Mercedes-Benz EQE vs Tesla Model S (2019-2020)

The Tesla Model S costs £12,985 more than the Mercedes-Benz EQE. For that premium it adds 80 kW faster peak rapid charging, 315 litres more boot space and 110 kW more power. On EVcarsguide's combined category scores, the Mercedes-Benz EQE comes out ahead overall.

The Mercedes-Benz EQE is £12,985 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 £13,065 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 280 miles for the Tesla Model S - effectively matched, and both well below their WLTP figures because sustained high speed is the hardest case for an EV. Both rapid-charge to 80% in a similar time, around 30-32 minutes.

The two are within 3 mm on width, so neither is meaningfully easier to thread into a tight space. In a standard 2,400 mm bay that leaves about 439 mm of total clearance for the Mercedes-Benz EQE and about 436 mm of total clearance for the Tesla Model S. The Tesla Model S also turns in a 0.7 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 Tesla Model S. 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.