Dude killing it recently!
Thanks!! Been trying to catch up on all the EVs. Plenty more to come too. Tomorrow will be epic 😬
Yep. But the leather remarks. Talk to leather ppl they will explain to you real leather is not smooth. That is just plastic outer layer. Used to be Nitrocellulose in the old days. Don't know what Mercedes is using this days.
This is by far the best luxury EV right now.
@@PhillipStewartYYZ Wow, this has to be the dumbest thing I've read twice on the internet. Congratulation!
@@humushumus2219 Beauty is in the eye of the beholder but I think it's fair to say many if not most people (would) find the EQS ugly. A big part of that is how they designed the 'fake grille', it just looks so cheap and tacky, really missed the mark there. I get the same feeling with some of the elements in the interior, such as those light bars and the 'hyperscreen' that doesn't even try to hide the fact that it's a piece of glass with three displays underneath. Personally I think it's the most uninspired EV design I've seen, the only uglier one I can think of is the BMW i3, but that at least has some form of character/creativity.
@@ThePredatherion I've seen it on the road several times and no, ugly it definitely is NOT.
Dude your channel needs a lot more subs. Your content and your viewpoints are so relevant, and your point about the "feeling" of the car is one the most important aspects of a car. So difficult to convey. GJ Oh and btw i already subbed
I did a test drive in same car with standard screen …. I bought it and drove over 300 miles when I picked it up I love this car it like driving the future now .
You really do excellent reviews bud . Probably the best non bias there is
True. Very thorough. With a great emphasis on luxury quietness and smoothness
A black AMG EQS with fire rim would look great
I'm sorry, but I don't think you should have to give up looks on a car this expensive. I've never seen a car that costs this much look like a Hyundai Sonata. They need to rework this car because I can't see many people who can afford one driving around in this thing.
I love how the ambient lighting gets mad at you for accelerating too quickly. Great review of an incredible EV.
I recognize that route. One of my favorite driving routes. I believe it is Skyline up the Santa Cruz mountains and down Kings Mountain Road.
I was going to say the same thing. I thought that was Santa Cruz but Kyle was being sneaky about where he was.
Beautiful roads up there.
It's not only nice to watch your nicely detailed and eloquent reviews of these EVs, but it's also nice to see you driving around the Millbrae area. I sure do miss the SF Bay Area
I don't think it's really Kyle, because there's no red Starbucks cup in the cup holder. Only a Just WA container.
Wow. Now that is a proper EV. Thank you for the video.
Whoa that's proper electric luxury. Mindblowing.
Great review. You do the best reviews yet very honest and interesting.
I am really excited with you, Kyle! I can feel your energy from my home in San Francisco!
Heck yeah, you literally drove through my neighborhood. I'll need to be on the look out for these cars.
Thanks a lot. What a great review.
I love the all electric Mercedes eqs, it’s amazing!! I love all of the Technology! Can y’all review the all electric Chevy Silverado when it comes out?
I think the charge speed is very good and it might be one of the fastest changing EVs when instead of looking at kWh charged per minute or hour you look at kWh per mile.
Black interior looks better than the white
Loving a review on Skyline Blvd! Making me miss home! I have no doubt the bay area will gobble these up. Nice car!
I kept seeing a strong reflection of dashboard, groves, and vents in the windshield.
Great looking car... Good presentation! The driver lane assist distronic extended restart in stop and go traffic (auto pilot) is better than Tesla in some ways... Very impressed so far. Yes, I own one of these.... and traded my Model 3 performance FSD for it... And it even came with a steering wheel!
As a frequent used car buyer, the future cars are starting to scare me. Full screen dash, full roof glass, etc. Seems like very high repair costs. Will need a lot of research before purchasing anything.
Seems unsafe in crashes too, with glass everywhere. Maybe it’s just me though :)
@@jatterhog Not unsafe if Mercedes and Volvo are doing it. I think the glass shatters outward and it's all laminated. Plus the glass is very strong.
This is all planned by Elite who will have full control of your life plus it will cost you lot more money.
Taycan 4 ST! Can’t wait for that review!
I'm not sure if it's just the camera, but at @ 21 minutes, the cars looks like it is moving like a boat on ruff seas.
Great videos. As always
Ya know Kyle, I like the way Mercedes-Benz thinks. If you want a car that looks good, they gotcha covered. If you want a car that drives good, same deal. All you really have to admit is how much money do you want to spend. Performance by the dollar - the EQS made you smile! Thank you Kyle for your excellent analysis. 👍
There’s also other ways to make it look nicer anyway. I have seen variants that look very boring and some variants that looked really awesome. Like last week I saw one drive next to me that looked really beautiful with great road presents. So you can have both.
What a huge, fully circular steering wheel.... would just want to bite into it:) Wonder when the full wheel for the plaid mod comes.
For those wondering the flashing light on the screen is the face recognition infrared cam
An area of technology that still has a **huge** room for improvement: handling light reflections from screens, especially in bright sunlight. It's a real problem on things like EV chargers and gas pumps.
Has anyone noticed how the shape of the hyperscreen is the same as the front headlights and "grille"?
This video cost me $100k when I bought the EQS 450+ based on this review in June. I am in love with the car, especially features that are not available with Tesla, like a sunroof that opens and has a motorized screen plus Apple CarPlay and SiriusXM radio. The adaptive cruise control works great and you can change lanes with a simple flick of the turn signal. The 4 wheel steering is insane and makes the car feel like a compact when making tight turns. My only regret is the poor quality of the free Electrify America chargers that are frequently out of service and make me cautious about taking a road trip. Thanks for the tip, Kyle!
The angle at which the rear wheels turn depends on the size of the rims, as I have seen in other reviews
Hi from London, UK. Excellent video, thank you.
Same key takeaway - Electrify America is so unreliable… Stunning interior though of the EQS
EA worked perfectly as designed here. This was a plug and charge activation issue likely because the car isn’t set up from the media fleet
Starting at 54%+ is far from ideal. I've seen tests where they started at 10-12% and it stayed near 200kW almost until 80% and was above 150kW _over_ 80%!
I even can confirm: The 450+ (Jan 2022) can do 207kW with SOC 10% and holds it near 200kW almost until 80%.
So you have 29min to charge from 10% to 80% = 500km back in or 15min for 300km back in!
Awesome review 👏
When do you think you'll be able to try the EQE?
I actually love this design, looks like my 2021 Honda Odyssey.
The Best EV sedan coming to market.
Anything about the consumtion?
That looooooooooong bridge around the 35 to 36 minute mark is the San Mateo bridge. Driven that many a time :-)
I just got this same car and the same specs. I did not go for the faster one. After all, what you look for in an EV is the most extended range. Even though it is not the quickest, it has lots of power and speed. I am happy with this car, which is all this guy is saying. I was considering Model S, but Mercedes is giving crazy deals for this car, plus it is nicer than Model S in many ways, except speed.
The concept was so much better. this looks like an older prius or a volt in the front
I have Mercedes GLE 350de (not sure if you get it in the US). After 8200km rotors don't show any signs of wear at all. Even the groove which pads usually grind in rotors is not there. This means that regen braking is enough and almost never blended with hydro.
Dear Kyle, next time position the camera so we can see the entire front screen. The steering wheel was blocking the center of the screen. I know it's difficult, but it's really important we are able to see the front screen. Thanks.
Can you talk about what reliability means? I'm coming from a family that loves Camrys. I've always heard that my options for a car that's not breaking down constantly are Toyota and Honda. Is that true?
Of course I’m no expert and could be wrong but I feel the brake pulls away so the brake lights can actually engage. When I’m driving behind a tesla and it regin (or however you spell it lol) brakes lights don’t come on, until they actually hit the brake, which could be dangerous for cars driving behind it
It looks like a really big A-Class.
All is good if you like to sit low but my experience was the seat would not go high enough and the view forward out of the windscreen was like looking through mail slot. Way too limited a view.
"I've never driven a car that drives like this. Floor it!" Awesome dude. If I could pick a person to explain cars to time travelers from horse days, I'd pick him.
Great video .. but at 11:15 I'm just curious... How would one ride around with their knee in the center console leather? 😂 Just curious? I'm trying to picture that, but I can't imagine how that's possible.
However, I do agree with you, I suspect the leather on the center console is a different texture because of durability reasons. I suspect that will last longer than a smooth textured leather. 👍🏼
I'd buy this over model s.
Just maybe the "Charging Station" is not allowing 200 kw at this specific time??? Just a thought... Mercedes charging station may allow the 200+ kw charging.
I might be the only one who likes the exterior lol. Funny because I hate tesla exterior and interior, this exterior looks like a tesla but a little better to me. Not great looking but good.
Also the exterior is that way for aerodynamics it's a reason for it. Love this car. Best one out there
Great video! You will catch up with Doug Demuro!
Good video and no need to pander to Lucid because they invited you to see their car. The top of the line spec models for the electric sedans with 100kwh to 140kwh battery packs and 230 to 520 mile range:
- Porche Taycan is $185K
- Lucid is $170K
- Audi E Tron is $140K
- Tesla Model S is $130K
- Mercedes EQS is $126K
🤔 just not sure if the range of the Lucid with the large 140 kwh battery will push the Lucid over the other sedans as the interior/tech imo was not impressive not to mention with no air suspension as its standard when compared to others for the price and Rawlinson did say it's just not about adding more batteries I guess that changed!
why is the tech not good on the lucid? seems to have everything all the other high tech car has. it's just a more understated luxury design. some prefer that and some don't. I think new money will want to floss with lucid and older money will go for the benz and then some mix in between.
I dont see the need for ranges of more than 400 miles actually because after that distance you absolutely need a break anyway
You keep spamming this 140 kwh all over youtube. How about waiting till someone actually confirms what the Lucid batterysize is.
Good luck installing a screen protector on that!!! Especially for fingerprints
Kyle can you please SHOW the hyperscreen?
Would like to see you drive the Lucid car and compare it with the Mercedes Benz
What's with the flashing light on the front screen?
Wonder what you would think driving at night in disco mode.
Question are the lights on the dashboard blinking constantly.
As that would drive me mental.
I do like the look of the car
And the style of the interior.
I was always to
Mercedes-Benz is not a car to drive its a car to experience.
you only see the blinking on the dash because of the camera frame rate. is this the first video you've seen w/ this stuff? it's the camera. you don't see it in real life.
Awesome vehicle. I notice you have Just Water. That’s from my area here in upstate NY! Very sustainable water company invested in by Will Smith and his son. He actually was here before
Mercedes doing what they do best, making a super sheek interior design. Hands down the best looking EV interior out there but when it comes to EV's, interior isn't at the top of the list of importance, software is! Then charging network for obvious reasons.
So you would prefere it to be bad issolated against noise and without rearwheel steering and massage seats for long haul rides? I realy don't see where it has a weakness. Well I do see 2 weaknesses. It's pricetag and the fact that Mercedes doesn't allow you to get under the hood. That's realy a nono. Stupid politics of the company.
how does this drive compare to the lucid air kyle?
He briefly said in the video compared to the lucid he drove last week the EQS is on another level of luxury. So kinda what I expected from Mercedes. Nothing will come close to this luxury in quite some time.
He said the EQS is the most comfortable car he has ever driving even better than a rolls roys.
This statement explain everything
Why do I even watch videos like this? I couldn’t afford this unless I lived out of it.
Your reason for not liking the hyper screen MAKES ABSOLUTELY NO SENSE. The hyper screen is amazing!!!
Do you plan on doing a cannonball run with the EQS?
I don't think he would because the EQS doesn't charge as fast as the Taycan which holds the record now.
I don't get the hyperscreen at all. It's just an old tech packed to look like new tech. I would really be impressed if they were able to do the whole panel. Specially when the current UI and on screen elements just feel like 2010's android phone.
ID4 in regen mode pulls the brake pedal
Nice care to buy.
san mateo bridge?
Their website actually states charging from 10%-80% in 30 minutes, not 100% as you stated. FYI.
Do they have a SUV electric vehicle
The first time I saw the HyperScreen I thought it was the coolest thing ever. Now I’m thinking it’s a little gimmicky. I don’t that often have passengers, so that screen would go largely unused. And the fingerprints….
Mercedes Benzs interpretation of the model S; guess they started working on it from the moment the model S was out
I want one of these cars so bad. I'd never be able to afford one though
Time to place a Put Order on Tesla options , So I can get that Beast 😬😬😬😬😬
Now that you have experienced the Tesla Model S Plaid, Mercedes EQS, Lucid Air, you only must test the NIO ET7. A good comparison video of 1 hour and a half in between those 4 cars will get millions of views.🤤
Must be nice to have money 💰
I think you UA-camrs put more emphasis on brake pedal feel than we care about. As long as it stops safely most of us could care less about “feel”. We don’t even want to feel the abs kicking in. That pulsation is not something we want to feel, yet to UA-camrs think we do. WE DON’T!!
Like the lucid better.
It’s kind of shape like my Honda Civic 😂🧐
I enjoy watching your videos, seriously how many are willing to spend 100,000 dollars for an electric vehicle not me. Then the hassle of charging how much charge does an electric vehicle lose if it doesn’t move or on a charger for a week or goes only a short distance daily. Even though the government wants to eliminate ICE vehicles what about the population who street park don’t have a garage or live in an apartment or condo without a charger at every parking spot. It’s hard to imagine rush hour traffic in downtown Atlanta and every car is electric and everyone needs to find a place to charge.
This is exactly the issue. In NYC charging is mad as it is. Trying to find a place to charge your car on top of that 😡😡😡
I love your content, bur seriously, you need to up your game. the glare makes it almost unwatchable at times.
31:40 PM2.5 means particulate matter that’s around 2.5 microns in size (PM10 is particles that are around 10 microns in size). And the unit for measuring it is microgram per cubic meter.
So you had as little as 1 microgram of PM2.5 per cubic meter of air at that point.
The exterior looks like an electric version of the CLS.
Looks like a Honda Civic
If lucid improved nvh which would you choose? Interesting that it really falls short of the car class that lucid has said publicly they’re targeting.
I actually like the looks. It does look really luxurious, and something about it makes it a step above the s class.
Just ordered mine.
Head Up...Head UP!!! Not Heads up display... how many heads do you have??
Beautiful design and driving features. Great dashboard and consoles. Good pricing. The Lucid Air is no match with this car.
Looks like a cross between a Buick lacrosse and a Toyota Avalon.
Am I the only one who thinks this looks like the previous gen Civic?
Sure -- why would an upstanding company like Mercedes mislead you? They would never do that, or cheat their customers, or have to pay a 1.5 billion dollar fine for cheating on emissions. These things just don't matter when a guy is deciding the important stuff in their life, like do they want doors that open themselves. What is their little assault on every human being on earth through their lungs compared to your significant issues? It just pales in comparison. Besides we all know that Mercedes really cares about stuff, like the other German car manufacturers, their all so honest, like dealing with the mafia. Besides you have to be darn smart to not just cheat the public and government but to think they are all so much stupider than you that you will never be caught. Great review.
This car is truly the most luxurious EV! While I am not a fan of the exterior styling, the interior is beautiful, comfortable, and relaxing. The biggest takeaway for me was how relaxed I was driving this no matter where I went! What would you guys buy in this category: Model S / EQS / Taycan / e-tron GT / Air?
How would you compare it to the Lucid that you recently drove?
@@MANdoesminecraft I’ll have a video on that soon - I’ve driven every EV in this class within about a week or so. Fresh in the mind!
Q4 50 Quattro e-tron
I cannot afford any but would choose the Taycan.
Taycan Cross Turismo every time.