In a tweet, Daimler’s Head of Digital Transformation shared a quote from the current CEO, Ola Källenius during this year’s Automobilwoche Kongress. The transformative quote states that Mercedes Benz was looking to manufacture the first-ever, G-Class full-electric luxury EV. To close competitors like Range Rover, this was a chance to brace up for competition, but to the motoring world as a whole, it’s a complete game-changer considering the German manufacturer’s reputation in the industry.

While there are not enough details about the specs and overall makeup of the anticipated refined classic luxury off-roader, there’s enough room for speculation given the manufacturer’s ambitiousness in combining elegance, performance, and auto mechanics. Here’s everything we know so far about the Electric G-Class.

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10 G-Class Going Green

Mercedes has just confirmed that it will be unveiling an all-new electric version for it's its G-Class classic off-roader wagon. The All-new electric luxury SUV from Mercedes is expected to compete against the top giants in the EV game such as Tesla, and specifically the Model X, and soon to be unveiled all-electric Range Rover.

According to a tweet by Sascha Pallenberg, Daimler’s Head of Digital Transformation, the G-Class will spawn a fully electric luxury EV with zero emissions. There were rumors that the G-Class was officially going to be dropped, but it seems its rebirth is with the all-electric version.

9 Launch Date

Mercedes has not specified the launch date of the anticipated G-Class luxury EV yet, stating that “it is a long way in the future.” However, when the second generation of the G-Class debuted back in 2018, the then CEO of Daimler, Dieter Zetsche in an exclusive interview with Auto Express stated that the Mercedes brand would fully go electric by 2022.

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At that time electrification of the G-Class Mercedes wasn’t on the priority list due to poor sales and apprehensions about extra weight the battery packs would have on the luxury EV.

8 G-Class History

Mercedes Benz G-Class is not the best example when you think about going green. Launched in 1979, it's one of the brands longest produced automobiles; however, the rising emissions levels had raised some concerns about its future. The G-Class Mercedes wasn’t a model designed with environmental conditions in mind; it comes with a beefed-up engine, with three locking differentials and a tall road stance.

The new electric version will be the opposite of what it currently stands for. According to Mercedes, it will be fully electric with zero emissions. There’s a good chance it will ride on the same platform, with a quieter, greener, more torque-happy performance.

7 Most Expensive G-Class Mercedes

The G-Class model from Mercedes might look a little retro borrowing from the Glendewagens of the past; however, the latest Electric G-Class arrival will have tons of tech and will be charmingly modernized. The current G-class is, by all means, not a cheap car, it has an eye-watering starting price of around $125,000.

Experts predict that the full-electric version of the Mercedes G-Class will be even pricier. It’s expected that the Mercedes Benz Electric G-Class will be the least affordable of the line-up.  Since the G-Class is a chunky off-roader, it will come with an equally heavier and costly battery pack, adding to the total price.

6 EQG Nameplate

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The new all-electric G-Class Mercedes will likely fall under the brand's EQ sub-brand, with its pioneer brand—the Mercedes EQC crossover. Mercedes has already begun its all-electric campaign with the EQA and EQC already in development stages. Therefore, the new full-electric G-class luxury SUV will fall under the nameplate EQG and is expected to cost considerably more than its predecessors.

Since the company is taking its time in development, we don’t expect a rush job, when the time is right, Mercedes will show the world, just like they have done for decades, what the future of luxury electric vehicles really looks like.

5 Performance

The new all-electric G-Class Mercedes doesn’t have any specs out yet, at least not from the manufacturer. However, it's likely that the firm is looking to add on the 282hp and 443 lb-ft of torque generated by the standard model G-Class automobile.

Industry experts feel extra power is definite since the battery pack will add considerable weight to the already chunky G-Class Mercedes. The Mercedes EQS luxury EV already in production uses a dual electric motor expected to produce 469hp and 560 lb-ft of torque. Based on the European estimates the EQS does zero to 60 in 4.5 seconds.

4 Sit on a Standard G-Class Architecture

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It’s still unclear if the Mercedes G-Class luxury EV will sit on the same platform as the current G-Class, however, its highly likely that Mercedes will make use of a similar platform, and perhaps even distribute the power to an additional electric motor to help improve single wheel traction during off-road conditions.

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Currently, it's still hard to make a definite conclusion about the incoming luxury EV, apart from the fact that the compact version of Mercedes’s new global architecture had electrification in mind during the design process.

3 Four-Wheel or All-Wheel?

Just like the Mercedes EQS, the new G-Class luxury EV is expected to run on an all-wheel-drive system, generating all its power from two electric motors. Based on the EQS, one electric motor will hook at the rear and one at the front axle propelling the wagon.

While it's still uncertain, many experts expect the G-Class fully electric luxury car to borrow from the success expected from the EQS. Even though Mercedes hasn’t made the specs of the new all-electric vehicle public, there is an assumption that the G-class will have an improvement on its current 282hp rating.

2 Range

An electric G-Class already exists made by an Austrian company known as Kreisel Electrics that took out the combustion engine replacing it with a fully electric motor, the vehicle makes 483hp and has a range of 186 miles.

Based on that data, the new full-electric G-Class variant is likely to sit anywhere between 249 miles and 370 comparable to its EQE Electric saloon. The EQC, on the other hand, has a driving range of 200 miles per charge and can do zero to 60 mph time in 4.5 seconds.

1 More Electrical Models by 2025

Before the end of his tenure, the then CEO of Daimler Dieter Zetsche signed off on the manufacturer’s sixth electric vehicle the Mercedes EQE, which is scheduled for debut in 2022 offering direct competition to Tesla’s Model S.

The EQE is just one of 10 new electric models under the Mercedes banner that should be ready by 2025. The brand set aside $14 billion for the development program, and the G-Class luxury EV is part of this project. Mercedes has also invested an extra $24 billion on battery cell technology that will account for more than half of the manufacturer’s sales in the next ten years.

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