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Mercedes-Benz EQS vs Tesla Model Y

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Mercedes-Benz EQS
Mercedes-Benz EQS

2024 price

Tesla Model Y
Tesla Model Y

$55,900 - $82,900

2025 price

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2024 Mercedes-Benz EQS
2025 Tesla Model Y
Safety Rating

Engine Type
0.0L

Fuel Type
Electric

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Fuel Efficiency
0.0L/100km (combined)

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Seating
7

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Dislikes
  • Not the most exciting drive
  • Price might be a sticking point
  • Tighter third row than expected

  • Drive mode selector is silly
  • Warranty below average
  • Feels very heavy when pushed
2024 Mercedes-Benz EQS Summary

The EV revolution is bringing plenty of firsts, and this big electric behemoth is yet another one. Meet the EQS450, which Mercedes describes as its first "electric luxury full-size SUV with seven seats".

That is a bit of a mouthful though, right? So let’s shortcut that a bit, shall we? 

What you really need to know is that this is one of the few proper seven-seat electric SUVs on sale in Australia, so it will — a little surprisingly — end up being compared with the increasingly premium Kia and its EV9 when it launches in November.

So what does this electric answer to a high-riding S-Class bring to the table? Well, lots of luxury, of course.

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2025 Tesla Model Y Summary

I don’t think I’m overselling it to say that this is the car that could make or break Tesla in Australia and around the world. 

Crazy, right? That seemed impossible not so long ago, back when the brand appeared untouchable. But new competition, largely from China, plus the giant Musk-shaped elefant (it is German for elephant…) in the room, has seen sales and profit plummet.

Just last month, for example, the Tesla Model Y lost its best-seller crown in Australia to BYD, admittedly in the weeks before the new 'Juniper' version arrived.

The point is, a new version of its biggest seller is a Very Big Deal. But have they changed enough, and changed it well enough, to cut through the noise?

We put the cheapest variant, the Tesla Model Y RWD, to the test to find out.

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