Battery size: 66.5 kWh
Miles per kWh: 3.91
E-Rating™: B
Max charge rate: 100 kW
Range: 260 miles 
Pricing
There are no bones about it, the EQB is a pricey car – especially in the context of it being based on Mercedes’ smallest, natively front-wheel-drive (and thus less glamorous) platform. You’ll be nudging £60,000 with ease if you tick a couple of options boxes, which is a lot for family transport, whichever way you look at it. Luckily there’s plenty of cachet about the way the EQB looks and operates to help compensate. We suspect, though, that any future versions of the EQB that lose a bit of power and the 4Matic system will be a better bet – they might not look as fancy or accelerate as quickly, but they’ll be better suited for the task at hand. But we aren’t exactly spoiled for choice with EV seven-seaters right now, and the EQB is notably more attainable than a Tesla Model X.
There are two trim levels, with the fancier AMG Line Premium adding £3,000 to the price and bringing a panoramic glass roof, inch-bigger 19in alloys, a posher stereo and wireless phone charging with it. Unless you really want the airiness of the glass roof, it’s not really an essential spend. If you want the higher power output and quicker 0-62 time, that’s a £1,500 price jump on either trim level.
Running costs
Its running costs are right on par with the electric SUV norm. A full charge at home, owing to its reasonably big battery, are approaching £20. But it’s roughly half the cost of filling a diesel SUV up to cover a distance similar to the 200 to 250 miles of range you ought to get from a fully charged EQB. Its battery and overall vehicle warranty are right on par for the class too, albeit lagging behind the behemoth cover you’ll get with a Hyundai or Kia.
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