‘In the summer I saw a maximum of 450 km on the odometer’
The first Mercedes-Benz under the EQ label was this EQC. Yes, the label was new, but the car itself is of course ‘just’ based on the GLC. Each EQC is a four-wheel drive 400 and always has 80 kWh net battery capacity. How much driving range do you get out of that in practice?
According to its drivers, the Mercedes EQC is above all a relaxing car, although the chassis sometimes goes a bit too far. In this article we focus on driving range under different conditions. We do this to provide the most complete picture possible, based on user reviews and our own tests.
Average range Mercedes-Benz EQC
As the standard bearer of the EQ label, the EQC was viewed with suspicion. How is this major manufacturer doing electrically and how concerned should other manufacturers be? That’s partly why he was allowed to appear in a real range test four years ago. The result is not worth framing, because after just 319 kilometers the cake was completely gone.
This value appears to be quite representative. If we combine the range during our own tests with that of users, we end up only slightly higher. With a Mercedes-Benz EQC 400 4matic you can travel an average of 329 kilometers on a charge, which equates to an energy consumption of 24.3 kWh/100 km.
Big difference summer/winter
The difference between summer and winter appears to be large with the EQC, as with many other EVs. “After 1 year I reach an average of 23.3 kWh/100 km, which means an average of 345 km per full charge,” says this EQC 400 driver. “In the coldest period this was at least 240 and in the summer I saw a maximum of 450 on the counter.” For others the difference is smaller. “Normally the range is around 300 km in winter and around 400 km in summer, so that is fine for daily use.”
A third driver keeps track of the driving range very closely. After three years he comes to a different conclusion. “Despite all WLTP calculations, I can only conclude that the car consumes a lot of electricity,” he writes. This is supported by a calculation. “11702 kWh divided by 40186 km is 0.29119 kWh/km.” If we convert that to kilometers, a range of 275 kilometers remains. That’s not entirely fair. The ever-present charging loss, usually around 10 to 15 percent, does affect the total power consumption, but does not affect the number of kilometers to be driven.
Nevertheless, the Mercedes-Benz EQC is certainly not a range king. Fortunately, Mercedes-Benz appears to be a fast learner: with the younger EQE you can drive 500 kilometers fairly easily without recharging.
Want to know more about electric driving in practice? Look atherean overview of more than twenty EVs and their actual range.
– Thanks for information from Autoweek.nl