Mercedes E-Class 2021 HYBRID FACELIFT | E300e & E300de

[@miker3640]

I find your videos so very helpful, thank you! For this one, i especially liked how your covered "the math" for comparing the effectiveness of the plug-in hybrid and suggesting the testing of the outlet charging to ensure safe at home charging.

[@npoleary]

Thanks Mike! Glad you like the videos! I’ll try and keep them coming! 😇

[@rick_brindle]

I would know almost nothing about my car without you! Thank you so much for doing what you do! :)

[@npoleary]

Thanks Mr. Rick! Glad you like the videos!

[@BC-mp8cn]

I got my E300de Estate in Feb this year and in warmer weather I get around 29 miles on the battery and I've seen over 60 mpg on longer motorway runs. Cracking piece of kit.

[@npoleary]

Ah awesome B C sounds good! 🤓

[@martiningram2373]

Great video again Nick. I hope Sandown realise what a great asset they have in you.

[@npoleary]

Thanks Martin! 🤓

[@js-amg]

Now that’s the smartest thing I’ve seen on a hybrid car. The charging door or flap is at the back. A lot of advantages there inc the battery harness is what 2 metres to the battery as a pose to 5-6 on other cars that have the point at the front. There’s nothing worse then seeing the door at the front or on the mudguard which is the worse place to put it and if you have an accident then it’s the front of the car or front mudguards that gets hit, and I would imagine more expensive and the risk of the battery wiring harness shorting out and causing issues after the repair that isn’t picked up initially is right on the cards to do so I would suggest. Well done MB on being clever and thinking outside the box.

[@npoleary]

Never thought of that! The current C-Class has it in the same place too 🤓

[@shanijaan522]

I love it way you explain in nice and easy way.and you speak very gently (not too fast like others does)I realy APPRECIATE for your help.👍👍

[@npoleary]

Thank you! 🙏🙏

[@BossusDaniel]

Thanks again Nick. Very interesting to hear about the hybrid version of the E-Class. Excellent presentation as always. Well prepared. In Belgium hybrids are mainly bought to avoid taxes, mainly by business people. But the cars are rarely used in electric mode because it is not very convenient to have them always charged. In general the mean distances travelled are much longer than the electrical range of the car so the ambient benefits are rather limited. The main reason car manufacturers are producing hybrid cars is to reduce the overall CO2 exhaust of their fleet to avoid or minimise fines.

[@npoleary]

Oh yeah the same happens here but I hope that people soon understand that it is genuinely cheaper to run on electric than fuel! The number of charge points increase here in the UK by about 800 a month! And that’s only going to get better as time goes on!

[@fenox528]

Great video! I ordered my E 300de the same day this video was uploaded :) Will be delivered in 2-3 weeks

[@npoleary]

Ooo very nice! Bet you’re excited Fenox! 👀

[@fenox528]

@@npoleary Absolutely! 😁

[@thecarnatic1578]

@@fenox528 so what’s the verdict, how is it?😊

[@thomasedge6809]

Excellent just the information I needed.

[@Markyreg]

Thanks for another interesting video Nick - nice 1 👌

[@npoleary]

Thanks Mark! 😇

[@ClaireYunFarronXIII]

Thanks, Nick! 🙂 Very informative. 👌 Configured my 2021 E-Class. What a lovely car! 😍 Definitely one of my favourites in the model range. 👌

[@npoleary]

Thanks Lightning Farron! Ooo someone’s excited! 🤫

[@old_lion]

Hi Nick! Great video. 😃👍🏼 Have a nice weekend. ☀️

[@npoleary]

Thanks Sven! You too 😎

[@old_lion]

@@npoleary it's raining cats and dogs! 😬

[@darryl1139]

Another great video mate 🙂

[@npoleary]

Thanks Daz! 😎

[@Azharhayat-zr6bb]

I love the feature where you can talk to your car just like Siri got mine today amg line

[@npoleary]

Ah awesome! Very nice Azhar! 😎

[@AndyFerdean]

Can you please explain more about charging with extension leads? Is this a safety measure? What if I use a high quality extension lead?

[@npoleary]

Excellent question! I research a lot of my videos to make sure the facts are right and I have considered making a video about this. I found a very good article here: www.carsloth.com/advice/ev-charger-extension-cables So defo worth a read! And I may make one on this topic next year. In short manufactures recommend you don’t mainly because they have no way of knowing what your electrics are like in your house. But it is possible if done correctly.

[@wasgeht2409]

Very great video bro

[@npoleary]

Thank you! 🤓

[@HavalKurdistanPeace]

Wonderful informative review. Subbed!

[@npoleary]

Thank you! 🤓👍🏼

[@HavalKurdistanPeace]

@@npoleary most welcome bro, I will be missing the scrolling wheel in the centre console when upgrading my e350e to e300e😥😢. Also not sure why Mercedes have removed the analogue clock and left embty space 😥

[@paulj1932]

Great video, ordered mine, E300e AMG before Xmas and not getting till early July 😐

[@npoleary]

Not too long to go now then Paul! Bet you can’t wait!

[@paulj1932]

@@npoleary not long to go but will have taken over 6 months... I'm sure it will be worth the wait 👍

[@paul756uk2]

Can't get over how orange peel the paintwork is on Mercedes these days. The paint quality used to be one of its best points as my 11 year old M class proves. It won't stop me buying a GLE as my next car though but nothing is made like it used to be. Good video though Nick. Informative as ever.

[@npoleary]

Hey Paul, The “orange peel” look is common on most cars across all manufacturers these days so unfortunately something that we all now see. I’ve heard of wet sanding can rectify this although I haven’t had any experience to see it with my own eyes if it’s any good.

[@GSTAR2310]

Getting my E300e mid May. Can't wait

[@npoleary]

Wooo! What colour did you go for? 👀

[@paulj1932]

Getting mine early July dealer says, will have taken over 6 months... When did you order yours to be getting in May?

[@jsinghdhillon2018]

Hi Nick, great video thanks 🙏 and have a wonderful weekend

[@npoleary]

Thanks Jag! 🤓

[@glenparker8458]

Hi nick I’ve seen the vid on lane assist I have a E class cabriolet on 70 plate would I have to activate the lane assist or is it atomaticley on by the way the vid a brill

[@npoleary]

If you have it on your car, it will be enabled by default 🤓

[@bishoraouf311]

The videos is really helpful thanks for that , I’ve a question here do the E300e electric battery charge itself and if yes how I can adjust that on drive mode . And which drive mode is better to use to get benefits of both engines .

[@npoleary]

Hey bisho, no worries! Glad you found it useful! The whole goal of a plug-in hybrid is to use an alternative to fuel, to convert some of your driving away from petrol / diesel. Some older plug-in hybrids do offer charging on the go but I wouldn’t recommend it as it’ll eat into your MPG massively.

[@blagovestsashev]

Thanks for all the information. Can I also have information about how I can select the E-Save mode like in previous models? For example, the Mercedes E350e 2018 has an E-Save mode, but I can't find it in my Mercedes E300e 2021. Please help. Thanks!

[@npoleary]

Got a video coming soon on the updated names used on Mercedes hybrids. Keep an eye out next week!

[@blagovestsashev]

@npoleary Thanks, bro! Keep making useful videos; you're the best! 🙏

[@fmsantoscar]

Wish the sport steering wheel would be offered with heating option

[@npoleary]

Oh yeah that would be good! I know how cold it gets here in the UK sometimes! 😅

[@darrenittoo9416]

Nice informative video mate...starting to warm back to the Eclass again.. 🤣 Are you doing anything next week or soon, on the new EQS which is being launched on 15th April?

[@npoleary]

Hey Darren, unfortunately no I wish I had access to the car this early! 😅 I’ll probably put a post up about it though! You’ll be able to watch the live premier here: media.mercedes-benz.com/EQS?csref=cn-eqs.wp.announcement.202104_car-hq_cha-pi_src-crm_med-email_mlo-a_mli-001_si-mo_sit-eqs_rcl-lin_rid-001

[@darrenittoo9416]

@@npoleary aahh ok I'm sure you will at some point for all of us to see a great review and vid as you always do Nick. Yeah will look out for a post you put up in the meantime. Thanks for link mate 😊👍

[@billbonnington7916]

Informative, but none of these video's tells you what to expect for full range with a full charge and full tank. Type it in a search engine too, never comes up with the combined range. How long does the battery charge last on a motorway drive when combined with the engine? Is it still only 30 miles, or is there still charge after 100 miles?

[@npoleary]

Hey Bill, it depends on what speed you do. If you travel between 40mph and 60mph at 23°C with the A/C off then you’ll most likely exceed the car’s electric range. Most Plug-in hybrids will use up their electric first and then when it’s done, it’ll switch over to the engine with usually 5% to 10% remaining until you plug it back in again.

[@billbonnington7916]

@@npoleary my long journeys will be motorway, so 60 to 85 mph (including autobahn), and I doubt the A/C will ever be off. The web is saying 55mpg but I don't believe that can be on the engine alone, I guess I will have to wait until 1st July when I have the car and can check it! Should I come back and post some real mileage data?

[@npoleary]

You can do! 🤓 There’s so many variables though as each car weighs slightly differently and of course the weather on the day can affect it too (and driving style, traffic etc)

[@billbonnington7916]

@@npoleary So, after 6 months or so of real world driving, here goes! In the summer, a full charge will give me 50kms / 30 miles or so, and on a long drive (motorways) I will get around 600 kms plus the battery range, plus around 50kms of recharge from coasting downhill / braking etc. In the autumn the electric range has dropped significantly, down from 50 to 30kms with all the extra electrically powered stuff on the de-mist and seat warmers etc. The cable is getting a bit tiresome as this sometimes means a power charge twice a day, and the cable is quite tricky to roll, gets covered in grit and wet from the road, and often activates the quite useless hands free tailgate option closing the gate on my head - and it almost never works when I have two shopping bags in my hand... Other than that, fab motor. Auto box a bit slow in tight maneuvering, but quick on full power and more than adequate around town on electric only, and the battery bulge in the boot has not proven problematic at all.

[@npoleary]

Ah thanks for sharing! Yes that sounds right for a Plug-in Hybrid. They are superb, really wanted to get one myself!

[@senoritarita3135]

Amazing gadgets.....🎀

[@llyh8023]

Hey nick, quick qn. My family just got the facelift model this month but we noticed that there is no ambient lighting in the top part of the dashboard display. Have noticed in some videos that there is ambient lighting there, but in your model, it seems like it's the same as mine. Any explanations for this?

[@npoleary]

Hey lychvy, yes it did change some time ago so don’t worry not a fault! Most models had changed from what I’d seen and I have a funny feeling it might have been to do with feedback with lighting right around the instrument cluster but not entirely sure.

[@dharminnaik5473]

Hi Nick, I have a big question... Is there any way of filling the screen with Apple Car Play in MBUX like you can in the old E Class' COMAND system? My father in law just bought one second hand and it feels like a more useful infotainment system with the full screen screen mirroring available on it. So I'm wondering if I'm missing a trick somewhere...

[@npoleary]

Hey Dharmin, unfortunately no :( It’s been like this since launch in 2018 so no I don’t think it’s changing. Wish it did though! Full screen would be way better!

[@jigz0075]

Hi Nick, keep up the great content! Quick question if I may……Has ambient lighting been removed from behind the widescreen cockpit screens on the New E class facelifted cars? Thank you 👍🏽

[@npoleary]

Hi Jigz007, thank you! Honestly I don’t know on that one as production and specification is changing for the E-Class next month. There are new features such as Dashcam found on the Premium package which haven’t ever been on an E-Class before. I haven’t seen anything in relation to Ambient Lighting though

[@jigz0075]

@@npoleary Thank you for your reply Nick. I collected my new E coupe prem+ last week and there isn’t any ambient light behind the screens 😢 it is an early April build……I sent the car back to the dealership to be looked at, they have been good tbh, however they’re saying that they’ve seen the same on another car and that Merc seem to have removed the widescreen upper ambient light strip due to glare. I’m baffled mate, any advice please? Thank you 🙏🏼

[@npoleary]

Hey Jigz007, honestly not sure on that one as an don’t involved too heavily in detailed specification of the car, mainly just how they work 😅 I have noticed before that the ambient light is quite bright in the cars so that wouldn’t surprise me if that is the case in a effort to just tone it down a bit.

[@jigz0075]

@@npoleary Hi Nick, No worries 😂 I’ve seen it on a couple of new builds now (Apr builds) so it’s more certain now that this “glare” thing…..is for real 😢Anyhow….thanks again for your reply Nick please keep the great quality content coming! 👏🏽👍🏽 Ps. With production changing for the E coupe in June…I “only” have the 360 cam and the traffic light cam, do you think I will be able to activate the new dash cam feature with a couple of software updates on my April production car? Thank you 🙏🏽

[@npoleary]

Hey Jigz007, Really sorry I have no idea if the camera’s installed have the capability of that. If they do in the future though, I’ll be sure to cover it on the channel!

[@heavypotato3]

great video!

[@npoleary]

You couldn’t have watched it that quick! 😅 #speedycomments

[@heavypotato3]

hahaha, don't need to watch it to already know it's going to be a great video

[@npoleary]

Haha thank you Yaseen!

[@cluelesstank795]

Can it charge itself if so, how and how many percent? Thank you.

[@npoleary]

Some older plug-in hybrids do have a “charge” mode but it is not something you will ever want to do. Newer ones have that feature removed because of the below. The reason is, is because a plug-in hybrid is designed to be plugged in (hence the name). The whole concept is to source a different place (other than fuel) to power the car. Costings per mile to run a car, fuel, we all know how much that costs. But when you run on electricity charged from the mains it can often be up to a 1/2 or even 1/3 cheaper than running on fuel per mile. So the idea being is NOT to use fuel to charge it up otherwise it defeats the point, you may as well just buy a petrol or diesel. That aside, even newer do charge up as you brake, it’s a really small amount but you will need to plug it in somewhere to charge it up to actually drive on electricity to make it worth while. Hope that helps!

[@robinoconnor1203]

I am seriously considering a new E class petrol plug in hybrid, a few things are putting me off the car. It is classed as an executive saloon, yet the seats are what you would expect in a sports car, both the base and seat backrest have large quite rigid bolsters, the backrest bolsters make it too narrow for my broad shoulders and back. Is their a comfort seat option? I would contact MB UK myself, sadly this is impossible as they never answer the Customer Services telephone, I tried over 40 times! and my local dealer cannot answer the question. Also why is there not a petrol plug in hybrid estate car, it is available in some mainland European countries, in the UK we only have the diesel version.

[@npoleary]

Hey Robin, sadly the seat options are just black leather, neva grey/magma grey, nut brown/black & macchiato beige/black. I’ve noticed it before that the side bolsters do protrude away from the seat more than some others but the seats are still extremely comfortable. Having driven them extensively I can confirm they have an extremely comfortable ride. Have you tried them / taken one for a test drive? If you haven’t you ought to, even if it’s just a petrol/diesel just to try it out for the seat style. Also I’m not sure why the diesel plug-in is the only one available but it is quite common for certain markets to have different specs / engines available etc. It could be something to do with the number of cars available for offering in the E-Class line up or even availability at the moment of integrating the petrol system with the plug-in hybrid. Most models receive updates as time goes on so it could change in the future! 🤞🏼

[@JohnnyRa007]

Do you Think the GLE Will get updated any time soon?

[@npoleary]

Hey JRS1000R, Potentially! However each model has a product cycle (life cycle until a new one launches) of about 6-7 years. The GLE only had an update in 2019 so is still pretty new. However historically there’s a facelift usually 4-5 years in so there might be something 2023 to 2024 👀

[@John-up9nq]

Hi nick, Do you know If the iPhone 13 pro max will fit in the e class wireless charging bay?

[@npoleary]

It might not John, it’ll be really close if it does fit (if you use a case then it definitely won’t fit) Sorry I haven’t had one of the larger iPhones for years so not 100% sure

[@petergalbraith962]

Does the hybrid battery charge when driving in Diesel mode

[@npoleary]

There might be a tiny bit of power the car can recover from brake recuperation etc but it’ll need to be plugged in to charge it fully 🤓

[@mafrek4877]

hi nice video i have a question is there a way to lock the cars from the inside that it doesn't open unless u click the unlock door atleas for the passengers and back seats u know even if the car is locked when u open them from the inside even if they locked they will open but I want a way if it locked it stays locked unless u press the unlock button then it let u open the door rather then using the safe kids lock key thingy

[@npoleary]

Hey Mafrek, I thought that if you lock with the key the doors almost lock like a deadlock so you can’t open them from the inside. You’ll of course have to turn the alarm off in the car if people are going to remain in there

[@mafrek4877]

@@npoleary idk if cars different between urs and my country but for example if am driving the doors opens in passenger side even if the lock is on and it happened to me but only deadlocks from outside

[@marka8246]

Love that car 👍

[@npoleary]

It’s great especially with the new upgrades from the facelift!

[@marka8246]

@@npoleary its stunning its also out of my budget 🙁 but hopefully there will be a C class on my drive end of this year , look forward to the Review when its released . Well done on your channel its going from Strength to strength

[@npoleary]

Thanks Mark! Oh yeah the second I get my hands on one, I’ll make it ASAP! 🤓

[@macdogge]

FIIINALYYY!

[@npoleary]

Haha 😆

[@hmkhhm3596]

Thank you for the great video 🤍🤍, which one looks more premium and more attractive to you : E class 2021 or C class 2022 !? in my country they have the same price now , which one i should get !? Thank you again Nick 🤍🤝

[@npoleary]

Thanks HM! Sadly I haven’t had too much experience with the new C-Class yet, it should have arrived in the UK months ago. It looks amazing, I managed to have an hour or so with it here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/e2S2gGOebqpje9E (Not sure if you’d seen this one) It looks amazing with the new screen and certainly does more in terms of features than the E-Class but I haven’t sat in a UK one yet. When I get the chance, I’ll produce a video for sure!

[@hmkhhm3596]

@@npoleary thank you for your time 🤝🤝

[@debbie7301]

Hi Nick, is it possible to install a GPS software that doesnt come in my GLC300coupe, here in Brazil we dont have it at the MBUX

[@npoleary]

Hi Debbie, honestly not sure, you’ll have to speak with your local dealership if anything can be done as I won’t know :( I guess it depends if the GPS antenna is installed in the car already. When the GLC launched back in 2016, if it didn’t have sat Nav you could buy an SD card called Garmin Map Pilot. I wouldn’t know if that’s the same in Brazil though.

[@Clarencebeeks89]

How much is this vehicle?

[@sheryarasim]

What was the MSRP of the E300e 2021 Amg Line Night Edition Premium Plus? Was it £55,000? I need it to calculate the custom duties in my country.

[@npoleary]

You’ll have to ask Mercedes or check on their website 🤓 They’ll have the prices on there 👍🏼

[@Tonde]

Hi Nick, Great video again 👍 I have one question, why Mercedes stopped delivering Spiral Cable ? I can see that straight cable gets easily dirty when charging outside, also it won’t go to compact size in the trunk like spiral cable. Was it only because spiral cable costs some more cents ? My friend got his A250e -21 and was amazed how I have on my A250e -20 spriral cable which is so much more convient to use. Is Mercedes offering spiral cable as an extra option or accessory ? Here are the spiral cables which I got, took a video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z4CXfKWaiKh2ndk

[@npoleary]

Honestly Tonde, I’m not 100% sure. I believe the non-spiral cable charges at a faster rate to make it more compatible for cars that support it. So models like the new EQC’s & EQA’s can make use of the 11kW charging if plugged into the right socket. I think that’s why 🤓

[@Tonde]

@@npoleary Thanks Nick for your reply 👍 And great videos, keep on doing, excellent content, always nice to watch 👍

[@npoleary]

Thanks Tonde! Will do! I’ll try and keep them coming!

[@Yousef0MS]

Still.. Previous looks better

[@glenparker8458]

Are