Mercedes Launches New Conscious Family EQS SUV

A new eco-conscious seven-seater family sports utility vehicle has been launched by Mercedes-Benz. But with its hefty price-tag and souring electricity charges, you’d better start saving now.

The new EQS SUV is an electric battery-powered alternative to the current GLS SUV and goes on sale next year with a price-tag expected at about £110,000.

Eco-conscious: The new EQS SUV is an electric battery-powered alternative to the current GLS SUV and goes on sale next year with a price-tag expected at about £110,000.

The entry-level 450+ rear-wheel-drive model manages the longest 409mile range — though an all-wheel-drive 450 4MATIC version with two electric motors reduces that to 380miles.

The most powerful 580 4Matic all-wheel-drive version also has a claimed range of 380 miles.

Although no official figures have been released, it’s expected to sprint from rest to 62mph in about 4.5 seconds. Charging from a rapid 200kW charger will provide 80 per cent of power in 31 minutes. They were different times. But oh, what times. If you want a flavor of rip-roaring motoring and motor racing in ‘the good old days’ — on two wheels and four — dip into veteran scribe Ted Macauley’s new memoirs Raring to Go! (£16.99, Veloce Publishing).

It features a cast of thousands from the worlds of motorsport, motoring, showbiz and even Hollywood — including fun with sporting superstars such as Barry Sheene, George Best, Michael Schumacher and Mike Hailwood, plus encounters with comedians Billy Connolly, Michael Caine, Ringo Starr and Paul Newman, and a particularly boozy session with actor Lee Marvin on set for the war movie The Big Red One.