The Mercedes-Benz EQS SUV was the first Mercedes-Benz EQ electric car to be built in the United States, but with the passage of time and the arrangement of new vehicles in the future, the EQS SUV currently manufactured at the Tuscaloosa plant in Alabama is rumored to have a new production base in the future.
The Mercedes-Benz EQS SUV may be transferred to its plant in Bremen, Germany. Excerpt from Mercedes-Benz.
Since the U.S.-made Mercedes-Benz EQS SUV went into production, it has accounted for about 7% of the plant's 305,000 units per year, and the EQE SUV has delivered 7,086 units in the U.S. market from January to September this year. Although the numbers are not wrong at first glance, after all, it is a flagship-level pure electric SUV, but Mercedes-Benz is currently planning to move all EQS SUV production capacity to the Bremen plant in Germany, and the vacant production line at the US plant will be filled by the all-electric GLC that will be launched later.
Mercedes-Benz EQS SUV. Excerpt from Mercedes-Benz.
An unnamed source inside Mercedes-Benz revealed that this new pure electric SUV is regarded by Mercedes-Benz as a new cash cow for the brand, and it is planned to be officially put into production in the first quarter of 2026, and the original factory expects that the annual production capacity of this new pure electric SUV is expected to reach 50,000 units. This will allow for an increase in production capacity at Mercedes-Benz's Alabama plant, and more importantly, it will certainly have better sales figures than the current US-spec EQE SUV, while also receiving a tax credit for localizing production in the U.S. under the Inflation Reduction Act.
Mercedes-Benz EQS SUV. Excerpt from Mercedes-Benz.
Since the EQC, which opened the road to pure electric in Germany, has been discontinued, some foreign media have called the second-generation EQC the new model captured on the streets of Europe, but some people call it the GLC EV, which is expected to be mass-produced in Alabama, USA. It is reported that this pure electric SUV, which is regarded as a major role in sales, has the strength of a maximum range of 482 kilometers, but it is still unclear when it will be released.
The Mercedes-Benz EQS SUV may be transferred to its plant in Bremen, Germany. Excerpt from Mercedes-Benz.
On the other hand, Mercedes-Benz's plant in Bremen, Germany, is also a manufacturing base for a variety of models, such as the C-Class, E-Class, GLC and EQE, all of which rolled off the assembly line in Bremen, and it is estimated that the plant will increase its production capacity by about 20,000 new cars per year after the EQE SUV is added in the future.
Mercedes-Benz EQS SUV. Excerpt from Mercedes-Benz.