Hey guys and welcome to my channel!
My name is Nick O'Leary and today we have yet another All-Electric model made by Mercedes-Benz!
Truly sticking to their target of 10
All-Electric models by 2025 and this one is their most practical yet!
So
what happens when you take Mercedes-Benz's most
popular All-Electric car the EQA & add tons of practicality?
That is where you get the Mercedes-Benz EQB!
Now it isn't just an EQA made larger this one's actually a seven seater
and even has a few tricks up its sleeve!
So let's take a look....
Based on the Mercedes-Benz's GLB it's actually extremely similar but look closely and you'll see
it's got a new grille which is completely sealed off and given a nice glossy black treatment.
It has newly styled wheels with a more aerodynamic approach and two electric motor options.
So if you're considering an EQB there's actually two types of electric motor in
the UK so there's an EQB 300 for 228hp, then an EQB 350 for 292hp.
So because of this insane horsepower from this
type of car and obviously being electric it's very very quick!
Mecedes-Benz have actually put four-wheel drive (i.e 4MATIC) on these cars as standard so
that will allow you to put the power down and overtake or kind of pull out into a slip road or
dual carriageway or something like that when you need it the most!
Now when it comes to the boot this is where the EQB absolutely nails it because it has such a
squared off design, the second row seats have loads of legroom and loads of room in the boot.
So it's 495L as it is here but then if you fold the seats down it goes to 1,710L
so loads of space and on top of that as well it's a seven seater!
So if you wanted to carry an extra two people you can do that there's ISOFIX points here, USB-C
ports and even cupholders for the third row as well. Although I will say that it is mainly aimed
at kids it's about 1.65 meters is the kind of recommended height for anyone sitting in the back.
Now as this is a fully fledged seven seater to get into the very back these
seats actually move forwards and then once they're in you can actually move these seats
forwards and backwards to adjust more or less legroom for the people in the back.
So let me show you, there's a lever just under here if you grab this you can move this
kind of forwards in different increments just like this and as well...once they're in,
you can actually pull this cord here which will adjust the backrest.
So you can put this here be a bit more vertical or even just move
it back even if you just need to get like something fairly large in the boot you can
adjust the backrest here to still have people sat here which is pretty cool!
Now up front is where Mercedes-Benz have taken their design over the past few years
literally to the next level so here you've got these two awesome widescreen displays,
digital instrument cluster, digital screen here and although it might be a bit tricky to see just
because it is quite bright at the moment all this ambient lighting everywhere currently set to blue,
one of 64 colours of course.
So it just looks so so good at night in fact I'm going to show
you a screenshot here what it looks like at nighttime it's just so cool!
Now this is running the latest multimedia system by Mercedes called
MBUX and quite simply it's one of the best out there!
So it's all touch screen you can just literally swipe your finger across here like this
or you can use the touchpad in the middle here or if you like to have both hands on the steering
wheel you can operate it using your thumb on the left hand side of the steering wheel .
So for most people they're literally just going to use the first four options on here
so you've got Phone for example, then you've got Navigation for the sSat Nav
then you've got Radio for FM/DAB Radio and then Media of course for playing music off of your
phone via Bluetooth and then USB-C ports as well.
Oh yes and one thing I did forget to mention is there are USB-C ports everywhere on this
car so we have one in here there are two more in here, there's another one behind me
here and another two for the third row for the sixth and seven seat passengers in the rear.
So it's absolutely kitted out with USB-C ports!
Of course then the option after this you'll see Ambient Lighting which is how you can
change all the different colours and as this is an electric car you'll also have an EQ menu.
So in here there's a few things you can do for example searching for charging stations,
setting a departure time for your climate control to come on and warm the car up or cool it down
on warm days like this and you can also adjust a few parameters on the battery as well!
Now as this instrument cluster is completely digital you can of course
change a few elements on this from the left hand side to the centre and the right hand side
just completes that digital experience!
In fact I have actually made a video on the
Instrument Cluster on Mercedes-Benz so if you wanted to check that out
click on the pop-up banner up above and it'll take you straight to that one!
So one important fact is as this is Electric what are they like to charge?
How long do they take and how much do they cost?
Well let's cover that right now!
So then guys charge times now of course this is a huge
important factor on EV's and something that you do need to take into consideration.
So a lot of people ask how long does it take?
Well it does depend on where you get your electricity from
so let me explain if you use a 3-pin socket for example
this will take the longest and arguably does take well a very very very long time!
So it's almost in the eyes of an EV like a trickle charge so it's not really something that
you would kind of use day to day...it's like a backup
basically and also Mercedes-Benz don't have that three-pin cable in
the cars anyway from factory, you'd have to order one so I won't cover that here.
But if you do get an EV basically what you'll want to get is a Wallbox,
so get a Wallbox installed on your property for your driveway or garage
and that will basically make the charge time in the UK because that would be 7kW...it'll be
around about 9-10 hours depending on battery state of charge and that sort of thing.
But EQB's can also do rapid charging!
Now rapid charging are found on charge points just like IONITY
and they enable the car to charge from about 10 to 80 percent in 32 minutes!
Which is absolutely rapid for an EV so this is something that you'll want to use in public
what I recommend is actually check out a website called ZapMap. ZapMap
have basically have colour coded these charge points and for over simplification purposes:
Yellow is extremely slow, Blue is fast and Purple are rapid.
So if you're going to be doing any public charging
and you want the fastest charge time possible check out the purple ones!
So what about charging costs?
Well I'm going to grab my calculator for this just because well my maths is not the best!
So basically if you take the EQB battery that is a 66.5kWh battery and then times it by the
pence per kilowatt.
So in the UK the average is about 28p per kW (at the time recording) right now
so obviously just double checking public charging stations it may be a little bit more expensive.
But if you do 66.5 times £0.28p that will give you £18.62.
So it's £18.62 to fully charge an EQB (approximately) to give you
you know anything between 200 to 250 miles depending on where you drive how you drive
and that sort of thing which you just cannot do on a petrol or diesel car, it's virtually impossible!
So this is one of the reasons why EV's are so appealing because their their running costs
are so much cheaper and obviously then you've got the reduced servicing cost as well so EV's
although they're a little bit more expensive the running costs are just so much less!
And there we go then guys that concludes this week's video on the Mercedes-Benz EQB.
Let me know what you guys think down below in the comments section and of
course if you have any questions let me know and I'll try my best to answer them!
As always thank you so much for watching!
Huge huge shout out to Sandown Mercedes-Benz as they help provide access to this EQB here
so I can make this video for you today but guys thank you so much! Until next week Friday at 4pm!
See you then!