‘Tesla killer’ Mercedes EQC flops with 55 units sold in Germany
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#2Electricity is very expensive in Germany, driving electric can actually be more expensive than gasoline cars.
Re: ‘Tesla killer’ Mercedes EQC flops with 55 units sold in Germany
#3Electricity is very expensive in Germany, driving electric can actually be more expensive than gasoline cars.
I don't believe that for one second. Electricity is also stupidly expensive in the UK and driving on electricity is still an order of magnitude cheaper than driving on petrol.
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#4Electricity is very expensive in Germany, driving electric can actually be more expensive than gasoline cars.
If that was the reason, Tesla wouldn't be selling there either. For whatever reason, the market has decided that Tesla is preferable to Mercedes.
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#5Electricity is very expensive in Germany, driving electric can actually be more expensive than gasoline cars.
0.30 euro / kwh * 80 kwh = 24 euros to drive 220 miles
220 mi / 16 mpg for GLS 550 (similar size?) = 13 gallons * 5.25 euro/gallon = 72 euro
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercedes-Benz_EQC https://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/noframes/40761.shtml https://www.globalpetrolprices.com/Germany/gasoline_prices
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#6I don't think it's hard to see why. It's a $67k base price with only a 200 mile range.
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#7Strangely absent from the blog post, or the article on which it is based, is the price of the vehicle. It mentions "numerous Tesla Model 3s", but I suspect that this thing costs more than a Model X.
The other factor, of course, is infrastructure. What is the availability of Mercedes-compatible chargers, compared to Tesla?
Edit: I stand corrected on the price. I don't know about Germany, but pathartl's quoted US price, while quite a bit more than a Model 3, would be less than a Model X.
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#8Really that highlights another trend I noticed with rivalry and paradigms and "being on the attack". If they have to bill themselves as the foo-Killer they aren't and will almost certainly fail as they don't establish their own niche even, let alone a good reason to choose them.
I wonder why it is failing /that/ hard though. Failure to deliver value for their money? SUV + Electric not a good fit for the local market?
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#9I think Mercedes is the wrong manufacturer to try to compete with Tesla. Merc buyers are older folks and flashy people with more money than sense. They don’t care one bit about going green.
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#10What I don't get about the luxury companies making electric is that their range is crap. Range matters for an electric vehicle, and I would expect a luxury (non sports) car to have better range than a Leaf/Tesla 3/Bolt etc.