2025 Mercedes-Benz EQS: Electric car revealed with bigger battery and is that an old-school hood ornament?

Mercedes-Benz has updated its flagship EQS electric sedan for 2025 with a fresh face, new features and bigger battery for even more driving range. Plus, there’s now a three-pointed star standing proud on the bonnet.

The 2025 Mercedes-Benz will keep its smooth one-piece 'grille' shared among its electric siblings but will gain chrome-looking slats in a hat tip to the grilles of its combustion engine ancestors. 

A more striking addition is the placement of an upright Mercedes-Benz hood ornament, meaning the EQS joins its S-Class combustion engine sibling as the only models in the brand’s range (apart from Maybach) to sport the free-standing bonnet emblem.

An AMG-line exterior package is also fitted including a more aggressive front bumper design.

Inside, the EQS gains further luxurious touches in the form of chrome accents on the B-pillar air vents, while the headrest pillows for rear passengers now have contrast stitching and Nappa leather piping.

The biggest change arriving with the 2025 EQS is a leap in battery size from the 107.8kWh version in the current model to one with a 118 kWh capacity. While official Australia driving ranges haven't been announced the current EQS450 offers up to 664km (NEDC).

The current EQS450 4MATIC is all-wheel drive and powered by duel electric motors making a combined 265kW and 800Nm.

Mercedes-Benz Australia is yet to announce motor specifications, standard features and pricing for the 2025 EQS but buyers locally can expect a small increase over the current $219,900 list price for the EQS450.

Standard features will most likely remain unchanged in the update and reflect the current EQS450 which has a Nappa leather interior, a 12.8-inch media display and 12.3-inch digital instrument cluster with Apple CarPlay and Android Auto, plus sat nav.

Safety features will include front and rear AEB, lane keeping assistance, blind-spot monitoring with rear cross-traffic systems, along with adaptive cruise control.  

We know the 2025 EQS will arrive with an optional package that will take rear passenger comfort to the next level. The 'Pinnacle Trim with Enhanced Interior Package' will feature a front seat which will fold forward to offer more legroom to those in the rear who will also have backrests able to recline to 38 degrees. The optional package also adds fast seat heating for rear passengers and pneumatic adjustment of the seat base depth, plus illuminated trim on the back of the front seats.

The current Mercedes-Benz EQS450 arrived late last year to take on luxury electric rivals in the form of Porsche’s Taycan and BMW’s i7. Its Mercedes-AMG EQS53 sportier twin lists for $327,075 with the updated version likely arriving after the 2025 EQS has landed.