The Mercedes EQS SUV will start at $104,400 in the US. That’s for the EQS 450+ SUV, which is RWD and has a seriously impressive 305-mile EPA range. The AWD EQS 450 4MATIC SUV starts at $107,400 and has an estimated 285 miles of EPA range, meanwhile the more powerful EQS 580 4MATIC SUV has a base point of $125,950 and also has 285 miles of range. The latter comes with the 56” MBUX Hyperscreen as standard. Three trim levels are available: Premium, Exclusive and Pinnacle. For more info on each, check out the third slide.
BMW sold 40,602 BEVs last quarter. Combined with Q1 results, BMW sold 57,461 fully electric cars in the first half of 2022. Meanwhile, Mini sold 18,430 EVs in the first half of this year. BMW currently sells four EVs: the i3 (China), i4 sedan, iX3 crossover and iX SUV. The i3 hatchback was discontinued only a few days ago. The “new” i3 is a China-only electric model based off the 3-Series. Meanwhile, the i7 luxury sedan just started production. Thoughts?
A GMC Hummer EV Edition 1 just sold for $324,500 at the Barrett-Jacksons 2022 Las Vegas Auction. The Hummer EV in question had just 48 miles on the odometer. The starting MSRP for the Edition 1 is $110,295. Hence a profit of over $200,000 was made on this low mileage example. Currently GM has more than 77,500 reservations for the Hummer EV Pickup and SUV combined, however just 371 Hummer EVs have been built thus far amid the ongoing semiconductor shortage. Thoughts?
