Daimler of Germany's leading luxury car announced Mercedes · Benz's new electric vehicle (EV) "EQC" on the 4th. In the future, we will be launching full-scale EV exclusive brand "EQ" series in the first series. It will be released in Europe in the summer of 2019 and will be sold in Japan by the beginning of 20 years.

EQC is a multi-purpose sport utility vehicle (SUV) with a cruising range of 450 kilometers or more capable of running with full charge. It has two electric motors and accelerates to 100 km / h in 5 · 1 second. Price has not been announced. In the high-end EV market, Tesla, a specialized EV manufacturer, precedes it. Daimler plans to roll over more than 10 models by 2010. (London = Kazuo Teranishi)