Before the new car enters the market, it has been subjected to many months, sometimes years of strict tests around the world. Sweden often occupies most of this trip, its cold northern expanses offer the perfect combination of cold temperatures and frozen surfaces.
It was there that I myself had to make a small testing of a new new electric car from Mercedes-Benz. This is GLC with EQ Technology, a fully electrical version of one of the most popular company SUVs. With new batteries, new engines and charging system with a higher tense Field
But can it be better to drive? This is a question that brought me to Sweden. I, as a rule, are very comfortable to travel on ice and snow. Of course, I did it for a long time, I lived in the north -east all my life and ice races over the past 20 years. But put me behind the wheel of an invaluable, manual prototype, and I usually affect a few extra minutes before I begin to really promote things.
Not so, when I got behind the wheel of an electric SUV GLC. After 30 seconds, I had a flat leg on the floor, and I, together with an engineer for development with wide eyes, flew along the path covered with ice, in half at the stand of birch.
This is how good the new GLC traction and stability systems are good. Where most cars simply cut all power in such a slippery situation, especially practical, for example, a typical crossover, GLC gave much more. When the handle was low above the sections of dark, glass ice, the system reduced the use of power and did not allow me to make a large expensive dent in the snow bank.
However, when there was a capture there, GLC quickly grew to maximum acceleration, relying on the power of its double electric engines and all -wheel drive, so that we would not look smoothly and cleanly and clean tracking between the trees. These engines and smart ones that control them are part of the new Mercedes-Benz, Mb.ea. These are motors with constant magnets, with front, with a physical shutdown to reduce its resistance when it is not necessary.
The car is also equipped with a new heat pump, which is able to absorb thermal energy from the surrounding air, as well as various internal systems of the car. Mercedes engineers said that it warms the cabin twice as soon as possible, using half the energy than their current electric cars. Indeed, the interior in GLC was quite comfortable, despite the fact that the temperature is much lower than zero.
Unfortunately, I cannot comment on the car range in these conditions. In the end, this is just a prototype of preliminary production. Nevertheless, I expect a significant improvement within 307 miles, which the EQE SUV can manage on charges. Batteries in GLC rely on revised chemistry, which reportedly reduce the dependence on At the same time, increasing energy density. This means more miles per pound of the battery.
Another thing that helps expand the range is a revised regenerative inhibition system. GLC will have several different regenger speeds, including a mode with one pedal, which will lead to a complete stop of the SUV. However, when you go to the brake pedals, you may notice that it seems a little strange.
This is because the attack on the pedal actually does nothing. It looks like The resistance is modeled here. You do not feel the hydraulic system, squeezing the pistons, just compressed springs.
This is a different sensation, but not bad. The idea is that the machine will give you a stable, consistent feeling regardless of what you are doing or how you are going. The car itself will determine how much your desired slowdown can be obtained from the regenerative power of electric motors. When it is necessary more than they can provide, it smoothly causes physical brakes for reinforcement.
In practice, it works brilliantly. The car stops smoothly and cleanly, and there is not a single random uneven braking that you get when you stomp the Stop in EV pedals. The lack of feedback from the pedal, when it involves ABS, is a little disappointed, but then I heard that the pulse makes some people remove the brake pedal, so perhaps this is for the best.
With a furnace for another pedal, he accelerates very much again. This is fast enough to entertain drivers focused on performance. Nevertheless, given the low nature of roads and the paths that I covered, I can’t say how much it will be a competent processor.
I can say that the additional air suspension did an exalted job on really terrible road conditions. Clots, moss boards, frost, you call it, the car happily absorbed it, even lifting the suspension for an inch, when a little deeper snow and ice required a little more terrestrial viewing. On the smooth roads, GLC was the same quiet limousine that you want to be luxurious EV. There was a little road noise from aggressively flowing snow tires, but this thing should be a delightful cruiser on normal tires.
The only problem? We must be patient. GLC is going to make his official debut in Germany in September, which means that it probably will not go to production until 2026. Mercedes-Benz has not yet set the price for electric GLC. Given the state of the world right now, no one will guess what the situation on stimulating/tariff for foreign electric vehicles will look like, even those built in the United States, such as the current Mercedes-Benz Field
If it is right for the price, and if it does not look too terrible when these camouflage stickers and recorded are captured, this should be a winner. I can no longer wait for another one to drive and another chance to become even more comfortable.