The next electric crossroads aims to define new benchmarks for performance, the beach and the load speed
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- Mercedes has published a handful of details on the fully electric GLC with EQ technology.
- The crossing should have advanced batteries and an architecture of 800 volts.
- The model will also have a standard heat pump, effective motors and a new braking system.
Mercedes previews the next GLC with EQ technology by publishing official “spy photos” and some initial details. The model succeeds the EQC and promises to be an “important step for Mercedes-Benz”.
While the company was shy on the details, the electric crossing aims to define “new references in performance, upmarket, efficiency and charging speed, while maintaining … the exceptional versatility and practicality to which GLC customers are waiting.” To achieve this, the model has an architecture of 800 volts as well as DC fast charge rates greater than 320 kW. The latter figure is quite impressive because the Cadillac Optiq is maximum at 150 kW.
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In addition to premium charging technology, the GLC promises to have advanced batteries with special cell chemistry. The automaker has not entered many details, but said that cells “use anodes with silicon oxide mixed with the graphite, reaching an exceptionally high gravimetric energy density”. This suggests that we can expect relatively small and light batteries that offer a lot of range.
Mercedes was tightened on performance specifications, but noted that the rear drive unit was developed entirely internally. The company continued by saying that the models with all -wheel drive have a “powerful” before reader unit which can be “quickly engaged or disengaged” if necessary. This should help increase efficiency, while providing traction all time.
Speaking of efficiency, GLC with EQ technology has a new braking system that combines brake tightening, the master cylinder and the electronic stability control system in a compact module which provides a “feeling of confident brake pedal which offers precise and coherent feedback”. In addition to being smaller, the new system optimizes the recovery of the energy from the brakes and this allows the cross beach to be extended.
A heat pump is also standard and, when it comes to heating the interior, it uses approximately a third of the energy of a comparable electric radiator. Mercedes during the note that he can “use three energy sources simultaneously: the heat waste from the electrical driving unit, the heat waste of the battery and the ambient air”. The automaker added it “to cool effectively in summer and heat winter”.
