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That is an excellent question. Seems there web site is useless as it does not cover what the names mean and there seems to be no relation of the number to Torque or HP. 2022 EQS Sedan | Future Vehicles | Mercedes-Benz USA (mbusa.com) I have looked through many websites and still no info on what the names mean. I did get from this story that the 450+ which is what America gets means the + is the larger battery pack, but we only get the largest battery pack, where in Europe and the Asian rim they can get a smaller 90 kW battery pack. So they will have a 450 or 450+ models. We just get 450+. 2022 Mercedes-Benz EQS First Drive Review: Funky New Luxury (motor1.com) Even on their global web site there is no clear answer as to what the numbers mean on any of their EQ products. The new all-electric EQS. (mercedes-benz.com) Even the Daimler web site FAILS to explain what the numbers mean. The EQS: The first electric vehicle in the luxury class | Daimler Sorry, wish I knew. @smk4565 Do you have an actual link to explain what the EQS 450 and 580 mean?

Sorry, meant to say the 450 versus 580. 450 is RWD only with lower luxury packages, 580 is AWD with higher luxury packages and larger battery options. Mercedes-Benz EQS Enters Production, More Specs Revealed (insideevs.com) Mercedes-Benz EQS spces: up to 770 km (479 miles) of WLTP range two battery versions: 107.8 kWh of usable battery capacity (12 modules, about 9 kWh each) 90 kWh of usable battery capacity (10 modules) CATL lithium-ion cells (pouch cells or hard-case/prismatic cells), NCM 811 chemistry 400-volt architecture (396 V nominal) 0-100 km/h (62 mph): EQS 450+ RWD: 6.2 seconds EQS 580 4MATIC AWD: 4.3 seconds top speed of 210 km/h (131 mph) powertrain options: EQS 450+ rear-wheel drive (single motor): 245 kW and 568 Nm EQS 580 4MATIC all-wheel drive (dual motor): 385 kW (255 kW rear and 135 kW front) and 855 Nm performance version: 560 kW in the future both motors are permanently excited synchronous motors (PSM) peak regenerative brake up to 290 kW (580 4MATIC) or 186 kW (450+) AC charging (on-board): three-phase 11 kW standard and 22 kW option (Europe) Charging time (107.8 kWh): 5 hours at 22 kW AC, 10 hours at 11 kW AC DC fast charging: up to 200 kW; 10-80% SOC in 31 minutes up to 280-300 km (174-186 miles) of WLTP range to be replenished in just 15 minutes Plug & Charge feature Length/width/height: 5216/1926/1512 Length/width/height (USA): 5265/1926/1513 Cd value starting from 0.20 (EQS 450+); 0.209 (EQS 580 4MATIC) Boot capacity, VDA: 610-1770 L Weight in roadworthy condition: 2480 kg (EQS 450+); 2585 kg (EQS 580 4MATIC) Payload: 465-545 kg (EQS 450+); 475-550 kg (EQS 580 4MATIC) Perm. gross vehicle weight: 2945-3025 kg (EQS 450+); 3060-3135 (EQS 580 4MATIC) EVA platform

So true, when you have a forum member that constantly crows about the 0 to 60 number being the magic and then the company that is supposed to be the standard bearer fails to deliver on that, it does make one go H'mmmmmmmmmm! ? I agree with you that there are many solid comments on the interior and the serene ride. Was surprised to see that you get a very much pedestrian dash in the EQS 450 compared to the top of the line 580.

The final development tweaks are being done ahead of the first customer deliveries and with that the AC Cobra is staying faithful to the recreation roots with one twist. Emissions-free electric powertrain is the start of this British marque builders future. The specifications clearly show that this car is staying as much as possible to the roots of the Cobra history that started in 1962 with a Ford Small Block V8 and 60 years later in tribute to that history, the AC Cobra delivers with the following statistics: Acceleration 0-62 mph - 4 seconds Torque 500Nm Peak (369 lb-ft) / 250 Nm Continuous (185 lb-ft) Power 230 kW (308 HP) Battery Capacity 55 kWh Estimated Range 150 miles Auto Weight 1050 kg (2,314 lbs) The AC Cobra 1 series is a limited production run of just 52 cars. One could easily say who cares, I will never see one here in the US. Yet AC Cars has already announced a larger series of the Cobra. AC Cobra Series 4 electric and for those that want an ICE they still do build authentic ICE Cobra's you can purchase via their website. Yet this is about their future and with that the Series 4 AC Cobra offers a wide selection of choices including power trains that can rocket the car including their top performance model with a 460 Kw (617 HP) electric version weighing in at 1,240 kg (2,733 pounds) with a crazy couple of seconds to 62 mph launch. The series 4 offers two distinct packages with 4 color combo's per package. One can get more details about the Series 4 here: AC Cobra Series 4 electric - AC CARS Whether ones passion is electric or ICE powertrain, the one thing for any auto enthusiast is the driving experience and here AC Cars delivers on the traditional fun to drive performance car. The New AC Cobra 378 Superblower MkIV is back featuring an LSA 6.2L Supercharged V8 with 6 speed gearbox and can be checked out here: AC Cobra 378 Superblower MkIV - AC CARS The first of the electric AC Cobra fires up - AC CARS AC Cars Official - YouTube View full article

The Best or Nothing at all seems to be a Failure for Mercedes as the first of the EQS test drives come in and where there are some success in certain areas, there is just as many failures and as pointed out in the review, it would appear that Mercedes is playing massive catch up to other automakers and especially Tesla. For a German company that was supposed to be building a competitor that would beat the Tesla S, I have to say that Mercedes has failed. First drive review: 2022 Mercedes-Benz EQS fuses electric-car wizardry with S-Class serenity (greencarreports.com) No FRUNK, In fact there seems to be many areas that Mercedes does not want anyone to get access too, just supposed to drive it and take it to Mercedes when you need work done it would appear. This review makes me wonder if Mercedes will ever be able to catch up to Tesla? ? Do not get me wrong there are reviewers that drink the Koolaid and no matter how far behind Tesla, they still think Mercedes is the best. 2022 Mercedes-Benz EQS First Drive Review: Funky New Luxury (motor1.com) Here are additional reviews that upon looking at them, I have to say, Mercedes S class is a second place uber luxury car that does not totally deliver on being the Best or nothing! It seems to be a half-way also ran. Mercedes-Benz EQS First Drive Test | Mercedes-Benz Worldwide (mercedes-world.com) 2022 Mercedes-Benz EQS First Drive Review: An EV like nothing else - SlashGear 2022 Mercedes-Benz EQS first drive review: Defining a segment - Roadshow (cnet.com) First review Mercedes EQS 450+: Is Mercedes EQS an S-Class electric? (mercedesblog.com) Mercedes EQS first drive: S-Class luxury in an EV (msn.com) Mercedes EQS first drive: S-Class luxury in an EV | Engadget

An interesting study released by the "International Council on Clean Transportation" A couple of clear Myth Busters, the world is adding renewable energy replacing coal the dirtiest of power generation, but even with that taken into account BEVs still are far cleaner in all global markets than ICE. The other observation is that the current versus paris accord shows that an acceleration in renewable energy development is needed if the global markets are to reach their commitment to the Paris Agreement. End result is that it still does not change the fact that electric auto's emit fewer emissions than ICE helping in the battle of global climate change. Quote: In addition to its global scope, the study is methodologically comprehensive in considering all relevant powertrain types, including plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs), and an array of fuel types including biofuels, electrofuels, hydrogen, and electricity. The life-cycle GHG emissions of cars registered in 2021 are compared with those of cars expected to be registered in 2030. In addition, this study is distinct from earlier LCA literature in four key aspects: It considers the lifetime average carbon intensity of the fuel and electricity mixes, including biofuels and biogas. Based on stated policies, it accounts for changes in the carbon intensity during the useful lifetime of the vehicles. It considers the fuel and electricity consumption in average real-world usage instead of solely relying on official test values. This is especially important for assessing the GHG emissions of PHEVs. It uses recent data on industrial-scale battery production and considers regional battery supply chains. This results in significantly lower battery production emissions than in earlier studies. It incorporates the near-term global warming potential of methane leakage emissions of natural gas and natural gas-derived hydrogen pathways. Different from other GHGs, methane contributes several times more to global warming in the first 20 years after emission than is reflected by the 100-year global warming potential. Results show that even for cars registered today, battery electric vehicles (BEVs) have by far the lowest life-cycle GHG emissions. As illustrated in the figure below, emissions over the lifetime of average medium-size BEVs registered today are already lower than comparable gasoline cars by 66%–69% in Europe, 60%–68% in the United States, 37%–45% in China, and 19%–34% in India. Additionally, as the electricity mix continues to decarbonize, the life-cycle emissions gap between BEVs and gasoline vehicles increases substantially when considering medium-size cars projected to be registered in 2030. A global comparison of the life-cycle greenhouse gas emissions of combustion engine and electric passenger cars | International Council on Clean Transportation (theicct.org) Download link for the paper: https://theicct.org/sites/default/files/publications/Global-LCA-passenger-cars-jul2021_0.pdf

Cremation

Had to look this up and once I saw low carb waffles, all I could think of was: CARDBOARD

Made a Costco run and saw this:

Waffles

Is it a Cadillac or a GMC? Another cool truck, was unable to get a better look.

That is an exception as it mocks my idol Arnold!

Yea, still a hell no for me. I just never found this kind of thing funny.

Cooking

Calzone

Been a number of great dog commercials, I totally related to this Chevrolet one that was also end back to the beginning and the end being a journey.

Tonight was a steak night using some of my home grown garlic with clarified butter in caste iron skillet grilled steak. Cheesy broccoli and baked potato.

If the AMG One ever gets produced and if it actually survives the company focus on change that is happening, I agree with @surreal1272 it better damn well beat everything. Yet the news is showing that mercedes is changing their roadmap fast and killing off the hybrid / ICE world fast.

Lots going on in the BEV arena and here is the run down on all the changes. BYD in China delivered 40,116 plug-in electric auto's for the month of June a new record for auto's of this type. China: BYD Plug-In Electric Car Sales Hit New Record In June 2021 (insideevs.com) Rivian has anounced it is searching for a second North American manufacturing plant to produce batteries and expand production of their Truck/SUV auto's. Rivian Electric Truck Startup Seeking Location For 2nd US Factory (insideevs.com) VW is ramping up sales as the ID.4 does well and now VW releases the ID.6 twins into the market. Volkswagen ID.6 Duo (X And CROZZ) Enter Chinese Market (insideevs.com) To speed up change over, it is some times important to just buy an existing company than to retool, build and test your own motors. Mercedes has done this by buying an electric motor company to speed up the change over form ICE to pure BEV by 2030. Charged EVs | Mercedes-Benz acquires motor technology firm YASA - Charged EVs New Honda CEO has confirmed Honda will become a pure BEV company globally by 2040. Charged EVs | New CEO confirms Honda will go all-electric by 2040 - Charged EVs Mercedes has announced their new updated plans to go all electric ending ICE auto's by 2030. Mercedes-Benz prepares to go all-electric - Daimler Global Media Site All newly launched architectures will be electric-only from 2025 onwards. In 2025 Mercedes-Benz will launch three electric-only architectures. Mercedes-Benz will be ready to go all electric at the end of the decade, where market conditions allow. Mercedes-Benz to install battery cell capacity of more than 200 Gigawatt hours with partners, plans for eight Gigafactories. New partnerships for development and production of battery cells in Europe. Efficiency of electric drivetrains to be enhanced through vertical integration and the acquisition of YASA, a specialist in ultra-high performance axial flux motors. Plug & Charge to introduce seamless charging without extra steps needed for authentication and payment. Mercedes me Charge to have more than 530,000 AC and DC charging points worldwide. Acceleration of electrification ramp-up marks a radical shift in capital allocation. Mercedes-Benz is committed to its margin targets – also in a BEV-world. This change is based on the fact that going into 2020 Mercedes figured global BEV sales of 25% by 2025, that has now changed to 50% global BEV sales by 2025 and 100% BEV sales starting in 2030. R&D will drop by 80% for ICE and plug-in hybrid by 2026 as they focus 100% of company resources on BEV after that. Mercedes states that their margins will be similar to ICE by 2026 as Mercedes invests $40 billion Euro's between 2022 to 2030 for this change over to BEV portfolio.

Seems this is starting to hit home as a reviewer for UK that was invited to test drive the Ioniq 5 from Korea is saying hold off on ordering the Tesla 3 till you test drive the Ioniq 5. Tesla Y is not available in the UK as to why the person compares it to the Tesla 3, but clearly it is equal on price, but gives so much more.

I have to say that I have always loved the GM Answer to the Successful Ford Thunderbird, the 1962 4 person Concept Corvette. I especially like the side profile of this car. https://www.instagram.com/p/CRo1ZWApxIl/ GM Design Studio post for today on Instagram.

Interesting to see the 2022 Buick Enclave and how much LED lighting is changing the look of Auto's. Introducing the New 2022 Buick Enclave & Enclave Avenir | SUV

Man the more I spend time on this web site, the more this will make a hit in luxury SUV sales in the US and I honestly do not see it taking them from GM or Ford. Will have to say interesting that like Lincoln, they are offering 4 select color combo's with multiple interior color combo options. The Red Velvet sadly only gets black interior where the Black, Silver and White exterior color options get all 3 interior color options. This truly plays in the luxury segment.