Mercedes-Benz has ended the option to order individually configurable versions of three of its largest electric models. The EQE saloon, the EQE SUV and the EQS SUV can no longer be freely configured in the German online configurator. Instead, customers can only choose from in-stock vehicles already produced. The three models are also not available for individual orders in Mercedes’ online configurators in France, the United Kingdom and the Netherlands. Although official confirmation from Mercedes-Benz is still pending, everything indicates that the Stuttgart-based automaker will stop manufacturing these three electric models.
The EQS saloon: the last car standing
With this move, Mercedes says goodbye to three of the four major model series based on the specific EVA II platform developed for electric vehicles. The EQE saloon was launched in 2022, followed by the EQE SUV at the end of the same year, with the EQS SUV joining the range shortly after. No comparable technical updates are planned for the EQE models, so production of these two series is coming to an end. The situation is different for the EQS saloon: Mercedes extensively overhauled the electric flagship in April 2026, introducing an 800-volt architecture, new electric motors and a larger battery. Since then, the WLTP range of the EQS 450+ has been up to 926 kilometers.
The future of the EQS SUV, however, remains uncertain. While the large electric SUV shares its technical foundation with the EQS saloon, Mercedes is yet to announce a comparable mid-cycle update with 800-volt technology and other innovations introduced in the revised four-door model. The fact that this model is no longer available for individual orders at least suggests that it will not continue in its current form anytime soon.
New electric platforms replace EQ models
The withdrawal of these three model series is part of a fundamental restructuring of Mercedes’ electric portfolio. For its latest electric models, the brand uses its traditional model names and designs that align with their combustion engine counterparts. This includes an electric C-Class and an electric GLC.
Both are based on the new MB.EA-M (DE) electrical architecture and feature 800-volt technology. An electric E-Class has also been announced. Its launch is scheduled for the second half of 2027 and will eventually replace the EQE sedan.
EQA, EQB and EQC are now history
The discontinuation of these three major equalizer models is not the first step of its kind. Production of the EQC has already ended in 2023. Mercedes’ first modern mass-produced electric vehicle rolled off the assembly line at the Bremen plant for the last time in the second quarter of 2023. Mercedes then confirmed the end of production in response to an inquiry from electrive. The remaining vehicles were then sold. In July 2024, the model was finally discontinued and the remaining stock was sold.
The EQB followed at the end of 2025. Already in September of the same year, the compact SUV was no longer available for individual configuration. The remaining orders were then fulfilled by the Hungarian plant in Kecskemét. Subsequently, the site was to be remodeled for the production of new models based on the MMA platform. Mercedes has positioned the new electric GLB as its successor.
More recently, in April 2026, the EQA also disappeared from the configurator. The remaining production orders were still being processed at the Rastatt plant. Final orders were expected to be completed in June. Meanwhile, Mercedes has started series production of the new electric GLA, which will take over the role of the EQA.
The EQ family of models is almost history
With this, Mercedes has largely eliminated the entire first generation of its independently designed EQ model family in just over three years. Of the six model series originally considered here, only the EQS saloon remains, along with the already repositioned next-generation electric models. The abandonment of the standalone EQ design language and the merging of electric and conventional model series is progressing much faster than expected just a few years ago.
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