The star isn't heated so you can see the emblem in icy/snowy weather. It's heated so that the sensors like the radar behind always got visibility obviously.
@@floki1664 I’m sorry? I also own a 2020 GLE. What Mercedes-Benz do you have again? I also have a 70k e300, I had the option to buy an amg but choose not to, as I drove 3 hrs for work everyday. Please next time you want to insult someone, make sure you can back up the insult.
@@zakelwe not true, my e class has 65k miles on it, as long as you keep up with maintenance, these cars are phenomenal. I’ll easily hit 128, in both mine daily, these cars are built much better then you understand.
Without subsidies EVs are dead, well until prices come down in a few years. Even here in Holland sales aren't as good as they used to be because of...fewer tax incentives.
I know what you mean but you have to realize that without subsidies ICE cars would be dead also. The subsidies paid by the government on fuel are astronomical without which fueling up a car would be extremely expensive. Take away all subsidies and suddenly EVs would be a great deal.
Bold statement - at £52,000 no normal person is affording that. UK average full time salary is £31,000. Most working class people are already priced out of new EVs and second hand EVs that aren't Zoes or Leafs. On top of that a third of the UK population live in property without off road parking, that rules those people out of being able to charge their potential EVs at home which is a serious barrier to adoption. So in this case unless you're in the 50k club, don't live in a terrace or flat, a lot of us are sticking to ICE cars.
Even after the UK ban on new ICE cars happens, the used market will keep growing. Most cars on the roads likely cost less than £15k, new electric cars are exclusive to either the rich(er) folk or company car drivers. It's just not at all viable for the average person.
People complaining about the price being too much for most UK citizens are forgetting this is still a Mercedes. It’s not supposed to be affordable for most people.
@@danielgordon8736 I think people are just disappointed that the price wasn't lower given Mercedes don't need to add 11 emission cheating devices to their electric cars. :D
Mat is a walking meme with his BMW flask, Lexus hat, Audi bag and Mercedes vehicle. Reminds me of that one meme where a person has every car companies badge on the back of his Toyota
Any time someone says anything negative about “Mat Sandwich Board Watson” you will get a shitload of mad dodgy replies,,, So do they purposely target any negative replies?? I recon so, 🥸
Love the EQB! I’ve been now driving this car for 4mths and it’s truly a pocket rocket! It’s soo easy to handle on little country lanes or towns and great on motorway too!
ICE cars are not dead, it will take years, maybe a decade or more until infrastructures are good enough to replace them with EVs. People living in houses might have access to installing a wallbox and charge at home easily but many people leaving in flats and parking in the streets will not have that so easy. Also autonomy will still be a problem for a while and many places specially in not very populated areas will lack necessary infrastuctures for a while. Last not least prices are too high and I don't see that coming down so easily either. We'll see if there is capacity to build batteries to replace a zillion ICE cars
Only when solid state batteries become mainstream will EV cars become viable. Even Samsung say that will not happen realistically until 2028. Politicians both local and national think the answer to carbon emissions are EV vehicles but in reality the carbon emissions are pushed up the chain to the generating plant. Long live fossil fuels!
imagine forcing low income people to buy a 30k EV instead of a small and simple 10k brand new car just because EV it's cool... also there's litteraly not enought lithium in our world to replace every single car and truck in the world with an EV one. lithium recycling? quite complex and expensive and as batteries become cheaper, recycling it's becoming less and less profitable
Ice cars are not dead, they will be when batteries won't be fazed by temperature. Currently in Sweden and ev don't fare well in cold climates...40 electric cars stopped working on the highway because people needed to keep warm while stationary because of an accident. Temperature was -15°C outside. In the future I'm sure they'll fit cars with better battery technologies/chemistries, which is already available but car manufacturers do not consider them
batteries without liquid cooling (and thus heating) capacity are very bad in cold climate. also the shitty vw ID3 can even get as optional the heat pump making the car very impractical with sub zero temperatures
Good thing about buying a Mercedes is that whichever model you get, it will look similar one another. Bad thing about buying a Mercedes is that all Mercedes look similar.
@Yule Calma In fact, I think that is a good thing (and a bad thing) about buying any Two-door Porsche too! For Porsche, even the production year doesn't matter!
@Yule Calma You buy EQE and if people say "Oh that is EQS" , that is good. But when you buy EQS and people saying, "is that a Supra...sorry EQE?", that's bad. That's what I mean:)
@@ricemagician yeah, but I don’t fancy driving an entry level vehicle to be fair, especially from Mercedes. I would rather drive a 4 series or A5, I know quality is better in these cars and they aren’t replicas of other vehicles. But yes, the C and E will give owners a cheap s class while the flagship owners are screwed over
ICE cars are not dead until the electric vehicle prices go down to equal ICE cars. $30k for a tiny car in the USA. Forget it. You can buy a ICE car for under $20k new.
before used car prices ramped up later in 2021 i getted a 5 years old mid size diesel sedan for 9k €, with 9k € maybe i could buy a 10 years old crapy electric citycar with half dead battery and 100km of range left
@@chrisness No where near enough to compete with gasoline powered vehicles. But what’s far worse is the almost complete LACK of infrastructure in the United States to deal with EVERYONE owning an electric vehicle. People are already complaining when they have to wait for a charging station to open up. Imagine there being a line of cars waiting at EVERY CHARGER. Just 2 cars ahead of you would have you waiting 1.5 hours at the very least. At a gas pump you would have to wait about 7 minutes. We’re NOT EVEN REMOTELY READY for the public to start buying electric cars in mass. Imagine if all our cars were electric and the traffic suddenly slowed to a crawl because of a snow storm. That happens all over the country every single winter. Only, all those electric cars will run through their batteries much, MUCH faster than their gasoline powered counterparts, because using electric heat to keep all those occupants warm uses far more energy than is required to keep a gasoline powered vehicle idling to generate the same amount of heat.
If you look around any area of the UK you'll mostly see cars that people paid £5-7k for, or at most about £16k. Basically impossible to afford a usable EV on that money, even Kia are going 'premium' because they know an affordable EV will have too many compromises and they want to protect their brand image 🙄 rather than actually provide a good product.
At the moment there are a limited amount of second hand EVs available, in another 5 years second hand EVs will be affordable much like ICE cars, we are just at the start of this transportation transformation so prices are high, but in another year or two price comparison with ICE cars will take place, but we haven't had enough time for the used EV market to mature yet ! I have a second hand leaf , and yes it cost me more than I've ever spent on a car before but it's paying me back handsomely, I'm saving over £1400 a year compared to my previous ICE car , so with three years ownership I've saved £4200 compared to a ICE car !
@Charlie C "you'll mostly see cars that people paid £5-7k for, or at most about £16k" -how much were those used cars when they were new !!! 🤔🤔 Comparing used to new never works out 😆
They are dying, not specifically because of the EQB. More thanks to Tesla and VW.
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You can't fold the seats from the boot, because they can be moved forwards and back. Also for the one pedal driving, maybe check if there's a way to turn creep off.
Nothing is tempting me to buy electric, I´d rather take the train, if I want to go from a to b without any emotions. I stick with the ICE for as long as possible
I'd hate being forced to buy an EV. No one banned steam cars to push ICE cars so why push EVs? Ecology...my ass it's all about money. They couldn't give a pigs arse about nature!
8:07 the tow capacity is still not confirmed as far as I know. Also in the configurator there is no option for a tow hitch. Where did you get that information?
Why does Carwow never review or even show what the cockpit does? Matt just always says "everyone will just use android auto or car play". We get more detail about the door bins
Because the same infotainment is used across multiple Mercedes models. He's not gonna deep dive into it over and over again every time he reviews a Mercedes
I don't get it. Why do new cars since the middle 2010s feel and look so cheap? It's really a bummer, that maximising profit is depriving us of well engineerd and high-quality cars.
If you set the regen braking to max, do you know if the brake lights go on when you lift your foot of the accelerator? Maybe this question has come up before and I have not seen it, but I was driving behind an electric car the other day and my feeling was that the car slowed down very quickly without the braking lights comming on. Just wondering… 🙂
Most countries have laws where the brake lights come on during deceleration events over a certain threshold. This would mean it applies to both ICE cars and EVs. When an EV slows at the rate that a gas car would usually hit the brakes, it’s brake lights come on. Teslas do this extremely well for example. They even flash if you hit the brake hard enough.
Oh just what I wanted for the new year! A half assed electric car that STARTS at $70k but lacks features $30k cars have and can't even beat said cars at a 0-60.........
There are quite a few eletric suvs with 7 seats. You perhaps have the Nio es8, the Hongqi E-HS9, the Maxus Euniq and lastly the Byd Tang, just to name a few. The starting price for these 4 suvs in Norway are: Nio around 43700£ without the battery (renting the battery) and 50400£ with the battery. The Hongqi is around 50500£. The Maxus is 33700£. And lastly the Byd is around 50500£. Prices in Norway for these in December 2021.
All well and good, but there's _still_ nowhere to charge it if you don't have a house with a driveway/garage (so that's everyone in cities - people for which electric cars _should_ make the most sense (short range, no emissions, great in stop start traffic), and the range is crap for those who don't live in the city and need to (even if it's just occasionally) make a long trip.
My VW Passat 2010 is worth 5k Euro and has 1200 km range. I once drove it slow like an EV and was able to achieve 1500km. When I can get an EV with 1200km range for 10k Euro, I will switch to EV I promise :-)
It cracks me up how they call plastic "vegan leather" lmao. Leather is a biodegradable organic by-product of beef production. We don't actually raise cows just for leather so having plastic seats isn't going to save any cows and is actually adding more plastic to our environment. The foam in those seats is "vegan" too and that's a "vegan" dashboard.
True. I don't understand the problem with real leather. What do we do with all the skins of the thousands of cows we eat daily in the world. Leather is better than all the "vegan" crappy materials they are using. STOP this stupidity. Producing those "recycled" materials contaminate the planet even more than using real and natural materials.
The bulbous shape of the camera(one that was blanked) is for self cleaning purposes, if it were flush mounted dirt ans grime could easily stick, that shape allows for the wind to clean the camera when driving, works best when it's raining obviously.
Sorry but here in Canada and the states we won’t be fully electric for a very long time. Sure they are building them and the technology is getting better but the grid is no where near ready
ICE isn’t quite not dead yet. Until I see more charge stations then I will take it more seriously. Drove a Tesla Model 3 for 3 days. It was not fun finding charge stations and waiting around when I was charging.
NIO ES8 has been on the Chinese market since 2018 with 7 seats, 560 hp and 100kwh battery pack. It's just sadly never been induced in the UK. Available in Norway though
ICE cars are dead? Ah well, too bad - brand new diesel Q7 arriving in July - I'll wave to you at the charging bay as I waft past, totally relaxed, with zero range anxiety. 😉
That’s the idea. I own a Leaf but also own a Pathfinder for long trips. Two hour waits to get to the Tesla Superchargers is not in my future (nor is the horrific build quality of any Tesla).
Picked up a brand new EQB300 a week ago. It lasted 160 miles...then the rear motor just gave up!!! Had to take it back to the dealership. Since you can´t tow the EQB it had to be transported on a flatbed truck. Unfortunately I had parked the EQB in front of my diesel car so I wasn´t able to get to work in time that day. The dealership offered me a rental car (smaller model than the EQB) but I will still recieve the monthly invoices and have to pay for a vehicle sitting in the workshop. Mercedes need to do something about their poor quality.
When would the Merc started building the EVs from the ground up, they are falling seriously behind the competetion for the range and storage capacity. Any ideas @Mat?
@@stijnhs yep they do but I meant more for the common masses. They have released EQA, EQB, EQC etc. but they aren't anywhere close to the competition's offerings in fully EV platform from VW, Audi or even Ford and Hyundai-Kia. I am not even going to mention Tesla.
@brotinger_1 Definitely agree, you and I are of the same mind. That was the key takeaway for me too. I wonder if they have beaten Tesla in terms of battery efficiency per kWh. Defnitely with 50% more charge per cell size they have an upper hand for weight reduction. Looking forward to the new gen EQA/B/C as the current ones are nothing to boast about for BEVs.
@brotinger_1 It's less incredible when you consider that your numbers are just dead wrong - you're comparing the energy density on a pack level for the Mercedes and on a cell level for the Tesla. I didn't find any values for the model 3 on pack level, but it is certainly less than 200 Wh/kg, probably in the range of 160.
Well, regen increases when you put it in "D-" on my A250e and the EQC i have tried. There is also "D--" in my A250e, witch put the regen on max. By putting it in "D+", it will remove almost all regen.
For some reason, when someone tells me about environmental friendly cars which are worth governmental subsidizing in order to help the climate, an enormous Mercedes SUV doesn't really come to my mind. I hope the battery will last for more than 10 years.
Even if it doesn't the huge amount of electronics won't rendering the car useless eg all gauges in modern cars are now a screen which won't last and will cost more than value of car to replace when it gets even vaguely old.
Lmao 🤣 Mercedes is dead after they decided to end production of their v8s, no one is even going to want to buy an amg now, why would anyone buy a electric Mercedes
The UK version doesn't get electric seats and only part leather. We also can't even choose the colour of the interior. We're stuck with black dynamica fabric with weird red stitching.
I think the Mercedes range only truly starts to feel posh from C-class upwards. The A and B class and its associated derivatives just don't feel posh in comparison, when you consider how many features it is missing.
I agree that ICE are one the way out, but I wouldn't say dead. It's just impractical at this point for everyone to switch to EV. I don't think everyone really thinks how much different EVs are than ICE.
There is a massive problem of literally hundreds of millions of ppl whos regular parking space doesn't afford them a charge point because its not their garage or yard or whatever, people simply can't plug in a car overnight in a big parking space outside their apartment building and fitting every single one of those with chargers in simply impossible unless we rebuild entire cities For them EVs won't be viable until charging is much faster as all of th clogging up the local charge points for 15min or half an hour or whatever every time they need to is simply unworkable ICE is here to stay for a while yet for good or bad
excellent video, I love how he is mocking the EQ line of Mercedes and EV vehicles and also that bad build quality and I say this as a Mercedes die hard fan, now this is a proper car video review being totally honest, lovely just keep on going like this Matt.
What happens if you are stuck in huge traffic jam, road blocked, middle of the winter? Can you save your family of being frozen?How long can the heating run while standing still?
The back seat base IS the deal breaker for my case, tested it at dealer, wife immediately notice the feet has been pushed up into uncomfortable position (my wife is only 1.62m). It is such a failure for a family car.
Great review as always. Only thing is that D+ is minimum regen, while D- is maximum regen. Also, I found the EQB interior to be fairly poorly made for its price. The ergonomics are fairly poor as well - not sure if it’s because I drove the 7 seater version. The rear seats are effectively benches that I get from small Japanese minivans. Finally, I have noticed a lot of (new) lower model Mercedes are literally rattling with very low mileage, including the test drive EQB I just drove today.
Could you please show the sunroof in your reviews. It would be interesting to see if it opens or whether it is just a panoramic roof. Thanks for the great reviews.
The windshield glass of the GLB250 cracks easily with any small flying object that hits the glass on the road. I have a 2020 GLB250 and so far The windshield has cracked 5 times in less than 2 years. I believe the cause is attributed to a flaw in the upright design of the front windshield. No recall has been announced and MB has not admitted any wrong.
@@hanslindgren954 Tell that to my 1979 240D still running fine. Meanwhile, the battery in my 2015 Leaf will not last 40 plus years. Which is more obsolete?
Starting from £52k in the UK is an absolute joke. Only affordable for the majority if you are lucky enough to have a company car scheme through your employer.
Asking viewer to click in the pop out banner just to see the alternative car's name ruins the whole experience. Just tell us. Makes the review more useful imo. Please stop doing it. Go back to the old style.
Hehe, so interesting that I'm currently looking for the opposite! For me they are not enough "futuristic" that is why considering Polestar 2 or Kia Ev6 Earth
@@ThoughtsOfMyBrain Polestar doesn't seem very futuristic to me. EV6 is futuristic, but in a good way. Ioniq 5 is the most futuristic to me - tried it when it came out, and went back to try it the other day. I liked it first time, but the other day it somehow felt too "futuristic" to me. Like those cars that stand out and look cool today, but look wierd in 3 years.
ICE cars aren't dead yet, because - EV cars are currently only rich boys' toys (for example the EQB) - their range goes down significantly on cold weather, especially if the model lacks a heat pump - they take ages to charge and solving this with the current technology will require major changes in our electrical infrastructures (grid capacity and power distribution) So, until these 3 are solved I'm nowhere near becoming a fan. (I'm not an EV hater, but having "done the math" and having been very tempted to jump in, these are the major shortcomings I came across)
Great video. I’m not sure if someone has said below but you CAN NOT TOW….. the best you may be able to do is to fit a bike carrier arm on the back but you can’t fit a proper tow ball. Confirmed by Mercedes themselves.
Who would have thought that some day, having your storage space split into two separate trunks, or having a trunk where you have to open and close the front hatch to get to it would be seen as a good thing.
A question if the car will slow down quite a lot under regenerative braking and even stop like the Tesla does it show the brake lights to those following, so you do not get shunted??
What's the greatest car of all time? Wrong answers only...
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The star isn't heated so you can see the emblem in icy/snowy weather. It's heated so that the sensors like the radar behind always got visibility obviously.
Lol I cant believe the reason Matt believed the star was heated 🤣
Can confirm, the distronic system relays on the array to keep sensors working. My car gets too dirty, my e class will let me know to clean the sensor
Just another thing to go wrong for the third buyer and be butt banged at the local Mercedes dealer.
@@floki1664 I’m sorry? I also own a 2020 GLE. What Mercedes-Benz do you have again? I also have a 70k e300, I had the option to buy an amg but choose not to, as I drove 3 hrs for work everyday.
Please next time you want to insult someone, make sure you can back up the insult.
@@zakelwe not true, my e class has 65k miles on it, as long as you keep up with maintenance, these cars are phenomenal.
I’ll easily hit 128, in both mine daily, these cars are built much better then you understand.
8:50 Must be the Audi bag you left in the front "trunk" before, getting now consumed by the car.
Poor audi bag is crying in the back
I am still worried about the bag!!
I just came, is it still crying!?
The badge at the front is heated because it houses the radar, nothing to do with keeping the Mercedes badge visible.
Without subsidies EVs are dead, well until prices come down in a few years. Even here in Holland sales aren't as good as they used to be because of...fewer tax incentives.
Eu thinks about lowering VAT on eco goods, maybe they allow members to zero VAT on electric cars and all EU members do so.
One way around this is to get one on lease, I did 👍🏿
The whole system is a con and the EV revolution with fail
I know what you mean but you have to realize that without subsidies ICE cars would be dead also. The subsidies paid by the government on fuel are astronomical without which fueling up a car would be extremely expensive. Take away all subsidies and suddenly EVs would be a great deal.
Future is renewable fuel not ev’s We cant change billions of cars on the road to EV’s
Bold statement - at £52,000 no normal person is affording that. UK average full time salary is £31,000. Most working class people are already priced out of new EVs and second hand EVs that aren't Zoes or Leafs. On top of that a third of the UK population live in property without off road parking, that rules those people out of being able to charge their potential EVs at home which is a serious barrier to adoption. So in this case unless you're in the 50k club, don't live in a terrace or flat, a lot of us are sticking to ICE cars.
Have you tried finance?
@@edwardvalivonis23 These are coming in around £600 a month, still steep
Even still a “normal person” can’t afford the ice version of this car
Even after the UK ban on new ICE cars happens, the used market will keep growing. Most cars on the roads likely cost less than £15k, new electric cars are exclusive to either the rich(er) folk or company car drivers. It's just not at all viable for the average person.
I don't think an average worker would buy a mercedes anyway.
People complaining about the price being too much for most UK citizens are forgetting this is still a Mercedes. It’s not supposed to be affordable for most people.
Exactly...
@@danielgordon8736 I think people are just disappointed that the price wasn't lower given Mercedes don't need to add 11 emission cheating devices to their electric cars. :D
@@brentcrane6632 Look up "Mercedes Emissions Claim". Lmao.
@markyes so you expect them to be priced like a dacia😂
@@shreyass2447 umm no but like a Honda accord look how cheap the front looks straight plastic
Mat is a walking meme with his BMW flask, Lexus hat, Audi bag and Mercedes vehicle. Reminds me of that one meme where a person has every car companies badge on the back of his Toyota
Any time someone says anything negative about “Mat Sandwich Board Watson” you will get a shitload of mad dodgy replies,,, So do they purposely target any negative replies?? I recon so, 🥸
@Yule Calma Hondas and Corollas lmao🤦♂️😂😂😂
@@alhit007 Sit down
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It's funny how electric cars are still obsessed with these blue "ELECTRIC" styling details. We don't need blue lines everywhere to remind us.
It's a Merc and BMW thing
It's not an EV thing but a merc and BMW thing.
Nah many other manufacturers still do that aswell, not just Merc and BMW.
It's amazing. Not a single blue detail in a Tesla, yet everyone knows it's an EV. And people that don't know, don't care.
@@44Bigs it isn't blue though. Well not just. It's "ELECTRIC" blue. Just saying.
Love the EQB! I’ve been now driving this car for 4mths and it’s truly a pocket rocket! It’s soo easy to handle on little country lanes or towns and great on motorway too!
How do you find the range on the charge? Do you have the 300 or 350? Thanks in advance
But it’s way too massive
U see..this reviewer can p..s off!
ICE cars are not dead, it will take years, maybe a decade or more until infrastructures are good enough to replace them with EVs.
People living in houses might have access to installing a wallbox and charge at home easily but many people leaving in flats and parking in the streets will not have that so easy. Also autonomy will still be a problem for a while and many places specially in not very populated areas will lack necessary infrastuctures for a while.
Last not least prices are too high and I don't see that coming down so easily either. We'll see if there is capacity to build batteries to replace a zillion ICE cars
Car journalists live in a bubble
Only when solid state batteries become mainstream will EV cars become viable. Even Samsung say that will not happen realistically until 2028. Politicians both local and national think the answer to carbon emissions are EV vehicles but in reality the carbon emissions are pushed up the chain to the generating plant. Long live fossil fuels!
imagine forcing low income people to buy a 30k EV instead of a small and simple 10k brand new car just because EV it's cool...
also there's litteraly not enought lithium in our world to replace every single car and truck in the world with an EV one.
lithium recycling? quite complex and expensive and as batteries become cheaper, recycling it's becoming less and less profitable
Its super easy to live with an EV. Absolutely no problem. We have one. A breeze to live with. Dont talk about things you dont know anything about.
@@Tonyx.yt. You're wrong on every point
Ice cars are not dead, they will be when batteries won't be fazed by temperature. Currently in Sweden and ev don't fare well in cold climates...40 electric cars stopped working on the highway because people needed to keep warm while stationary because of an accident. Temperature was -15°C outside. In the future I'm sure they'll fit cars with better battery technologies/chemistries, which is already available but car manufacturers do not consider them
You forgot to count the iced ICE cars...
My electric car project is self charging electric car. Heat as much as you like, it won't drain battery
Also Sweden is burning diesel to generate electricity atm.
batteries without liquid cooling (and thus heating) capacity are very bad in cold climate.
also the shitty vw ID3 can even get as optional the heat pump making the car very impractical with sub zero temperatures
it was not 40 it was 2.
Good thing about buying a Mercedes is that whichever model you get, it will look similar one another. Bad thing about buying a Mercedes is that all Mercedes look similar.
@Yule Calma In fact, I think that is a good thing (and a bad thing) about buying any Two-door Porsche too! For Porsche, even the production year doesn't matter!
@Yule Calma You buy EQE and if people say "Oh that is EQS" , that is good. But when you buy EQS and people saying, "is that a Supra...sorry EQE?", that's bad. That's what I mean:)
@@ricemagician exactly right, the S class is pointless for the same reason.
@@Horizon301. You can enjoy the S-Class effect while driving C-Class though.
@@ricemagician yeah, but I don’t fancy driving an entry level vehicle to be fair, especially from Mercedes. I would rather drive a 4 series or A5, I know quality is better in these cars and they aren’t replicas of other vehicles. But yes, the C and E will give owners a cheap s class while the flagship owners are screwed over
Mat, if you instead wear a Benz hat, Benz bag, and Benz flask, it'll give you an extra +5 horsepower 😉
It'll make him look like a 70 year old being driven in the back seat.
ICE cars are not dead until the electric vehicle prices go down to equal ICE cars. $30k for a tiny car in the USA. Forget it. You can buy a ICE car for under $20k new.
ICE is not dead they're just evolve to become an eco friendly combustion
before used car prices ramped up later in 2021 i getted a 5 years old mid size diesel sedan for 9k €, with 9k € maybe i could buy a 10 years old crapy electric citycar with half dead battery and 100km of range left
Electric cars are getting cheaper every year
@@chrisness No where near enough to compete with gasoline powered vehicles. But what’s far worse is the almost complete LACK of infrastructure in the United States to deal with EVERYONE owning an electric vehicle. People are already complaining when they have to wait for a charging station to open up. Imagine there being a line of cars waiting at EVERY CHARGER. Just 2 cars ahead of you would have you waiting 1.5 hours at the very least. At a gas pump you would have to wait about 7 minutes. We’re NOT EVEN REMOTELY READY for the public to start buying electric cars in mass. Imagine if all our cars were electric and the traffic suddenly slowed to a crawl because of a snow storm. That happens all over the country every single winter. Only, all those electric cars will run through their batteries much, MUCH faster than their gasoline powered counterparts, because using electric heat to keep all those occupants warm uses far more energy than is required to keep a gasoline powered vehicle idling to generate the same amount of heat.
@@mudman6156 no different than a gas car running out of gas in traffic
I love how Matt quoted "electric " throughout the interior review 😂
Incredibly annoying
If you look around any area of the UK you'll mostly see cars that people paid £5-7k for, or at most about £16k. Basically impossible to afford a usable EV on that money, even Kia are going 'premium' because they know an affordable EV will have too many compromises and they want to protect their brand image 🙄 rather than actually provide a good product.
EV or "how to force unwealthy people to stop owning a car" but hey, at least Greta it's happy, right?
What
At the moment there are a limited amount of second hand EVs available, in another 5 years second hand EVs will be affordable much like ICE cars, we are just at the start of this transportation transformation so prices are high, but in another year or two price comparison with ICE cars will take place, but we haven't had enough time for the used EV market to mature yet !
I have a second hand leaf , and yes it cost me more than I've ever spent on a car before but it's paying me back handsomely, I'm saving over £1400 a year compared to my previous ICE car , so with three years ownership I've saved £4200 compared to a ICE car !
@Charlie C
"you'll mostly see cars that people paid £5-7k for, or at most about £16k" -how much were those used cars when they were new !!! 🤔🤔
Comparing used to new never works out 😆
@@davefitzpatrick4841 i spend no more than 1500€ on fuel, insurance and road tax by year on my car so its hard for me to save 1400£ with an EV
Is it just me or mercedes EVs have not great exterior design? 🤷♂️
Eqs looks fine
honestly not so many EV have great exterior design...
@@djagofficial eqs looks shite from outside. only eqe is presentable
@@Tonyx.yt. e-tron, q5 etron, xc40, lucid air, G80, bz4x, taycan says high.
its subjective on merc, bmw and tesla ev's all that look unpleasant to me
@@poseidon8662 yes but the interior makes up for it 100% the eqs looks incredible on the inside
Not sure when this video suggested ICE cars are dead.
They are dying, not specifically because of the EQB. More thanks to Tesla and VW.
You can't fold the seats from the boot, because they can be moved forwards and back.
Also for the one pedal driving, maybe check if there's a way to turn creep off.
I'd rather get the GLK. I can't say I like the styling of this and the GLB.
mercedes is expanding his fleet of seriously ugly vehicles
The GLK is fugly in general I think this looks pretty good
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i think the glb looks fine but the glk and eqb are ugly
@@MrInternFTL why GLK is ugly?
I'll stick with ice for as long as I possibly can need to come down in price massively before I'm tempted
Nothing is tempting me to buy electric, I´d rather take the train, if I want to go from a to b without any emotions. I stick with the ICE for as long as possible
@@Chris675R agreed. EV’s aren’t for us petrol heads.
I'd hate being forced to buy an EV. No one banned steam cars to push ICE cars so why push EVs? Ecology...my ass it's all about money. They couldn't give a pigs arse about nature!
@@nonotherthananother Amen!
@@nonotherthananother boy you are willfully ignorant. What a perfect analogy.
I just can't get on with the front of the EQ series mercs... love the back though
If you've seen one in person they're very nice.
imo it does look better in person
Cover the face bang the base
Okay
me too but this one looks descent tho
Can we get a 10-minute version of Mat just going "blluuuuu 'electric'"
Add some EDM and its there w some editing.
8:07 the tow capacity is still not confirmed as far as I know. Also in the configurator there is no option for a tow hitch. Where did you get that information?
As a reporter/reviewer he gets much more information early on than others through the press office when he collects the car for testing.
You are asking him like he makes cars in his background. Obviously benz gave his company car they gave details about to the writer and mat.
In Denmark you can not get it with a towbar
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Why does Carwow never review or even show what the cockpit does? Matt just always says "everyone will just use android auto or car play". We get more detail about the door bins
Well he’s right
cause almost every car system is ok/well nice enough. you gonna connect that phone anyways
Because EVs have absolutely horrid interiors.
Because the same infotainment is used across multiple Mercedes models. He's not gonna deep dive into it over and over again every time he reviews a Mercedes
@@poseidon8662I don't connect my phone and use up it's battery. I use the systems Google based nav and other apps like BBC or RUclips
I don't get it. Why do new cars since the middle 2010s feel and look so cheap? It's really a bummer, that maximising profit is depriving us of well engineerd and high-quality cars.
Because companies don'd care. The sheep will continue to buy them and think they are cool and classy. 🤣
Are they targeting the middle class w high volume lower prices?
If you set the regen braking to max, do you know if the brake lights go on when you lift your foot of the accelerator? Maybe this question has come up before and I have not seen it, but I was driving behind an electric car the other day and my feeling was that the car slowed down very quickly without the braking lights comming on. Just wondering… 🙂
It does in America.
Most countries have laws where the brake lights come on during deceleration events over a certain threshold. This would mean it applies to both ICE cars and EVs. When an EV slows at the rate that a gas car would usually hit the brakes, it’s brake lights come on. Teslas do this extremely well for example. They even flash if you hit the brake hard enough.
Wonderful Review, Great Job Matt
You just haven’t watched it tho
Hey Matt. Why didn’t you do launch control test on EQB?
I would like to know how quickly it can do 0-60 with a verified measurement
Oh just what I wanted for the new year! A half assed electric car that STARTS at $70k but lacks features $30k cars have and can't even beat said cars at a 0-60.........
08:43 "A T-T-...T-...T-T-T-T-..T-T-TOYOTA YARIS 👹"
There are quite a few eletric suvs with 7 seats. You perhaps have the Nio es8, the Hongqi E-HS9, the Maxus Euniq and lastly the Byd Tang, just to name a few. The starting price for these 4 suvs in Norway are: Nio around 43700£ without the battery (renting the battery) and 50400£ with the battery. The Hongqi is around 50500£. The Maxus is 33700£. And lastly the Byd is around 50500£. Prices in Norway for these in December 2021.
Is the shipping free, from aliexpres ?
None of those are in RHD though sadly
Hope you enjoyed your time in Milton Keynes driving through my estate Matt! Great review, as always.
All well and good, but there's _still_ nowhere to charge it if you don't have a house with a driveway/garage (so that's everyone in cities - people for which electric cars _should_ make the most sense (short range, no emissions, great in stop start traffic), and the range is crap for those who don't live in the city and need to (even if it's just occasionally) make a long trip.
Except for cities with on street charging. And charging stations.
@@bryandavies6074 Also called imaginary cities.
@@Malc180s Maybe in your head. But in the real world, it's happened and is happening.
@@bryandavies6074 Where? 5 chargers and one down near asda? That's convenient
Wow, carwow is now making Mat do a crash course in chemistry!!🤣🤣
Ice cars Are not dead! Come on carwow...
My VW Passat 2010 is worth 5k Euro and has 1200 km range. I once drove it slow like an EV and was able to achieve 1500km. When I can get an EV with 1200km range for 10k Euro, I will switch to EV I promise :-)
You'll never buy an EV then 🤣
Those rims feels like a nightmare to clean!
Hi StreetFerrari. Longtime no see.
It cracks me up how they call plastic "vegan leather" lmao. Leather is a biodegradable organic by-product of beef production. We don't actually raise cows just for leather so having plastic seats isn't going to save any cows and is actually adding more plastic to our environment. The foam in those seats is "vegan" too and that's a "vegan" dashboard.
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Some vegan leather is made from plants^^
True. I don't understand the problem with real leather. What do we do with all the skins of the thousands of cows we eat daily in the world. Leather is better than all the "vegan" crappy materials they are using. STOP this stupidity. Producing those "recycled" materials contaminate the planet even more than using real and natural materials.
Leather demand increases the value of each cow, increasing the number of cows
vegan means something that isn't from animals. so its about animal welfare rather than environment
The bulbous shape of the camera(one that was blanked) is for self cleaning purposes, if it were flush mounted dirt ans grime could easily stick, that shape allows for the wind to clean the camera when driving, works best when it's raining obviously.
Drove this car and what an experience. If you can afford it but it you won’t be disappointed
‘Hey Mercedes’
‘How can I help you?’
‘Send Matt some Mercedes Merch’.
‘I’m sorry. I can’t help you with that’.
Sorry but here in Canada and the states we won’t be fully electric for a very long time. Sure they are building them and the technology is getting better but the grid is no where near ready
The heating in the mercedes star is for the radar sensor underneath. These are molded into the badges these days.
ICE isn’t quite not dead yet. Until I see more charge stations then I will take it more seriously. Drove a Tesla Model 3 for 3 days. It was not fun finding charge stations and waiting around when I was charging.
NIO ES8 has been on the Chinese market since 2018 with 7 seats, 560 hp and 100kwh battery pack. It's just sadly never been induced in the UK. Available in Norway though
D-- is actually for maximum regen - and goes up from there, so D- is slight regen, D is normal, and D+ is 'gliding'.
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ICE cars are dead? Ah well, too bad - brand new diesel Q7 arriving in July - I'll wave to you at the charging bay as I waft past, totally relaxed, with zero range anxiety. 😉
Not if he mainly charges at home
And he wont have to care much about fuel cost
And billions of people will be floating lifeless in the risen sea levels.
@@snakeeyes9246 fear mongering nonsense.
That’s the idea. I own a Leaf but also own a Pathfinder for long trips. Two hour waits to get to the Tesla Superchargers is not in my future (nor is the horrific build quality of any Tesla).
Picked up a brand new EQB300 a week ago. It lasted 160 miles...then the rear motor just gave up!!! Had to take it back to the dealership. Since you can´t tow the EQB it had to be transported on a flatbed truck. Unfortunately I had parked the EQB in front of my diesel car so I wasn´t able to get to work in time that day.
The dealership offered me a rental car (smaller model than the EQB) but I will still recieve the monthly invoices and have to pay for a vehicle sitting in the workshop.
Mercedes need to do something about their poor quality.
Mat arguing with the Mercedes voice assistant is just pure gold comedy, I can't wait for the next Mercedes car review, just for that 🤣🤣🤣
52 grand and looks like postman pat's van. No thanks. ICE cars certainly won't be killed by this car.
When would the Merc started building the EVs from the ground up, they are falling seriously behind the competetion for the range and storage capacity. Any ideas @Mat?
Uhm, they have an EQS...
@@stijnhs yep they do but I meant more for the common masses. They have released EQA, EQB, EQC etc. but they aren't anywhere close to the competition's offerings in fully EV platform from VW, Audi or even Ford and Hyundai-Kia. I am not even going to mention Tesla.
@brotinger_1 Definitely agree, you and I are of the same mind. That was the key takeaway for me too. I wonder if they have beaten Tesla in terms of battery efficiency per kWh. Defnitely with 50% more charge per cell size they have an upper hand for weight reduction. Looking forward to the new gen EQA/B/C as the current ones are nothing to boast about for BEVs.
@brotinger_1 that's incredible.
@brotinger_1 It's less incredible when you consider that your numbers are just dead wrong - you're comparing the energy density on a pack level for the Mercedes and on a cell level for the Tesla. I didn't find any values for the model 3 on pack level, but it is certainly less than 200 Wh/kg, probably in the range of 160.
Well, regen increases when you put it in "D-" on my A250e and the EQC i have tried. There is also "D--" in my A250e, witch put the regen on max. By putting it in "D+", it will remove almost all regen.
For some reason, when someone tells me about environmental friendly cars which are worth governmental subsidizing in order to help the climate, an enormous Mercedes SUV doesn't really come to my mind. I hope the battery will last for more than 10 years.
it wont.
Even if it doesn't the huge amount of electronics won't rendering the car useless eg all gauges in modern cars are now a screen which won't last and will cost more than value of car to replace when it gets even vaguely old.
the amount of RUclips-ADS in carwow videos are RIDICULOUS
Ahh Mat 😅😅just love your reviews...watched them from the beginning...priceless👍
If i have $50000 to spend on a car im not buying this 😂
No, because $50k is not enough since it starts at 52k GBP ($61k). The Tesla Y start at $73k.. I think this a much nicer option in comparison.
Jorgino
Spending 50k on something else than Porsche or Mercedes is waste of money. You prefer Dacia? 😂
@@bayern1806 bro what😂
Of course not.
1) It's over $50K because
2) It's over *£50K.* 😎👍
So happy to see the EQ brand expanding. Mercedes about to enjoy a lot of sales, especially towards its SUV range.
Lmao 🤣 Mercedes is dead after they decided to end production of their v8s, no one is even going to want to buy an amg now, why would anyone buy a electric Mercedes
@@thiccboi1726 Mercedes always sold more 4 cylinders than V8’s, Mercedes is more than just AMG 😅.
I’m keen to see the EQG wagon when it’s full production in the near future. I kind of electric SUV 👌👍
ICE cars are dead. The EQB starts from £52,000. OK Mat.
The dollar bill, pound coin, Euro, etc are all losing value as we speak. That's why £52K is considered average these days.
@@snakeeyes9246 No it isn't average, at all. It's very expensive.
The new NIO ES8 is electric and has 7 seats. Is pretty nice. Hoping for a review of it soon👀
Expensive and low efficiency thus not great range.
The UK version doesn't get electric seats and only part leather. We also can't even choose the colour of the interior. We're stuck with black dynamica fabric with weird red stitching.
I think the Mercedes range only truly starts to feel posh from C-class upwards. The A and B class and its associated derivatives just don't feel posh in comparison, when you consider how many features it is missing.
E and up
E - class upwards
Not Matt mocking mercedes with audi and lexus
2 more electric 7 seaters come to mind : Peugeot e-traveller and Mercedes EQV.
Busses
Best part of the video was the changing of the scenes with the beat of the song at the end
I agree that ICE are one the way out, but I wouldn't say dead. It's just impractical at this point for everyone to switch to EV. I don't think everyone really thinks how much different EVs are than ICE.
Affordable, convenient and functional, once ev can do better than ice in those three things then we can say ice is dead
There is a massive problem of literally hundreds of millions of ppl whos regular parking space doesn't afford them a charge point because its not their garage or yard or whatever, people simply can't plug in a car overnight in a big parking space outside their apartment building and fitting every single one of those with chargers in simply impossible unless we rebuild entire cities
For them EVs won't be viable until charging is much faster as all of th clogging up the local charge points for 15min or half an hour or whatever every time they need to is simply unworkable
ICE is here to stay for a while yet for good or bad
Ice is really only dying because of climate change. If switching to EVs wasn't deemed necessary, then no one would do it
@@nelsonthomas5743 And that's just to punish us peasants while the people behind the propaganda fly around in their private jets every weekend.
@@nelsonthomas5743 government pressure*
Mate, you are hilarious. I love your videos. Above everything, what I love is the "electric blue"
excellent video, I love how he is mocking the EQ line of Mercedes and EV vehicles and also that bad build quality and I say this as a Mercedes die hard fan, now this is a proper car video review being totally honest, lovely just keep on going like this Matt.
apart from the price, the range anxiety and no off street parking for charging at home- I would love one of these :-)
Five years ago, the 250 mikes range would have been impressive ...
What happens if you are stuck in huge traffic jam, road blocked, middle of the winter?
Can you save your family of being frozen?How long can the heating run while standing still?
ICE will forever live in our hearts 👊
The back seat base IS the deal breaker for my case, tested it at dealer, wife immediately notice the feet has been pushed up into uncomfortable position (my wife is only 1.62m). It is such a failure for a family car.
8:02 - _”Even with the vegan interior the steering wheel is still leather”_
Not so vegan now, is it?
Great review as always. Only thing is that D+ is minimum regen, while D- is maximum regen. Also, I found the EQB interior to be fairly poorly made for its price. The ergonomics are fairly poor as well - not sure if it’s because I drove the 7 seater version. The rear seats are effectively benches that I get from small Japanese minivans. Finally, I have noticed a lot of (new) lower model Mercedes are literally rattling with very low mileage, including the test drive EQB I just drove today.
Mat says to click on the popout so many times, it almost seems like he wants me to click out.
Could you please show the sunroof in your reviews. It would be interesting to see if it opens or whether it is just a panoramic roof. Thanks for the great reviews.
I remember when the media said the glb was going to be a “baby G-class”. This end result (electric OR ice) is frumpy, lumpy, and ugly!
The windshield glass of the GLB250 cracks easily with any small flying object that hits the glass on the road. I have a 2020 GLB250 and so far The windshield has cracked 5 times in less than 2 years. I believe the cause is attributed to a flaw in the upright design of the front windshield. No recall has been announced and MB has not admitted any wrong.
Electric cars are like gaming laptops. Will be obsolete after 6 months
I like how they batteries loose charge capacity as the years go by ! 😂. It's like changing my fuel tank for a smaller and smaller one every year
Combustion engine vehicles are obsolete the day you buy them.
@@hanslindgren954 Tell that to my 1979 240D still running fine. Meanwhile, the battery in my 2015 Leaf will not last 40 plus years. Which is more obsolete?
Mat Watson is much funnier than many other comedians.....😂😂
If ICE is dead, is it safe to say EVs are FIRE 🔥
Free likes lesssss gooooo
The future is now, old cars
Be careful from the enthusiasts….
No, fo.
Kinda, since quite a number of them actually catch on fire😉.
Starting from £52k in the UK is an absolute joke. Only affordable for the majority if you are lucky enough to have a company car scheme through your employer.
Asking viewer to click in the pop out banner just to see the alternative car's name ruins the whole experience. Just tell us. Makes the review more useful imo. Please stop doing it. Go back to the old style.
Rivian R1S is a 7 seater but not out yet, and US only so far so...
Finally an EV which looks normal and doesn't need to look "futuristic"
That's what I like about the Volvo XC40 - just a normal car. The GLB is better looking than the EQB imo.
Hehe, so interesting that I'm currently looking for the opposite! For me they are not enough "futuristic" that is why considering Polestar 2 or Kia Ev6 Earth
@@ThoughtsOfMyBrain Polestar doesn't seem very futuristic to me. EV6 is futuristic, but in a good way. Ioniq 5 is the most futuristic to me - tried it when it came out, and went back to try it the other day. I liked it first time, but the other day it somehow felt too "futuristic" to me. Like those cars that stand out and look cool today, but look wierd in 3 years.
There's more Blue Electric Stitching 💙
I keep on repeating that part .
PLEASE do off road battle, and drag race with merc gls 63, audi sq7 and bmw x7m!!!
Actually, speaking of the SQ7, why aren’t the carbon ceramic brakes which are available in other markets offered on UK cars?
There is no X7M I though. The highest performing X7 is the Alpina XB7.
What Mercedes models are built fully electric? On a new platform not on the diesel/petrol platforms?
Overall, this review seemed to find more negatives than positives, so it hardly lines up with the clickbait "why ICE cars are DEAD!" title.
Yeah honestly this is the first carwow video since I subbed that I didn't feel like clicking the like button
if they are going to have a bug-splat grill, make it magnetic... so you can craft your own favorite splats and move them around
ICE cars aren't dead yet, because
- EV cars are currently only rich boys' toys (for example the EQB)
- their range goes down significantly on cold weather, especially if the model lacks a heat pump
- they take ages to charge and solving this with the current technology will require major changes in our electrical infrastructures (grid capacity and power distribution)
So, until these 3 are solved I'm nowhere near becoming a fan.
(I'm not an EV hater, but having "done the math" and having been very tempted to jump in, these are the major shortcomings I came across)
Thank you so much for this video and it's so cool
They are the opposite of dead they are about to make a comeback while this electric fad blows over
It’s definitely a fad, because EVs are total POS.
Good luck with that lmaoo
Idk why almost every car reviewer spouts this shit. Are they paying them ? Evs are apsolute trash for majority of the people, how is ICE dead ?
@@dwade3202 Apparantly they think people have 1,5-2 years salary to spend on a car.
I am soooooooo excited to be dying from more climate problems in the next 10 to 30 years.
Great video. I’m not sure if someone has said below but you CAN NOT TOW….. the best you may be able to do is to fit a bike carrier arm on the back but you can’t fit a proper tow ball. Confirmed by Mercedes themselves.
will matt ever stop bumming EVs
This channel has the best host on RUclips,very addictive
Who would have thought that some day, having your storage space split into two separate trunks, or having a trunk where you have to open and close the front hatch to get to it would be seen as a good thing.
A question if the car will slow down quite a lot under regenerative braking and even stop like the Tesla does it show the brake lights to those following, so you do not get shunted??