Mercedes-Benz EQE vs Mercedes-Benz EQS (2021-2025)

The Mercedes-Benz EQS costs £30,630 more than the Mercedes-Benz EQE. For that premium it adds 30 miles more WLTP range, 30 kW faster peak rapid charging and 180 litres more boot space. On EVcarsguide's combined category scores, the Mercedes-Benz EQS comes out ahead overall.

The Mercedes-Benz EQE is £30,630 cheaper to buy. Running costs are almost identical - about £176 a year either way, at 8,000 miles on an off-peak home tariff. Add 5 years of charging and the Mercedes-Benz EQE comes out roughly £30,630 cheaper overall. These figures cover list price and home charging only - insurance, servicing, tyres and depreciation will move the real total.

EVcarsguide estimates a real-world motorway range of about 281 miles for the Mercedes-Benz EQE and 378 miles for the Mercedes-Benz EQS - both below their WLTP figures, because sustained high speed is the hardest case for an EV. The Mercedes-Benz EQS goes roughly 97 miles further between charging stops. Both rapid-charge to 80% in a similar time, around 31-32 minutes.

The Mercedes-Benz EQS is the easier car for tight UK car parks: it is 35 mm narrower than the Mercedes-Benz EQE. In a standard 2,400 mm bay that leaves about 474 mm of total clearance for the Mercedes-Benz EQS and about 439 mm of total clearance for the Mercedes-Benz EQE. The Mercedes-Benz EQS also turns in a 1.6 m tighter circle, which helps with U-turns and multi-storey ramps.

Over a 8-year ownership window EVcarsguide's degradation model projects roughly 84% battery health for the Mercedes-Benz EQE and 84% for the Mercedes-Benz EQS. That is close enough that capacity loss should not decide between them. Both use NMC-type cells, so for daily use keep the charge limit near 80% to slow degradation.