Mercedes-Benz is not a name that one thinks of when discussion of electric vehicles comes up. Audi and VW are the bigger names in Germany, while Tesla, Rimac, and Lotus are the names that come to the tip of the tongue when thinking about performance EVs. For all intents and purposes, while Mercedes has been pursuing hybrids for a while, it seemed like they were going to wait out the first major push in the industry for EVs.
That made the announcement of the Mercedes EQ program entering production in 2018 a bit of a surprise, and the further announcement of planning to have ten vehicles under the EQ branding by 2022 even more surprising. Three of those cars are under the Smart badge, while seven are under Mercedes-Benz or Mercedes-AMG. They met their target in 2021, becoming an established manufacturer of electric vehicles.
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