Mercedes - Benz EQC400 4Matic

BEATEN to the punch by Jaguar (I-Pace) and, by some margin, Tesla, Mercedes-Benz has finally pitched its own premium-brand electric vehicle into an exponentially expanding competitor set.

Hoping to win customers over with the approachability and relative value for money of its EQC400 4Matic battery-electric vehicle, Mercedes-Benz has cannily entered the booming medium SUV segment first, ahead of an electric limousine (EQS) and an electric small car (EQA) destined to join it over the next 12-18 months. 

Sharing the same 2873mm wheelbase as Mercedes-Benz’s combustion-engined GLC medium SUV, and thus able to be built on the same production line, the EQC also shares much of its door skins and many interior components with its fossil-fuelled sibling. 

But this is a very different car.