Emotive look, sure-footed on difficult terrain and with future-orientated era: the EQC 4x4² suggests that electrification at Mercedes-Benz already is going farther than the street network. A small crew of devoted builders has created this drivable era platform on the premise of an EQC four hundred 4MATIC. The technical highlights consist of the multi-hyperlink portal axles in addition to the manufacturing of a effective sound withinside the indoors and exterior. The headlamps flip into "lampspeakers", due to the fact additionally they characteristic as a loudspeaker on the identical time.
The EQC 4x4² is an electric powered vehicle of extremes. Mercedes-Benz desires to check the boundaries with this car, and display that e-mobility isn't simply urban, however additionally practicable off-road. The one-off changed into evolved via way of means of a cross-departmental crew beneathneath improvement engineer Jürgen Eberle which has already positioned the E four hundred All-Terrain 4x4² on its studded wheels. "Our purpose is to mix cutting-edge luxurious and sustainability with emotional attraction. The EQC 4x4² suggests how fun sustainable mobility may be.
This is wherein electromobility excessive-tech and an fascinating purchaser revel in are transferred to the mountains, way to MBUX and over-the-air updates. To positioned it succinctly, electric powered, modern luxurious is going offroad," says Markus Schäfer, member of the Board of Management of Daimler AG and Mercedes-Benz AG answerable for Daimler Group Research and Mercedes-Benz Cars COO. "This drivable look at certainly suggests that along a ardour for e-mobility, we at Mercedes-Benz lay a robust declare to management on this zone and could heighten the emotional attraction of this even similarly withinside the future."
With the EQC 4x4² as a era platform, Mercedes-Benz is demonstrating that love of journey may be blended with way of life and sustainability. Its abilties consist of using via sand in barren region areas and on beaches, on rocky terrain and via mountain streams. As nicely as super reliability and corresponding comfort, the mature genes of the usual version additionally permit trailer operation and set up of a roof-rack. A roof-tent and inflatable dinghy permit the remotest regions to be reached - and while making an early start, the alternative adventurers withinside the camp will now no longer also be woken up.
At 293 millimetres, the Mercedes-Benz EQC 4x4² rides extra than two times as excessive as a manufacturing EQC (one hundred forty millimetres). Even a G-Class rides fifty eight millimetres decrease. The fording intensity is elevated via way of means of 15 centimetres, to forty centimetres. The splendid floor clearance is made viable via way of means of the conversion to portal axles: in contrast to traditional axles, the wheels aren't at the peak of the axle centre, however are as a substitute located plenty decrease down at the axle hubs due to the portal gears. Or conversely, the whole car actions up. The 4x4² suspension is hooked up to the identical frame mounting factors as the usual suspension.
Just as stunning are the technique and departure angles - 31.eight levels on the the front and 33 levels on the rear. By manner of comparison, a traditional G-Class has an technique and departure attitude of 28 levels. The reprogrammed Off-Road force applications take benefit of the excessive-overall performance good judgment of the present day GLC models. For example, the use of centered brake interventions, this permits an advanced torque curve while beginning on free floor. In mixture with the tyres in length 285/50 R 20, this consequences in an excellent sure-footedness in terrain. The placing visible look is rounded off via way of means of the matt steel gun-metallic gray vehicle movie and the black wheel arch flares.
Another spotlight of the EQC 4x4² is the sound revel in with its personal soundscape. The acoustic manufacturing contains sounds that supply the motive force comments on gadget availability and car parking, in addition to an interactive, emotionalising using sound. It is stimulated via way of means of numerous parameters inclusive of the location of the accelerator pedal, pace or electricity healing rate. The era makes use of shrewd sound layout algorithms to calculate the sounds coming from the amplifier of the sound gadget in actual time and the indoors loudspeakers to breed them.
The manufacturing EQC makes use of the outside noise generator (Acoustic Vehicle Alert System, AVAS) required via way of means of regulation to breed the sounds. The EQC 4x4² has a extra effective AVAS composed particularly for it and makes use of the headlamps as outside audio system for this purpose. The motive being that the sound specialists of Mercedes-Benz have made innovative use of the to be had set up area withinside the headlamp housings - the "lampspeaker" changed into born.
The EQC 4x4² is already the 1/3 version of the 4x4² own circle of relatives from Mercedes-Benz. The G 500 4x4² changed into truly constructed in collection manufacturing from September 2015. And in 2017, with the E four hundred All-Terrain 4x4² look at, Mercedes-Benz confirmed many an SUV its barriers while off-road.
