characteristics, price and technical file

The Münich Motor Show, now known as IAA Mobility, has begun to become one of the great events of the year in Europe. With the hug to electrification, manufacturers have taken this room (in the most important European market) as a key to presenting their novelties.

This year, Mercedes has used it to present the New Mercedes GLC. How new GLC? If the GLC is just in the market for a while. Yes, but no. Because this Mercedes GLC is electric and its origin should not be sought in its (now) combustion brothers.

Let’s clarify all this mess and tell you everything that brings the new Mercedes GLC … electric.

Mercedes GLC Electric Technical Card

Reconfiguring the offer

As we said, if we look back we will see that Mercedes presented the new GLC in 2022. Then he did it only with hybrid versions (including the plug -in, of course) but there was no trace of the electricity. That is because that variant already occupied the Mercedes EQC.

But that car has not been sold too well and taking advantage of the fact that it was playing to renew it, Mercedes has decided give it a new life With a new generation that, now, takes advantage of the acronym GLC. It is a movement similar to that announced by Volkswagen with its ID.2 that It has been called ID. Poleassuming the classical denomination.

With the change, the new Mercedes GLC Electric adopts the classic denomination but, also, the same design language as its combustion variants. Therefore, of the most stylized (and modern) front that we have seen in the EQ family, which They have not finished working in the Berlinas. Of course, the front grill will be entirely illuminated, highlighting the electric character of the vehicle, remembering the company’s chrome classic grills.

To gain space to the battery, Mercedes has extended the car in eight centimeters. That allows you to solve a 94.5 kWh capacity battery. In the absence of knowing consumption in a more extensive analysis, that battery capacity should place the electric SUV between 450 and 500 real kilometers of autonomy if it is around 20 kWh/100 km on the road. According to WLTP cycle, the car declares 713 kilometers of autonomy so they are waiting for these figures.

As for the load, Mercedes confirms that the battery uses the structure of 800 voltskey to sustaining very high powers that in this case reach 330 kW in direct current and 11 kW (22 kW in option) in alternating current. The company also reflects that the car can be charged in 400 volt plugs. A decision that comes after the enormous controversy generated when it was learned that the Electric Mercedes (The big car of the moment for Mercedes) did not include this possibility initially. According to the brand, you can recover 330 km in 12 minutes.

All this will be moved by two synchronous electric motors of permanent magnets (the striker being disconnect) with a total power of 490 hp (360 kW) that allows it to accelerate from 0 to 100 km/ in 4.3 seconds and reach a maximum of 210 km/ h.

Inside, Mercedes does maintain the possibility of setting up his Hyperscreen. Mercedes ensures that it is a 39.1 inches screen “without seam” which immediately becomes the largest screen built by the company. It has matrix backhoper technology with more than 1,000 individual LEDs and by zonal attenuation allows simultaneous adjustment of two display areas through sliding controls.

The other option is a three -screens game. The instrument box is 10.3 inch and the central and the passenger grow up to 14 inches. The latter, in the input options, is not “functional” but allows to include an image selected by the co -pilot or rotate among 12 previously selected options. Above itself there is an option that allows the control of certain parameters of the infotainment system.

It is, according to the brand, the largest visualization unit of Mercedes-Benz to date. They ensure that it allows “exceptional clarity thanks to the high resolution and innovative matrix backhoper technology with more than 1,000 individual LEDs.” The area attenuation allows the simultaneous adjustment of two display areas through sliding controls. Mercedes-Benz has presented a patent for this innovative technology.

The infotainment system will be conducted by what Mercedes calls “a artificial intelligence -driven supercomputer Both Microsoft and Google. “The software has Google Maps maps for navigation and a voice wizard driven by Google for the control of vehicle functions and access to information by searching in the network with artificial intelligence.

In addition to the usual applications stores, Mercedes implements its own online payment service and the option to perform video calls from the car. In the rest of the cabin, the panoramic roof shines with its 162 stars illuminated individually.

As for the launch and the price, we know that the car will arrive in the spring of 2026 but it remains to reveal the price of the same.

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