Paris-Marseille in one go, without stopping to recharge the battery.
This is the promise of the Mercedes EQS, an unprecedented electric limousine, as imposing as an S-Class - length of 5.22 m - but with more sophisticated on-board technology.
The star firm announces a record range of 780 km with the EQS 450 version, 676 km for the EQS 580 model with all-wheel drive (one engine per axle).
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Enough to break down the prejudices and reluctance associated with the battery vehicle.
Honesty obliges to say that these values cannot be approached by moving on the highway and by multiplying the accelerations to impress the gallery.
After 120 km / h, the consumption of an electric vehicle explodes.
The fact remains that, during our first test on Swiss soil, where the regulations limit the speed to 120 km / h, it was possible to exceed the 550 km radius of action, consumption fluctuating between 15 , 2 and 19.2 kWh depending on the conditions
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