Mercedes-Benz has stopped taking individual orders for three of its first-generation luxury electric cars, the EQE sedan, EQE SUV and EQS SUV, in its main European markets, electrive reported on Tuesday [1].
The models can no longer be freely configured in Mercedes' German online configurator, where buyers can only choose from existing stock, and they have also disappeared from the configurators for France, the UK and the Netherlands [1]. German site JESMB reported the same change on Nov. 7, noting stock EQE sedans offered at discounts of up to 30% [2].
Mercedes has not officially confirmed the discontinuation, according to electrive [1].
The EQE sedan went on sale in 2022, with the EQE SUV and EQS SUV following soon after [1]. Of the four large models built on the EVA-II electric platform, only the EQS sedan remains orderable; Mercedes revised it in April with an 800-volt system, new motors and a larger battery, giving the EQS 450+ a WLTP range of up to 926 km [1].
No comparable update was planned for the EQE models, and Mercedes has not announced one for the EQS SUV [1]. In the US, Mercedes has already dropped the EQE and AMG EQE for the 2027 model year, a spokesperson told Car and Driver, Carscoops reported [4].
The cuts follow the EQC, EQB and EQA, which Mercedes also retired as it moves to electric versions of its combustion models with conventional names [1]. An electric E-Class, which will eventually replace the EQE sedan, is due in the second half of 2027, and the new electric C-Class and GLC use the 800-volt MB.EA-M architecture [1][2].
The newer cars are selling. Mercedes-Benz Cars delivered a record 68,400 battery-electric vehicles in the third quarter, up 61% from a year earlier and 16.8% of its 407,200 car sales, with electric GLC sales more than tripling from the second quarter [3]. The electric GLC, CLA, GLB and GLA are sold out in Europe for the rest of the year, with order books stretching into 2027, electrive reported [3].
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