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Mercedes Cuts Prices, Polestar CEO Returns and Another Norway Milestone | 22 Jul 2025

EV News Daily - Technology and Business of EVs

Martyn Lee

Technology, Leisure, Automotive, Business

4.8749 Ratings

🗓️ 22 July 2025

⏱️ 27 minutes

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MERCEDES CUTS EQE AND EQS PRICES, HALTS U.S. PRODUCTION https://evne.ws/4maj2kR

FORMER POLESTAR CEO RETURNS TO GEELY IN SENIOR DESIGN ROLE https://evne.ws/3TQT7lZ

NORWAY REACHES ONE-THIRD ELECTRIC CAR USAGE https://evne.ws/3GD7Cae

ELECTRIC VEHICLES ACCOUNT FOR OVER 5% OF UK CAR MILES https://evne.ws/46lvTfm

SUBARU E-OUTBACK: ELECTRIC SUV LAUNCHES FOR UK MARKET https://evne.ws/3TO1ChR

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BYD OFFERS $4000 CASHBACK ON SHARK 6 AND SEALION 6 IN AUSTRALIA https://evne.ws/4lGIcYs

SK ON, HYUNDAI MOTOR TEST IMMERSION COOLING IN EV BATTERY https://evne.ws/4544rAv

EV FLEET TRANSITION FACES FEWER BARRIERS IN THE UK https://evne.ws/45emCoc

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Now Mercedes-Benz is cutting the EQE and EQS prices and halting US production. Let me tell you more.

1:10.9

Mercedes-Benz has sharply lowered the MSRP for their 2026 model year vehicles,

1:16.0

EQE and EQS, in the United States. So, obviously, there's two versions of each.

1:21.7

Sedan, Saloon and SUV version. The EQE now starts at $66,000 down from $76,000. The EQS goes down from 105 to 101,000. That's for the

1:35.2

EQS saloon sedan, the little jelly bean, whereas the SUV version drops to 91 from 106. How is the SUV version almost 10 grand cheaper than the saloon

1:48.7

sedan version of the EQS? That's a little bit odd. It's more carb. Anyway, very confusing.

1:55.4

However, an EQE from 66 and an EQS from 91, still a lot of money. Mercedes-Benz will pause US production of all

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