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Small luxury suv1/15/2024 ![]() ![]() ![]() A 22kW charger will take around four hours, while the highest recharging rate is 100kW DC, which will take half an hour to go from 10 to 80 per cent charge. Total energy consumption was 20.9kWh/100km, which isn’t amazing for a car of this size but it involved a fair bit of traffic light tango time at full throttle.Įven so, a 400km range sounds like a stretch.Ĭharging the EQA is simple – plug it into a regular 220V three-pin household power point with the provided cable and you’ll wait around 25 hours for battery to charge. On our test, we managed around 300km with about five per cent charge left – so around 315km on a full charge, give or take. The lower-output EQA 250 is good for 426km using the same battery pack. The claimed driving range for the 2023 Mercedes-Benz EQA 350 is 408km (WLTP), which is not too shabby considering its 66.5kWh lithium-ion battery pack. Of the nine exterior colours available only Night Black and Polar White are no-cost options, with the metallic colours (Cosmos Black, Denim Blue, Rose Gold, Mountain Grey, Iridium Silver, Digital White) adding $1490.Ī special ‘Designo’ paint, dubbed Mountain Grey magno, can also be yours for $3300. You can spend a lot more cash on options, such as black AMG leather seat upholstery ($1700) and a Mercedes-Benz wallbox charger ($1709) that we’d certainly recommend. Standard equipment such as twin digital screens – 10.25 inches apiece – and an excellent voice command system lend the car a high-tech feel, while automatic climate control, a wireless phone charger, keyless entry, a powered tailgate and panoramic glass sunroof make it a pleasant place to hang out with lots of convenient features. There’s seemingly kilometres of red stitching to make things feel special, along with a superb flat-bottom steering wheel and even AMG pedals. It also gets adaptive dampers so you can choose between cushy or sporty suspension and the athletic theme continues through the interior with heated and power-adjustable sports seats finished in an artificial suede and leather combo – or Dinamica microfibre and black Artico in Benz-speak. Now the flagship model, the 2023 Mercedes-Benz EQA 350 has a sportier look to match its upgraded powertrain, riding on multi-spoke 20-inch alloy wheels that look great but are a pain to clean while declaring its performance intent via an AMG Line Sports body kit. Service intervals are set at 12 months/25,000km, which isn’t too bad, although some EVs have 24-month intervals. Mercedes-Benz covers the EQA 350 with a five-year/unlimited-kilometre warranty, while the battery – arguably the most expensive and important part of the vehicle – is covered for eight years or 160,000km. The 2023 Mercedes-Benz EQA range starts at $82,300 plus on-road costs for the single-motor EQA 250, but here we’re testing the higher-spec EQA 350 which gets dual motors, more equipment and starts from $102,579 plus ORCs.ĮV rivals in the small SUV arena include the BMW iX1 (from $84,900), Lexus UX 300e (from $74,000), Genesis GV60 (from $103,700) and the impressive Volvo XC40 Recharge (from $73,990). ![]() ![]() There’s no such thing as an affordable EV in Australia at present, but slide into the luxury car world and things don’t look so exorbitant, comparatively speaking. ![]()
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