I think the screens are deliberately awkward to reach, that's why the touch pad exists. Its prob a safety concern. If you use a touch pad you are more likely to use peripheral vision, if you use touch your more likely to look at the screen directly.
In June I drove the EQC from the Factory to Milan and back. It was really great and the consumption was very low. One Time charging and about 23kWh/100km 👍🏻
Bjørn spends so much time with Mercedes EQC so I think MC Hammer is jealous and maybe the car starts playing ABBA song "Lay All Your Love On Me" at the highest volume.
My Mercedes B250E is also non linear : 100% Charge on the car display is actually 28kw. So if you press the 'range extend' button ( which enables the full 33kw charge ) the car continues to show 100% even though it is still charging an extra 5kw. The other thing I've learned is that when your range looking low, never, never, never look at the guesstimated range left. Always, Always , Always look at the battery percentage. Mine still operates at 1% ( I've pulled onto my drive at 2% more than once ). It's far less anxiety inducing. Anyway, thanks for the early look at this car on a long journey.
Great vid as always Bjørn!!!!!!!. Do you have access to the EQC Mercedes Me App? And if so what are the features and how does it compare to the Tesla app?
Like the massage and the quietness. However, the car exterior looks so bland if not ugly. Well except for the rear light when it turns on at night. Does Mercedes make this EV for only old people?
@@bjornnyland too bad, I was really interested in this as this would give it some kind of "Supercharger-like" integration. Are charging stops integrated into routing?
@Bjørn - can you also measure noise level outside ? for example when this car roll next to you at 40-50 km/h it's really noisy, with the Model 3 and i3 I have the feeling that they are much more quiet. I live an are where Mercedes is testing all their cars so I saw and heard them even as prototypes. So at the end I'm not sure if with EV's our cities will get more quiet that much. P.S. I hate it's headlights -they're blinding me all the time
Cities will be quiter even when the cars are still audible with tires etc. At low speeds electric cars already have to emit noise so people can hear them instead of looking. We are used so many year of hearing cars that you go blindly.
@@mgammeren for sure, but would be interesting to know the difference between the different cars also. Not just in the car abut also for the people outside
I don't understand why they have the center screen so far back.. weird! Why not put it closer to the user and added bonus benefit of more sound insulation behind it :) You are of course never supposed to touch the screen while driving anyway but.. yeah.. that's not going to happen :D
Hey, nice Video. You can use also the right touchpad in the steeringwheel to control the right screen! Or the big Touchpad in the middle. So you have three choices to control. Every one find his favourite.
All the tech in the car looks super cool and interesting... but it really seems like the touchscreen is very unergonomic and the UI very inconvenient to use. At least the software is running very smoothly.
It seems the battery is made with 96 cells in series and at 10% SOC charging at fairly high rate. The pack voltage was 361V that means 3.76V per cell and due to high charge rate that should be right and pack just be at 10% but then at 10% energy counter was at 1.62kWh and at 13% it got to 2.42kWh so that is 3% SOC increase with just 0.8kWh put in thus if that was linear it will mean just a 27kWh pack :) so super non linear SOC calculator. Then at 90% the pack voltage was 399V / 96s = 4.15V that is fairly high and I will say it is at least 90% SOC and energy counter was at around 50kW that is from around 4% SOC to 90% SOC so about 58kWh usable maybe rounded to 60kWh but not more than that.
On my Tesla Model 3 Dual Motor touching the screen does not distract me because I use "Navigate on Autopilot". It drives itself on the highway. All I have to do is supervise it in case a crazy driver gets too close to me or I need to avoid road debris. Also, after awhile, I learned where common things are on the touchscreen - just like you learn where common physical buttons are on obsolete cars that still use those. Finally, all of the most commonly used functions are controllable with the two thumb wheels on the steering wheel. For example, volume, next track, pause, talk to the car, change automatic following distance, etc. etc.
for reaching the screen i would say, your arms are to short ... - but seeing that video i am a little shocked how "perfect" that car is compared to Tesla. Ok, you have not the acceleration of a Tesla, but who needs that in daily use of a car. Would like to see more about maximum range and energie consumption in next video.
It's bad design if the car is made for people over 180 cm height. Why are the seats, steering wheel and seat belts adjustable? Because that's good design. I'm 173 cm which is not considered to be short. If I can't reach the touch screen without having to bend forward then it's not an optimal design.
@@bjornnyland : sorry, having short arms was ment as a joke. The video at about 3:00 shows that there is a "mouse pad"easy to reach to control the monitor. In my childhoud having short arms means not having acces to cookies. For christmas my grandmother baked special cookies and stored them in a box on top of a cupboard in the kitchen. So sneaking in there and being great enough to reach there, would give you some foretaste of christmas eve ... so short arms - no cookies!
The screen placement is so bad. And I think Mercedes knows it which is why the touchpad was put in. Clearly someone in the design department won out over function.
I’m still amazed that folks in Norway like the ones using the Ionity charger waited for and bought the Audi etron. I’d love to hear that sales discussion: “I’d like to buy an EV please. It must have below average range and efficiency, average performance and a big silly grille. Oh and it must have 4 rings and be much too expensive”. Sales person: “Ah, so you want an etron?”
Is it a bit of a pointless car? It is slightly smaller compared to the E-Tron, it chargers slower, has about the same range, is not buildt like an EV «from the ground up», meaning that it really shows that it basically is the GLC, but electric. It has no frunk, still has the massive tunnel in the back from the GLC and has really poor ground clearance. I dont get it. The price is not very different to the E-Tron, and the EQC is missing a lot. Does not mean that it cannot be a decent EV, but given what the retail on one of these is about the same as the E-Tron is not positive.
Bjørn Nyland Pointless i will concede is a poor choice of word. Yes, but it is not much cheaper, in fact, hardly any cheaper and it looks like its a lot of sacrifice.
In Germany it is way cheaper than etron with better Equipment. And etron is huge. EQC fits better imho into european streets, etc. And etron user Interface is worse having three touch screens...
The market will decide if the EQC won’t sell. It is likely to be demand constrained for he first two years. So no, it’s not pointless if people will buy them
It look like Mercedes have not figured out the basic knowledge for the EVs. The korean, american and french cars do not have these problems with the BMS and SOC.
It was the Norwegian pronunciation of LED. Lead in Norwegian is bly, so there is no need to spell it out to avoid mixup. if you read led in Norwegian, it will sound like lead for an English speaker.
At 20:12 the guy with his brand new good looking e-VW and Bjørn says "is it the old one?". The guy's face 😒. That e-golf really looked great
Who can blame him. All Golfs looks the same.
Crushing saddness
Love those led active matrix headlights. Glad to see MB using led lighting for mood lighting.
This drive was very scenic. I especially like the majestic look of mountains in Norway. Keep them coming Bjorn!
I think the screens are deliberately awkward to reach, that's why the touch pad exists. Its prob a safety concern. If you use a touch pad you are more likely to use peripheral vision, if you use touch your more likely to look at the screen directly.
iPace vs EQC vs e-tron race is what I'd love to see Bjorn!
And a model x s and 3 ;p
In June I drove the EQC from the Factory to Milan and back. It was really great and the consumption was very low. One Time charging and about 23kWh/100km 👍🏻
From my feeling the EQC is a very good "CAR" but a not so good "electric car"
Bjørn spends so much time with Mercedes EQC so I think MC Hammer is jealous and maybe the car starts playing ABBA song "Lay All Your Love On Me" at the highest volume.
Its good to gain some in-depths insights of other EV´s and to compare. I am glad he has the chance to spend a full week with the EQC :)
@@johnair1 I agree with you, EQC has many features that need testing.
I was just trying to be a little funny in my post.
Or updates in the middle of driving like windows
beautiful scenic route.
I don't care much about which car you are driving, but thank you for showing the awesome landscapes of your amazing country!
you have good contacts Bjorn :) keep up the good work. Really like your videos.
I was there in Aurland this summer! In that same stop!
I think it is a good car and I understand why MB took the GLC basis for the EQC. Love the car and your Videos Björn.
My Mercedes B250E is also non linear : 100% Charge on the car display is actually 28kw. So if you press the 'range extend' button ( which enables the full 33kw charge ) the car continues to show 100% even though it is still charging an extra 5kw. The other thing I've learned is that when your range looking low, never, never, never look at the guesstimated range left. Always, Always , Always look at the battery percentage. Mine still operates at 1% ( I've pulled onto my drive at 2% more than once ). It's far less anxiety inducing. Anyway, thanks for the early look at this car on a long journey.
Great vid as always Bjørn!!!!!!!. Do you have access to the EQC Mercedes Me App? And if so what are the features and how does it compare to the Tesla app?
Like the massage and the quietness. However, the car exterior looks so bland if not ugly. Well except for the rear light when it turns on at night. Does Mercedes make this EV for only old people?
Why dont you use the touchpad to navigate the infotainment system????
Why did you use the RFID Chip?
What about Mercedes me charge?
I didn't have it set up for the trip.
@@bjornnyland too bad, I was really interested in this as this would give it some kind of "Supercharger-like" integration. Are charging stops integrated into routing?
Björn rambling about the LEDs. "I kinda like that shit" hahaha
@Bjørn - can you also measure noise level outside ? for example when this car roll next to you at 40-50 km/h it's really noisy, with the Model 3 and i3 I have the feeling that they are much more quiet. I live an are where Mercedes is testing all their cars so I saw and heard them even as prototypes. So at the end I'm not sure if with EV's our cities will get more quiet that much. P.S. I hate it's headlights -they're blinding me all the time
Cities will be quiter even when the cars are still audible with tires etc. At low speeds electric cars already have to emit noise so people can hear them instead of looking. We are used so many year of hearing cars that you go blindly.
@@mgammeren yes, they need to emit, but at speed of 18 km/h not at 40 km/h
@@petizati89 That's true. If busses etc go electric it will be more quite in our cities even if you hear the tires.
@@mgammeren for sure, but would be interesting to know the difference between the different cars also. Not just in the car abut also for the people outside
I don't understand why they have the center screen so far back.. weird! Why not put it closer to the user and added bonus benefit of more sound insulation behind it :) You are of course never supposed to touch the screen while driving anyway but.. yeah.. that's not going to happen :D
Nice scenery do you pass any Wing suits jumping country? Beautiful car not that I ever can afford one.
Hey, nice Video. You can use also the right touchpad in the steeringwheel to control the right screen! Or the big Touchpad in the middle. So you have three choices to control. Every one find his favourite.
I know.
It seems like the Ionity chargers start off at normal speed for a while, and then ramp up to hyper speeds.
Does the eqc precondition battery like Tesla’s do? Could that explain the rapid depletion toward the end of your trip leg?
Supposedly not.
16:42 nice. Does the Fan icon next to the battery mean that the battery is cooled. Or that pre condition is active?
At 9:42 i can see 3 pins for AC charging. Does it charge on 3phase? Earlier i heard that it charges only on 2 phases with 7,2kW.
It's a regular type 2 connector. If it can charge 3 phase im not sure.
Was the surprisingly low ride height any issue? (apparently just 9.7cm or bout 4")
0:16 isnt that just the air suspension?
+Ådne It came from the front. The air suspension is in the back.
Maybe it's the brake servo ??
Thanks for the video!
Ah yis, roadtrip time! Instant upvote.
It’s really growing on me. Definitely has some great luxury compared to the Model x . Wish the EQC was bigger or the EQE was out lol
Does the car have an adaptive suspension? So could you put it to sports mode or comfort mode?
Thomas has been converted👍
All the tech in the car looks super cool and interesting... but it really seems like the touchscreen is very unergonomic and the UI very inconvenient to use. At least the software is running very smoothly.
It seems the battery is made with 96 cells in series and at 10% SOC charging at fairly high rate. The pack voltage was 361V that means 3.76V per cell and due to high charge rate that should be right and pack just be at 10% but then at 10% energy counter was at 1.62kWh and at 13% it got to 2.42kWh so that is 3% SOC increase with just 0.8kWh put in thus if that was linear it will mean just a 27kWh pack :) so super non linear SOC calculator.
Then at 90% the pack voltage was 399V / 96s = 4.15V that is fairly high and I will say it is at least 90% SOC and energy counter was at around 50kW that is from around 4% SOC to 90% SOC so about 58kWh usable maybe rounded to 60kWh but not more than that.
That is not Much:( to bad
Enjoying Elg pølse while watching this video :D
Where is Jourgen these days? We need more Jourgen
You are the best for information for etc thank you
I need to know what is the real life range for 130km/hr speed
Thanks for the video
The SuC in åsane is one of the only SuC without ccs
Incorrect. Solli has no CSS either.
@@bjornnyland *one of them*
My bad.
Did you just spend the whole day in Sport mode? and then wonder where the mileage went? ;-)
You didn't really understand the BMS problem at Bergen, did you?
I vote safety but realize that the safety comes from the tech!
0:20 Mercedes letting off some steam...
Bjørn Nyland...the asian norwegian go to guy if you want to power up.
i smell a eqc vs molde x race!
Does the car have auto pilot?
EQC the best electric car. Can you confirm that, Mr. Nyland?
EQC is a new Benchmark 👍
LOL
There's no such thing as "The best electric car". The best electric car for me is Model 3. But the best electric car for you might be EQC.
That screen is put so far, so you won't by trying to touch it while driving, which is distracting.
On my Tesla Model 3 Dual Motor touching the screen does not distract me because I use "Navigate on Autopilot". It drives itself on the highway. All I have to do is supervise it in case a crazy driver gets too close to me or I need to avoid road debris. Also, after awhile, I learned where common things are on the touchscreen - just like you learn where common physical buttons are on obsolete cars that still use those. Finally, all of the most commonly used functions are controllable with the two thumb wheels on the steering wheel. For example, volume, next track, pause, talk to the car, change automatic following distance, etc. etc.
for reaching the screen i would say, your arms are to short ... - but seeing that video i am a little shocked how "perfect" that car is compared to Tesla. Ok, you have not the acceleration of a Tesla, but who needs that in daily use of a car. Would like to see more about maximum range and energie consumption in next video.
It's bad design if the car is made for people over 180 cm height. Why are the seats, steering wheel and seat belts adjustable? Because that's good design. I'm 173 cm which is not considered to be short. If I can't reach the touch screen without having to bend forward then it's not an optimal design.
@@bjornnyland : sorry, having short arms was ment as a joke. The video at about 3:00 shows that there is a "mouse pad"easy to reach to control the monitor. In my childhoud having short arms means not having acces to cookies. For christmas my grandmother baked special cookies and stored them in a box on top of a cupboard in the kitchen. So sneaking in there and being great enough to reach there, would give you some foretaste of christmas eve ... so short arms - no cookies!
The center console pad doesn't give nearly as good control as the touchscreen.
0:13 normally when I oop-
Sksksksk.. some hissing there
Adjusting camera exposure.
@@bjornnyland it's a vsco meme..
Hæ?
The screen placement is so bad. And I think Mercedes knows it which is why the touchpad was put in. Clearly someone in the design department won out over function.
It's not as bad as Renault Kangoo though: th-cam.com/video/M6B0sDtpZpE/w-d-xo.html
EVPaddy
Honestly that's what I prefer : touchscreens are really inefficient
EQC taillights looks like Taycan taillights
I’m still amazed that folks in Norway like the ones using the Ionity charger waited for and bought the Audi etron. I’d love to hear that sales discussion: “I’d like to buy an EV please. It must have below average range and efficiency, average performance and a big silly grille. Oh and it must have 4 rings and be much too expensive”. Sales person: “Ah, so you want an etron?”
Charging speed is currently unbeatable though if I'm not mistaken. Perhaps M3 and Raven could match it on a V3 Supercharger
Is it a bit of a pointless car? It is slightly smaller compared to the E-Tron, it chargers slower, has about the same range, is not buildt like an EV «from the ground up», meaning that it really shows that it basically is the GLC, but electric. It has no frunk, still has the massive tunnel in the back from the GLC and has really poor ground clearance.
I dont get it. The price is not very different to the E-Tron, and the EQC is missing a lot. Does not mean that it cannot be a decent EV, but given what the retail on one of these is about the same as the E-Tron is not positive.
It's not pointless at all. It's a Mercedes. Quite comfortable. And it's cheaper than e-tron.
Bjørn Nyland Pointless i will concede is a poor choice of word. Yes, but it is not much cheaper, in fact, hardly any cheaper and it looks like its a lot of sacrifice.
In Germany it is way cheaper than etron with better Equipment. And etron is huge. EQC fits better imho into european streets, etc. And etron user Interface is worse having three touch screens...
The market will decide if the EQC won’t sell. It is likely to be demand constrained for he first two years. So no, it’s not pointless if people will buy them
It look like Mercedes have not figured out the basic knowledge for the EVs. The korean, american and french cars do not have these problems with the BMS and SOC.
Forget Audi. The Mercedes is much better. But then again, nothing beats Tesla Model 3.
looks like a bad battery.
th-cam.com/video/ooZlRVJjFNc/w-d-xo.html
What do you do for a living besides TH-cam? You seem to go on a lot of road trips. Enviable life.
He does YT as fulltime job.
He was a developer but he's only doing TH-cam nowdays
I thought he worked at a university?
@@EinkOLED th-cam.com/video/51cWvJWcl9w/w-d-xo.html
@@ahlsn7346 He explained that in video when he was test driving Model S before purchasing Millenium Falcon
i miss the space for my Luggage in the frunk
It's not a LEAD bar, it's an L E D bar. :D
Uh, that's what I said. I know the difference between lead (metal) and LED (light emitting diode).
It was the Norwegian pronunciation of LED.
Lead in Norwegian is bly, so there is no need to spell it out to avoid mixup. if you read led in Norwegian, it will sound like lead for an English speaker.
🥴the front of the car look like a year 2000
EQC is definitely nicer than the e-turd
Wow ~15kWh smaller battery than Tesla Model S which can do >500km in one charge and this does only 200... poor.
Wow - RGB lighting from the PC now hits the car. Expected audience: 16 years old hipster kiddies.
Mercedes is proudly the producer of the worst infotainment system.
Tried it in the B45 and C63s: worst experience ever and very laggy at times.
Those screens looks so laggy and that design looks like 2006 design.
Laggy? You haven't seen I-Pace then.
This screen looks like the one on the c class.
@@bjornnyland Etron is laggy as well.