EQB Discontinued in USA
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Indeed. FWIW, we picked up a BMW iX iDrive60 over the weekend despite a few months left on the EQB lease just to be done with it. I’m willing to pay off the lease to get it out of the driveway, but I’d also like to see what MB is gonna do with the high voltage battery replacement since ours is included in the recall.
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I guess I was talking about the one year fill in (gap) while the GLB EV gets announced and arrive here. Unless it is coming soon enough so there is no gap?
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Surprised you both hate the EQB so much. Someone actually compared theirs to an EQS.https://mbworld.org/forums/eqb-x243-...ml#post9002469
https://mbworld.org/forums/eqb-x243-...ml#post9003790
https://mbworld.org/forums/eqb-x243-...ml#post9003790
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Surprised you both hate the EQB so much. Someone actually compared theirs to an EQS.https://mbworld.org/forums/eqb-x243-...ml#post9002469
https://mbworld.org/forums/eqb-x243-...ml#post9003790
https://mbworld.org/forums/eqb-x243-...ml#post9003790
That said, I also was happy with the EQB the day I drove it home otherwise we would have bought something else. Nearly three years later my opinion of its inherent quality has been...revised.
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I’m sure there’s somebody out there that thinks their 2005 Civic rides better than a new S-Class. I respect their right to have their own opinion, but that doesn’t men I have to agree with it.
That said, I also was happy with the EQB the day I drove it home otherwise we would have bought something else. Nearly three years later my opinion of its inherent quality has been...revised.
That said, I also was happy with the EQB the day I drove it home otherwise we would have bought something else. Nearly three years later my opinion of its inherent quality has been...revised.
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Those opinions might be more about how bad they feel about the EQS as much or more than how much they like the EQB...I'm just sayin'
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Just read about the new GLB at Autoblog. I know my opinion will be a minority one, but I'm just fine with my EQB. All the tech on the GLB...sounds like trouble to me...see Engineering Explained guy's recent video of his 6 month ownership experience with his Lucid. One of the things I like about the EQB is the relative simplicity, and tech that has been perfected over the years near the end of its production run (yes, I know a couple owners here have had bad luck). Like the new door handles and AI integration...no thanks. Individual needs vary, but an extra 100 miles of range and faster charging time is useless to me, as I charge at home and it is a metro/mid range vehicle for me. If an EQB is your only vehicle and you routinely drive long distance...you might have issues, otherwise I don't pine for a new one.
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Just read about the new GLB at Autoblog. I know my opinion will be a minority one, but I'm just fine with my EQB. All the tech on the GLB...sounds like trouble to me...see Engineering Explained guy's recent video of his 6 month ownership experience with his Lucid. One of the things I like about the EQB is the relative simplicity, and tech that has been perfected over the years near the end of its production run (yes, I know a couple owners here have had bad luck). Like the new door handles and AI integration...no thanks. Individual needs vary, but an extra 100 miles of range and faster charging time is useless to me, as I charge at home and it is a metro/mid range vehicle for me. If an EQB is your only vehicle and you routinely drive long distance...you might have issues, otherwise I don't pine for a new one.
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From the initial look, I’d say the GLB EV benefits greatly from the new EV platform instead of being grafted into something else. Hopefully the release version of MB.OS is fully baked, or at least MB is prepared to actively support it.
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If MBUX 2.0 and MBUX 3.0 was any indication, it is going to be buggy until a model year or a few later. Unless the former two was buggy because MB was too focused on the development of MB OS. So I am giving MB the benefit of doubt.
