EQS SUV would be the model’s first ever EV produced in the US, and there’s quite a lot of good the reason why.
You’ll be able to blame chickens. And the thirty sixth President of the US. However collectively, each the fowl and Lyndon Johnson performed their half in that headline above. Mercedes will make the EQS SUV at their Tuscaloosa, Alabama plant. And meaning it’s the primary ever EV from Mercedes made right here within the ‘states. And there’s a motive why. “Hen tax.”
Gentle vans are burdened with a 25 p.c tariff if they’re imported from abroad attributable to a legislation put in place by Johnson in 1964 in keeping with investopedia. It was in retaliation to European tariffs on imported chickens. So for a corporation like Mercedes-Benz it make sense to make gentle vans (and SUV’s) right here in America. It’s why Mercedes has a plant in Tuscaloosa, Alabama and North Charleston, South Carolina.
Motor1 additionally studies that this EQS SUV shall be powered by a battery pack made lower than 4 miles away. That’s one other factor that can profit Mercedes as beforehand reported laws from the White Home will decide which EVs shall be eligible for a $7,500 tax rebate in keeping with our buddies at Electrical Automobile Boards.
Competitors will come from the Tesla Mannequin X, the Rivian R1S, and… that’s about it. However they’re each US made, and aren’t subjet to the aforementioned import tariffs. As for the EQS, it’s one of some firsts within the full dimension SUV phase, and stands to interrupt lots of floor for Mercedes within the coming years. In spite of everything, we all know that Mercedes isn’t solely dedicated to EV automobiles, but additionally is reshaping their firm picture into that of extremely luxurious.
Talking of luxurious, it gained’t be an affordable one, this SUV. Basing assumptions on the EQS sedan, the EQS SUV ought to vary from $105,000 to $130,000. If that’s not sufficient, Automotive and Driver hints at a Maybach model that shall be constructed, tipping $200,000 simply. And we all know it’s solely a matter of time earlier than the parents at AMG get their fingers on one.
So in a wierd coincidence, some of the modern, luxurious, and highest efficiency electrical Mercedes Benz produced thus far shall be made in Tuscaloosa. Due to chickens.
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