Mercedes’ compact SUV begins next year with 800 electric volts and a range of 400 + miles
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by Chris Chilton
March 2, 2025 at 07:40
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- Mercedes tests new prototypes of electric GLC which begins in 2026.
- Unlike previous test cars, it has no thick disguise on the hood and doors.
- The GLC 2027 climbs on the MB.EA platform and should manage 320 kW of chargers.
Mercedes is preparing to release a new car army over the next two years, including 17 electric vehicles, and one of the largest is the brand new GLC EV. The compact electric SUV is expected to be launched in 2026, where it will engage in an exhibition room with Neue Klasse IX3 BMW, and spy photographers have just spotted it with very little camouflage for the first time.
The previous prototypes of the replacement of the EQC today included a black and white camouflage envelope which shakes the brain under which various artificial bumps and bumps were hidden to make us difficult for us to imagine what the finished SUV will look like.
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But these latest images show a prototype more ready for production without any of the disguise blocks on the doors and the hood, and an elegant and soothing capacity of camouflage that looks like wind or running water. Strangely, he also manages to make an acura look a bit like. As our spy photographer says, the SUV seems to be dressed so that Teaser photos are taken, so maybe Mercedes is preparing to start the content supplying as he did with the CLA.
We still cannot see the form of the window line at the pillar C, but this new dressed test car displays smooth sides, pronounced hips and what seems to be a large Mercedes grille in traditional style which rises above the line of the headlights and creates a bulge in the hood. It seems that Gordon Wagoner and the design team examined the benz sedans and coupes for inspiration.
The new DRLs in the shape of the brand’s stars are obvious at the front, and although they are not illuminated at the rear, we are sure that they will appear there too, as they will do on the 19 Mercedes cars with new combustion or Lifted.
Unlike models such as the Gle revised at petrol power, EQC replacement rises on a very different platform, the new MB.EA architecture. The next C-Class Electric sedan obtains the same equipment, but little CLA which is doing its debut this year uses the MMA platform instead.
We are still waiting for common points between the two, including 800 electric volts and the possibility of managing 320 kW, which means that a filling of 10 to 80% will take less than 18 minutes. The most effective models should also be able to travel much more than 400 miles (644 km) before you need to find one of these chargers.
