We traded for a 2026 EQS 400 SUV
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2008 CL550, 2022 EQB 300, 2023 EQS 450 4Matic
Love the updates on the 26 and happy to hear these improvements are not just on paper but functionally better vehicle. Just as an example, our 23 is getting barely 230miles at 100% charge due to the cold temp... My daughter took it on a 150mile x2 drive this week and needed 2 charging station visits... Is it that bad for other 2023s or is ours losing steam at a faster rate than normal?
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26 EQS 400 SUV, 23 EQS 580 SUV (sold), 19 X7 (sold), 17/14 GLS550 (sold), 13 GL550 (sold)
I had talked myself into ordering a Lucid Gravity, but after driving it, and reading all of the complaints about software issues and some hardware issues, I decided to instead trade for another EQS SUV. More and more online reviews confirm I made the right decision. Mercedes has been around for more than 100 years and simply knows how to build a car the correct way. And they carefully test their vehicles before selling them to customers. Their vehicles are not being delivered with tons of software issues and hardware issues. Lucid apparently hasn't learned that lesson yet. In time, they hopefully will, for the sake of their customers.
And while the EQS models, get no love, they are mature, terrific, electric vehicles!
And while the EQS models, get no love, they are mature, terrific, electric vehicles!
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Nah, the battery is likely fine. Cold weather just makes the car less efficient. You are probably getting only 2 miles per kwh instead of 3 or 3.5. Doing rough math of 100 kwh battery x 2 = only 200. If you want to track your battery health, set up a Recurrent account...very interesting battery health info.
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Love the updates on the 26 and happy to hear these improvements are not just on paper but functionally better vehicle. Just as an example, our 23 is getting barely 230miles at 100% charge due to the cold temp... My daughter took it on a 150mile x2 drive this week and needed 2 charging station visits... Is it that bad for other 2023s or is ours losing steam at a faster rate than normal?
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2023 EQS580 SUV, 2010 S550 4M,2004 S430 4Matic(traded), 2024 GLE350 (traded), 2020 GLS450(traded)
That's true reality: winter=less range. I've been charging my SUV almost daily to ~70%-80% and commuting around 50+ miles using about 30-40%; MN winter baby.
Today is below zero, my heater is not working with a low coolant warning... What's got to do with the cold below zero? My 1st experienced this problem. Any idea? TIA
Today is below zero, my heater is not working with a low coolant warning... What's got to do with the cold below zero? My 1st experienced this problem. Any idea? TIA
