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Old 01-23-22 | 01:07 PM
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Originally Posted by LexsCTJill
Good point I see want you are saying. . I don’t think Mercedes will have an issues. They have been around a really long time and understand the after sale support. I’m looking at 2013 Tesla S service wait/cost etc and it is not good. Nissan too has troubles replacing or providing batteries to their early EVs. Sometimes it’s good to be first, but sometimes it’s also good to last or later in a segment.
There are already some EQS owners on MB World that have had their cars leave them stranded, and the W223 has some significant teething issues too. Mercedes is not immune to these type of issues.
Old 01-23-22 | 01:11 PM
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There are already some EQS owners on MB World that have had their cars leave them stranded, and the W223 has some significant teething issues too. Mercedes is not immune to these type of issues.
Have not paid attention. But yeah teething issues for sure. What I want to observe is what Happens when that EQS is out of warranty., I have no doubt Mercedes will be able handle things at that point.

These early bricked EQS models, are they back on the road real quick?
Old 01-23-22 | 01:27 PM
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Mercedes hasn't yet determined the issue, they just kind of start working again
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Originally Posted by EZZ
The EQS has a face that only Bitkahuna would love
haha, i prefer the rear! i like the front but not in the two tone car paint which i don't like on ANY vehicle.

the lucid just looks goofy to me. but technically!? super impressive!

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There are already some EQS owners on MB World that have had their cars leave them stranded
link sample? what was the issue(s)? they forgot to charge?
Old 01-23-22 | 01:37 PM
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Originally Posted by LexsCTJill
Have not paid attention. But yeah teething issues for sure. What I want to observe is what Happens when that EQS is out of warranty., I have no doubt Mercedes will be able handle things at that point.

These early bricked EQS models, are they back on the road real quick?
They have a 10 year, 100K mile warranties and most buyers of EQS would be in them 3 years before they move on. By the time these hit 100k, cheap battery swaps that take 10 minutes will be the norm. There are already a few startups working on this
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Originally Posted by bitkahuna
link sample? what was the issue(s)? they forgot to charge?
Here's one:

https://mbworld.org/forums/eqs/83282...y-failure.html

No solution was found.
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Originally Posted by SW17LS
EV's can sometimes do strange things. Yesterday my wife's Ioniq somehow got into a mode where it was restricting speed to 60 mph. If you went beyond 60 mph, it would try to stop you and beep, but if you forced passed 60 it would let you, but continue to make an annoying beeping sound. Turning on cruise control disabled it, and once I shut the car off and turned it back on everything was normal! LOL
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Originally Posted by AMIRZA786
EV's can sometimes do strange things. Yesterday my wife's Ioniq somehow got into a mode where it was restricting speed to 60 mph. If you went beyond 60 mph, it would try to stop you and beep, but if you forced passed 60 it would let you, but continue to make an annoying beeping sound. Turning on cruise control disabled it, and once I shut the car off and turned it back on everything was normal! LOL
Its like a big rolling computer lol
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Originally Posted by SW17LS
Its like a big rolling computer lol
LOL, yeah! This is where software really matters, and possibly you would want and IOS type software. My Polestar runs on Google Automotive (not to be mistaken with Google Auto) software, so cross my fingers!
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Hopefully Microsoft never makes a car can you imagine the problems people would have each time a new service pack came out?
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Hopefully Microsoft never makes a car can you imagine the problems people would have each time a new service pack came out?
LOL I love Windows, it runs on our companies infrastructure and is mostly solid, but damn, when MS releases a bad update, it's bad! Last update caused our Domain Controllers running Server 2019 to keep rebooting. I had to uninstall the updated to get them to stabilize
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Independent range test, every bit of 500 miles:

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Originally Posted by SW17LS
Independent range test, every bit of 500 miles:

https://youtu.be/HpcMcgxjiL8
That type of range is more than enough for 99.9 percent of people. You could drive from SF to San Diego with only one 30 minute stop
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Yeah that range would do away with any range anxiety I have. I could drive it to WV no problem.
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Originally Posted by SW17LS
‘Interesting. I’m sure they will have a solution.

here is a Polestar down after 9 days. Can happen to any brand.

https://www.polestar-forum.com/threa...is-broken.463/

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