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Business Wars Daily

Mercedes Sparks a Tesla Challenge

Business Wars Daily

Audible

Business, Business News, News, Daily News

4.6717 Ratings

🗓️ 11 September 2018

⏱️ 5 minutes

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Mercedes Sparks a Tesla Challenge

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Used to be that the term luxury didn't jump to mind for shoppers

1:12.1

considering environmentally friendly hybrids and all-electric cars. No more. Mercedes up the

1:18.3

competition in the luxury all-electric vehicle market last week. Directly challenging Tesla's

1:24.0

Model X, the German automaker introduced the EQC, a posh, sporty SUV that Mercedes

1:31.0

says will have up to a 280-mile range when fully charged. The top speed of Mercedes sleek

1:37.0

SUV will be about 112 miles per hour. In one analyst's opinion, not quite enough for car lovers

1:44.1

to truly enjoy Germany's

1:45.7

no speed limit Autobahn. And it comes up short against some other Model X features, too. For instance,

1:52.0

it takes the EQC five seconds to go from zero to 60 compared to the Model X's three. But still,

1:59.4

the introduction made a huge splash and not just for the EQC itself.

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