Mercedes-Benz Restarts Production of EQE, EQS EVs
Key Points
- Production of U.S.-market Mercedes-Benz electric vehicles was paused in the summer of 2025.
- Mercedes continued to build the EQE and EQS for sales overseas.
- The automaker has resumed building domestic-market vehicles.
With major challenges that include the end of the federal EV tax credit and tariffs facing foreign-branded EVs, it’s easy to overlook the one condition that all vehicles are subject to at all times: consumer demand. Built in Alabama, the Mercedes-EQ EQE and EQS SUVs are not subject to tariffs, and customers were able to qualify for the tax credit on leases even if they weren’t eligible for the discount on purchased vehicles. But low demand for the EQE and EQS — both of which are available in sedan and SUV body styles — led Mercedes to pause production of them for the U.S. market in September. (The company continued to build them for overseas markets.)
Now, Mercedes has resumed deliveries of the quartet in the U.S. and is continuing its efforts to properly position the luxury EVs, as reported by Electrek.
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Prior to the pause, Mercedes had lowered their base prices by many thousands of dollars in an attempt to foster demand, lopping off more than $15,000 from the starting price of the EQS SUV. With domestic distribution restarted, prices stay low.
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The 2026 EQE Sedan and SUV both start at $66,300 (all prices include $1,350 destination charge), which mark savings of $9,750 compared to initial 2025 pricing for the sedan and $12,750 for the SUV. The 2026 EQS is priced from $101,250 in sedan form and $91,300 as an SUV, reductions of just $4,300 on the sedan and $18,100 for an equivalent SUV. The EQS SUV has ditched its rear-wheel-drive base variant for standard all-wheel drive for the ‘26 model year.
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Mercedes has made a few other tweaks to the lineups, as well. The mid-range EQE500 4Matic is no longer available for either the sedan or the SUV, and Mercedes has dropped the AMG version of the EQS Sedan. The remaining powertrains for the EQS SUV have been renamed: The 450 and 580 4Matic now go by 400 and 550 4Matic, though their outputs remain the same.
Not only are they more affordable, but the revived EQEs have slightly higher power ratings than they did when their nap began. Their base versions have been rechristened 320 (previously 350) and now put out 315 horsepower versus the 2025 models’ 288 hp. Torque and range estimates for all remaining EQE and EQS derivatives are unchanged.
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