New Concept Car VISION EQXX Released by Mercedes-Benz

The New Year holiday has just ended, and Mercedes-Benz has released a brand new concept car, VISION EQXX, in the early morning, claiming that it is the “most efficient” vehicle in the brand’s history of electric cars. This electric concept car has many unprecedented features and highlights.

In terms of the most critical range of electric cars, Mercedes-Benz officially stated that VISION EQXX has a single charging range of over 1,000 kilometers under real road conditions. At the same time, the long range is not achieved by simply expanding the battery capacity.

The first is the brand new electric drive system independently developed by Mercedes-Benz. This electric transmission system can transfer 95% of the battery energy to the vehicle’s wheels. If this efficiency can really be achieved, the technology is indeed at a leading level in the current electric vehicles.

Regarding batteries, Mercedes-Benz introduced that VISION EQXX’s battery pack is newly developed, and it is different from the battery pack used in previous electric cars. Its battery volume is 100 kWh, which is 30% lighter in weight than the flagship electric car EQS, and the energy density is close to 400 Wh/L. The official data for energy consumption per 100 kilometers is not higher than 10 kWh. From the data perspective, this brand new battery pack does perform well.

The achievement of a range of 1,000 kilometers also benefited from the vehicle’s ultra-low drag coefficient and body weight, combined with tires that have ultra-low rolling resistance and optimized aerodynamics. The drag coefficient of VISION EQXX reaches 0.17, and the vehicle also extensively applies various lightweight technologies, making it possible to achieve a range of over a thousand kilometers with only half the battery volume of EQS.

In terms of design, this concept car is not as dazzling and futuristic as the Avatar concept car we imagined. The detailed design is very practical, which may be due to the large span of the appearance design of electric vehicles in the past year or two. Mercedes-Benz’s new concept car is very close to the design elements and details of a mass-produced car.

The new car is painted in the iconic Alubeam Silver color of Mercedes-Benz, with the wings on both sides rising upward and exhaust vents with cooling system on the front hood, which pays tribute to the 300SL Gullwing. When viewed from the front, the front design of the new car is very low, with double lens headlights, each surrounded by three-point daytime running lights, outlining the shape of the Mercedes “three-pointed star”. The closed front face below the lamp group is also covered with the shining Mercedes-Benz logo, which can also be seen on the Mercedes EQS.

The wheelbase of VISION EQXX is only 2.8 meters, and the overall size of the car is not large. In fact, this wheelbase is even shorter than that of the C-Class with standard wheelbase, but the low-profile shape and slender body lines and the quickly downward sloping rear end make it look longer when viewed from the side.

The design of the car’s tail is quite exaggerated. The one-piece light strip around the entire tail is slightly protruding and highly recognizable, and the lower part of the rear end of the car is equipped with a retractable active bottom diffuser.

Moving on to the interior, the overall design style is still very Mercedes-like in terms of technological and luxurious feel. The most eye-catching feature is the seamless ultra-thin one-piece screen on the center console, with a size of 47.4 inches, which is currently the largest one-piece screen of Mercedes-Benz. According to the official introduction, this infotainment system has introduced a gaming engine and fully optimized the user interface, such as being compatible with 3D real-time navigation system, in the 3D city view, the satellite image can be magnified to a height of 10 meters, and the visual effect is still very good.

In addition, what Mercedes is most proud of in this interior is the large area of environmentally friendly materials used in the car, such as seats, door handles, carpets, etc., which are replaced with renewable materials instead of leather. However, these things should only appear on concept cars.

# Mercedes-Benz’s VISION EQXX Concept Car

The Mercedes-Benz VISION EQXX concept car was globally launched today, from scratch to landing in just 18 months, which is a highly efficient achievement. It is obvious that Mercedes-Benz is highly committed to electrification, as it plans to gradually phase out its gasoline vehicles by 2025.

After watching the release video for the VISION EQXX concept car, it is evident that Mercedes-Benz is exceptionally pleased with achieving a pure electric range of 1000 kilometers and extremely low energy consumption. Traditional luxury brands are taking electrification seriously, and Mercedes-Benz’s technological reserves are very strong. Although the VISION EQXX is a concept car, many of its details are already very close to that of a production vehicle. In the future, it should become the technological prototype for many Mercedes-Benz electric models.

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