year, and the "mind-reading voice assistant" will have stronger understanding and execution of continuous instructions, and the response speed of the second-generation MBUX intelligent human-computer interaction system will increase by 31%.

　　I won’t go into details about the seat space here, please click the link below to view it:

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　　In this activity, we also visited the Mercedes-Benz China R&D Technology Center in Beijing to see how strict Mercedes-Benz EQE pure electric SUV and Mercedes-Benz’s standards for building cars are.

　　Mercedes-Benz EQE pure electric SUV is not only equipped with noise reduction hardware such as VSG acoustic glass and vehicle acoustic package, but also pays more attention to noise balance adjustment. In Mercedes-Benz, the noise balance of the whole vehicle is more important than simply reducing the decibel value. In addition, the annoying low-frequency noise is mainly produced by the structure of the car body and chassis, which is difficult to improve later. Mercedes-Benz has carried out full simulation verification in the early stage of vehicle development to iterate the design of body and chassis, and effectively suppress the low-frequency noise of the whole vehicle. In addition, for SUV models, a major source of low-frequency noise is the tailgate. Only by adopting higher body rigidity can low-frequency noise be avoided. The torsional rigidity of Mercedes-Benz EQE pure electric SUV is 45,800 nm/.

　　Mercedes-Benz is the first automobile brand in China to introduce sunshine simulator, which restores the real use environment of customers at any cost and creates a cockpit travel experience that meets Mercedes-Benz comfort and energy efficiency standards. The sunlight simulator can simulate the high temperature of 50℃ in Turpan, the sunshine of 16 hours a day like Altay, and the relative humidity of 95%, so that the temperature inside the car can reach 70℃ at the highest. Through the high-strength test of sunlight simulator, the air conditioning comfort, air conditioning energy efficiency and heat insulation performance of sunroof and windshield of EQE pure electric SUV can be accurately evaluated.

　　It is here that the official cruising range of Mercedes-Benz electric vehicles is measured. It is worth mentioning that Mercedes-Benz also has strict standards for the electromagnetic radiation of electric vehicles that are highly concerned by users. Every component of Sandian has to pass the EMC test of the same standard, and the test standard of Mercedes-Benz is higher than the national standard.

　　Based on the accumulation of more than 130 years, Mercedes-Benz summed up the "Mercedes-Benz Driving Character", which is a set of chassis systematic standards, covering five dimensions of driving comfort, safety, driving confidence, sportiness and accuracy, and can quantify human subjective perception into more than 130 objective KPI data, and measure it through 40 sensors covering more than 100 directions. Mercedes-Benz suspension will not blindly seek softness, simple softness will lose the sense of road, which will make passengers’ senses mismatch, which will easily lead to motion sickness; For different road incentives, the secret of driving comfort is to be soft when soft and hard when hard. This is why the suspension adjustment of Mercedes-Benz EQE pure electric SUV is relatively moderate from the actual driving experience, and it retains certain support while being comfortable.

　　In April 2021, EQS, the first model based on Mercedes-Benz EVA pure electric platform, was officially released. In more than three years, based on this platform, Mercedes-Benz has launched a number of pure electric vehicles such as EQE, EQE pure electric SUV and EQS pure electric SUV. More than that, with the arrival of MMA pure electric platform, Mercedes-Benz pure electric vehicles will also be more competitive. At the 2024 annual meeting of China Development Forum held on March 24 this year, Ola K?llenius, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Mercedes-Benz Group Co., Ltd. said: Mercedes-Benz will firmly transform into an electric vehicle. Mercedes-Benz Modular Architecture (MMA) platform will be launched, marking the next step towards the electric future. Beijing Benz will launch vehicles based on MMA platform, including the long wheelbase version for China market. In addition, platforms such as MB.EA, AMG.EA and VAN.EA will be launched later, and each model of Mercedes-Benz in the future will bring corresponding pure electric product choices to customers.

　　Electric switch, pure electricity is still running.