New Mercedes GLC EV with EQ Technology

[SGCM928]

What a mouthful for its name, I will just call it GLC EV. Anyway, the new GLC is to be unveiled next month, and the shape does looks good.

The current combustion-powered GLC, codenamed X254, debuted in 2022, and the launch of the electric variant will likely coincide with the unveiling of the mid-cycle refresh. Even though Mercedes will not be using the three-letter EQX naming strategy anymore, it is keeping “EQ” in the name of its electric models, and it could be called the GLC with EQ Technology, like the electric G-Class.

The MB.EA platform includes a two-speed transmission as part of the rear drive unit (like in a Porsche Taycan) and supports battery packs of different sizes with different chemistries—Mercedes is also investigating having multiple chemistries in the same pack. In the CLA EV, the base battery pack will feature lithium iron phosphate (LFP) cells, while the larger long-range pack will have nickel manganese cobalt (NMC) cells. This approach could be mirrored for the GLC EV but with higher capacities adapted to this vehicle class.

The large battery pack is expected to have a capacity of 94.5 kilowatt-hours, which will give the 483-horsepower dual-motor GLC EV a WLTP range of 404 miles. A single-motor, rear-wheel-drive variant will also be available, but not at launch.

Just like MMA, MB.EA runs at around 800 volts, which not only allows for improved powertrain efficiency but also unlocks extra charging power over 400-volt-class EVs. We therefore expect it to charge from 10 to 80% in half an hour or less, with a maximum charging rate of 320 kilowatts. Mercedes says it can add 162 miles of range in just 10 minutes.

 

BUT, the huge LED grill with 942 animated backlit pixel dots makes me wonder does the driver still need DRL or even headlight?

If that sounds exaggerated to you, just look out for those LED wreath used at funeral, which attracts many compliant from residents. 

[kobayashiGT]

Last time all the manufacture like to have big big grille. 

now not only they want it. big. They also wanna make it shine. hahahaha.  Power of EV, new possibility! 

[Mkl22]

Still use EQ? That’s taboo for Mercedes. All the EQ range bomb big time. 

[SGCM928]

When I see this grill

I associate with this

[inlinesix]

CLA is CLA Electric

GLC is GLC EV

So inconsistent

 

[Gnahp]

On 8/6/2025 at 3:26 PM, SGCM928 said:

When I see this grill

 

I think if you pay the game package subscription, you can use the grill to play tetris 

[kobayashiGT]

On 8/6/2025 at 5:47 PM, Gnahp said:

I think if you pay the game package subscription, you can use the grill to play tetris 

Ppl who like this game might be Mercs customers! hahahahah. 

[SGCM928]

On 8/6/2025 at 5:47 PM, Gnahp said:

I think if you pay the game package subscription, you can use the grill to play tetris 

Can do pacman too.

 

On 8/7/2025 at 9:45 AM, kobayashiGT said:

Ppl who like this game might be Mercs customers! hahahahah. 

How to ownself play ownself? 

I mean you cannot play the game in the cabin since cannot see the grill, so have to go outside to face the grill but our weather will be too hot for that. 

[kobayashiGT]

On 8/7/2025 at 10:25 AM, SGCM928 said:

Can do pacman too.

 

How to ownself play ownself? 

I mean you cannot play the game in the cabin since cannot see the grill, so have to go outside to face the grill but our weather will be too hot for that. 

inside got 2 big screen. hahaha. Can play inside lah.

[Volvobrick]

On 8/6/2025 at 5:47 PM, Gnahp said:

I think if you pay the game package subscription, you can use the grill to play tetris 

This needs colour. Cannot lah. But this game can:

[Throttle2]

Bloody ugly grill. Just when i thought nothing can be uglier than BMW’s current grill, Mercy goes and top it all

[Carbon82]

@Mkl22 What a bad omen, not just with the "EQ" nomenclature but @SGCM928 already associated it with funeral even before the car is officially unveiled, really chit dong chiang...

[SGCM928]

Better looking than the ICE GLC? Let see.

 

[107fan]

The current gen of GLB has a nice grill - proportionate, slightly aggressive, and when it was first released, I almost thought it was a GLE/GLS from afar. The road presence is good.

The current EV design language is completely comical. Please don't change the 2020 designs.

Even the new EV G wagon looks amateurish. It's cool looking but loses appeal after a few stares.

[SGCM928]

Except the grill, the rest looks better than the combustion version of GLC, and the new iX3 as well.

[Volvobrick]

On 9/7/2025 at 11:20 AM, SGCM928 said:

Except the grill, the rest looks better than the combustion version of GLC, and the new iX3 as well.

Finally Merc caught up with BMW and Audi in terms of grill size. 

 

 

Just when BMW shrank theirs to the size of a pair of nostrils in the new Ix3. 

[Krieger]

I will buy the BMW IX3. I will skip the Mercs one as I have not reached the age and mindset where I drive into some Teochew porridge restaurant announcing hey I am here...

[Angka]

On 9/10/2025 at 9:37 PM, Krieger said:

I will buy the BMW IX3. I will skip the Mercs one as I have not reached the age and mindset where I drive into some Teochew porridge restaurant announcing hey I am here...

Personal preference ba. When I first saw the design I fall in love. Definitely my next car. Bmw nostril is super ugly to me