The Electric G Wagon we’ve been waiting for is finally on sale. In the UK, the luxury Mercedes Electric G-Class will cost over $230,000 (£180,860). Is it worth the price tag?
It’s been nearly three years since Mercedes first unveiled the electric G-Class EQG concept at the Munich Motor Show in 2021.
Since then, Mercedes’ electric G Wagon has made an appearance all over the globe, including at CES 2024 in January.
Now, the all-electric luxury 4×4 is finally on sale in the UK. Mercedes announced prices for the Electric G-Class G580 will start at £180,860, or around $240,000. That’s including VAT.
The SUV is available exclusively in the Edition One trim with up to 579 hp and 859 lb-ft of torque. Powered by its EQ technology and a massive 116 kWh battery, the Electric G-Class gets up to 292 miles WLTP range.
At over 6,800 lbs (3085 kg), the electric G-Wagon is heavy but still less than the Rivian R1S (7,068 lbs) and GMC Hummer EV (9,063 lbs).
Mercedes-Benz Electric G-Class G580 Edition One (Source: Mercedes-Benz)
Mercedes Electric G-Class will cost you over $230K
Starting at £180,860 ($238,400) the Mercedes Electric G-Class cost more than the entry level G450 diesel model (£136,690) and gas-powered G500 (£146,095). However, it’s still less than the AMG G53, which starts at £184,595 (+$243,000).
Mercedes also introduced the 350+ and 500 4matic powertrains for the EQE. Powered by a larger 96 kWh battery, the EQS 350+ can travel up to 429 miles on a single charge, up 49 from the EQE 300.
Mercedes-Benz Electric G-Class G580 Edition One (Source: Mercedes-Benz)
The EQE 350+ SUV can travel up to 376 miles on a single charge, an increase of 43 miles from the EQE 350 4MATIC SUV.
The new Mercedes EQE sedan and SUV are available to order in the UK, with prices starting from £69,105 ($91,100) and £74,495 ($98,200), respectively.
Mercedes-Benz Electric G-Class G580 Edition One interior (Source: Mercedes-Benz)
The new electric G-Wagon will compete with the upcoming Range Rover Electric, which is expected to debut later this year. Range Rover’s first EV has already secured over 42,000 reservations.
According to reports, Mercedes plans to launch a smaller, cheaper electric G-Class that will cost around $140,000. Mercedes has yet to confirm the new model or what markets it will launch in.
Mercedes-Benz Electric G-Class G580 Edition One back seats (Source: Mercedes-Benz)
Since the UK prices include VAT, the electric G-Class is expected to start at around $170,000. The 2025 Mercedes-Benz G-Class starts at around $150,000 in the US, so a slightly higher sticker price is expected.
Is the electric Mercedes G-Class worth the cost? Let us know what you think below.
Fueled by incentives from the Illinois EPA and the state’s largest utility company, new EV registrations nearly quadrupled the 12% first-quarter increase in EV registrations nationally – and there are no signs the state is slowing down.
Despite the dramatic slowdown of Tesla’s US deliveries, sales of electric vehicles overall have perked up in recent months, with Illinois’ EV adoption rate well above the Q1 uptick nationally. Crain’s Chicago Business reports that the number of new EVs registered across the state totaled 9,821 January through March, compared with “just” 6,535 EVs registered in the state during the same period in 2024.
At the same time, the state’s largest utility, ComEd, launched a $90 million EV incentive program featuring a new Point of Purchase initiative to deliver instant discounts to qualifying business and public sector customers who make the switch to electric vehicles. That program has driven a surge in Class 3-6 medium duty commercial EVs, which are eligible fro $20-30,000 in utility rebates on top of federal tax credits and other incentives (Class 1-2 EVs are eligible for up to $7,500).
The electric construction equipment experts at XCMG just released a new, 25 ton electric crawler excavator ahead of bauma 2025 – and they have their eye on the global urban construction, mine operations, and logistical material handling markets.
Powered by a high-capacity 400 kWh lithium iron phosphate battery capable of delivering up to 8 hours of continuous operation, the XE215EV electric excavator promises uninterrupted operation at a lower cost of ownership and with even less downtime than its diesel counterparts.
XCMG showed off its latest electric equipment at the December 2024 bauma China, including an updated version of its of its 85-ton autonomous electric mining truck that features a fully cab-less design – meaning there isn’t even a place for an operator to sit, let alone operate. And that’s too bad, because what operator wouldn’t want to experience an electric truck putting down 1070 hp more than 16,000 lb-ft of torque!?
Easy in, easy out
XCMG battery swap crane; via Etrucks New Zealand.
The best part? All of the company’s heavy equipment assets – from excavators to terminal tractors to dump trucks and wheel loaders – all use the same 400 kWh BYD battery packs, Milwaukee tool style. That means an equipment fleet can utilize x number of vehicles with a fraction of the total battery capacity and material needs of other asset brands. That’s not just a smart use of limited materials, it’s a smarter use of energy.
As “extreme” weather events become more commonplace, the demand for reliable and portable energy continues to rise. In response to that growing demand for dependable off-grid power, Volvo has developed the new PU500 Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) designed to take electrical power when it’s needed most.
Designed to be deployable in a number of environments at a moment’s notice, the Volvo Energy PU500 BESS is equipped with approximately 500 kWh of usable battery capacity (up to 540 kWh total). More than enough juice, in other words, to power a remote construction site, disaster response effort, or even a music festival – anything that needs access to reliable electricity beyond a grid connection.
That’s great, but what sets the PU500 apart from other battery storage solutions is its integrated 240 kW DC fast charger.
“With an integrated CCS2 charger, the PU500 is designed to work with all brands of electric equipment, trucks, and passenger cars,” says Niklas Thulin, Head of BESS Product Offer at Volvo Energy. “This ensures that no matter what type of electric vehicle or machinery you rely on, the PU500 can provide the power you need, making it a truly flexible solution for any grid constrained site or location.”
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The integrated charger in the PU500 has the impressive ability to charge a heavy equipment asset (be that an electric semi truck or something like a wheel loader) in under two hours. Its on-board capacity allows to fully recharge up to 3 electric HD trucks or 20 electric cars per day, making it an incredibly versatile disaster response asset.