Has the Mercedes EQA still got it in 2023? | In-Depth Review!

[@Sookipro]

Only 179 likes?! Come on we can do better!!! (Please pin this)

[@npoleary]

Haha thanks Sooki! 😅

[@Sookipro]

@@npoleary no problem

[@bitmanev4331]

And Start / Stop button oh dear...

[@SP79GB]

Got my EQA Premium in 2021. Still enjoying it and it's doing the perfect job for my needs. Love the controls, UX and use of physical buttons.

[@peterbrook6866]

Just to say the predicted Battery percentage when using navigation is absolutely brilliant. I've driven 20 thousand miles in my mercedes EV including long distance trips through France. The navigation and electric intelligence system make it so much easier than in many other electric cars.

[@evolv.e]

Just like a Tesla. But no surprise as Tesla and MB have partnered with each other for more than a decade now. Anyone who has familiarity with both already know about the shared switch gear, battery and motor tech, UI, display, BMS, software, etc, but as the years have gone by, Tesla and MB have done an excellent job with differentiating their vehicles to emulate what they wish the driver and passengers to experience. That said, I own one Tesla and two MB electrics, and I appreciate both manufacturers design, engineering, and style. I’ve been keeping a close eye on MB’s EQ series and been patiently waiting for the Germans to catch up in their own way, and I’m liking what I’m seeing for the most part. As I’m in North America, I’m still waiting for MB to make the official announcement for NACS support.. without which, I will continue to wait before buying a MB, as utilizing Tesla’s Supercharging network has easily spoiled me, and now I have decided going forward, any new EV purchase must have NACS compatibility. Again, I’m in NA, so this does not apply to those of you in other parts of the world. The EQA in all its variants appear to be well thought out. Just need mbusa to show availability with NACS.. then I will visit my nearest MB dealer. Till then, I’m loving that Supercharger life on the road and don’t want to charge with anything else.

[@jonathanwarne3480]

That is great to know. Thanks. My Kia is pretty good but I still spend time doing the mental calculations with percentage of battery left at the actual average m/kwh I am doing at the time. It can be quite inaccurate if you have been doing lots of urban driving and then go on a long A road/motorway journey.

[@ronniebrown6225]

I had the EQA last year as a courtesy car when my own car was in the dealer overnight getting a wee job done. I really enjoyed driving it

[@lura-ly2368]

I still love my EQA 250, i have it for a year and 3 mons. now. I will not swap it with any other and yes, I will purchase it again.

[@alimac5306]

Love this video Nick, best review I've seen. I was going to order the EQA but then read that a 2024 model is being released. Do you have any info on that please?

[@npoleary]

Thank you! 🙏 Yes! I posted about it recently: instagram.com/p/Cwadws8RZFU/ Basically it’s like a small update, however Mercedes typically announce models 6 months before they actually come out so there’s still a bit of time left before pricing and exact specs come out. The stats look good though! Up to 348 miles range!

[@catastrophic009]

I have the EQA 250 AMG variant & I will be keeping it a very long time but not for the reasons you might think !!.. It is lovely to drive ! Very easy in fact & it obviously has all the tech with the MBUX but a few things have really disappointed me about the car & Mercedes themselves !! In cold weather the range drops like a brick to the bottom of a lake & the heater is no way as good as a petrol or diesel variant. Before this I had the GLC 250D Sport & I wish now that I had kept it ! Also Mercedes now have put the starting price of my car up by over £9000 on my model & when I last checked that was not for a plus version. I thought electric cars were supposed to be getting cheaper for people !! Sadly it seems not the case! I will be getting a second car at some stage BUT it will not be a fully electric ! & with the price of charging riding up with petrol & diesel why would anyone by an electric car at this present moment in time ? It's a no brainer !!

[@OneTireFire]

It is nice to drive, but it is dynamically compromised. It doesn't drive as well as the regular GLA, it's not as nimble feeling and when you're in the back seat, because the battery is in the floor, occupants' knees get pushed too high and their legs lack thigh support. All in all, it has some good parts, but it didn't impress me over the week that I had it for.

[@catastrophic009]

@@OneTireFire Yeah I agree ! The back seats are strange because of that ! Don't understand why Mercedes couldn't have put thicker seats in or something! It is not the highest mid suv on the market! But as I said the range is heavily compromised in cold weather & nobody at Mercedes never told me that I had to find out by trial & error !

[@catastrophic009]

@@OneTireFire I am guessing the nimbleness must be down to the EQ's weight !! I find it ok after having a GLC but I'll take your word for it so the GLA must be super nimble !!?

[@sharonwebb7718]

Great video on the EQA Nick. I have had my EQA 250 + AMG now for four months and I love everything thing about it.

[@npoleary]

Ah awesome! Thank you! 🙏

[@mickwreay3034]

Hi Nick, just watched your video on membership. Maybe for me I would follow you but probably for the time when we buy a new car, I've kind of answered my own question by finding the "thanks button" to drop a small tip for you providing great content. Is there a way to tip/pay with PayPal? I wish you luck on making millions and am happy to support you for your work.

[@npoleary]

Thank you! Of course! 🤓 Although for everyone’s protection, I don’t want to start encouraging people to click on PayPal links in KZbin comments so I don’t want to post them on here as that could be opened up to spam etc. If you email me, I’ll send you a link 👊🏼 “[e-mail]”

[@ioannistriantafyllou9745]

The new EQE SUV has an optional function/setting for beginner driver and valet service modes. Could you please show how it works and how to set it?

[@npoleary]

Hey IOANNIS, I’ve heard of this but I’ve sat in an EQE SUV for only a brief period. Video coming soon… But the beginner driver and valet service things I’ve seen as Mercedes me Digital Extras on the Mercedes me store.

[@monique8618]

HI nick! is the mercedes eqc getting discontinued

[@npoleary]

I haven’t heard anything about that, Mercedes would announce it to everyone if they were! Hope not, it’s a super fast luxurious car!

[@nimalpatel6192]

Hi Nick! I’m purchasing a 2020 a class in exchange for my 2018 a class. You haven’t got any videos of comparison of both have you? I can’t really see the difference in the face lift. Thank you

[@npoleary]

Hey Nimal, it wouldn’t have changed from summer 2018 to 2020. The specs might have adjusted slightly but the facelift has just come out this month.

[@nimalpatel6192]

@@npoleary thank you for your reply Nick. I couldn’t really see any difference, by fiancée says my 2018 looks moodier compared to the 2020 but it looks like for like apart from a bigger boot maybe. Hopefully should pick it up end of this month from Weston.

[@tolatemi]

Well explained thank you

[@npoleary]

Thanks for watching! 🙏🙏

[@Heeellllooo]

Great video

[@npoleary]

Thank you!

[@arlindcakaj6191]

Hi, Nick I have a question about mercedes me app. I habe e class 2019 and i linked with mercedes me app but now the feauters says are activating but they don't activate.

[@npoleary]

Have you got a valid subscription? Chat with Mercedes me support and they can let you know or have a look in the Mercedes me store 👍🏼

[@johnc7347]

Hey Nick. Can I ask what you think of the back seats in the EQA? It is definitely a car I would like to buy (when the refresh arrives next year), however I would like to know if it is true that they can be uncomfortable sitting in them after a certain period of time.

[@npoleary]

Hey johnc7347, I did cover it in the video, I always where I can try and cover the rear seats too. But as I mentioned the floor is slightly raised compared to a petrol / diesel so if you have very tall passengers, something to just be aware of and test out. Sadly I can’t comment what it would be like for a long journey as I only popped in to my local Mercedes and filmed that about half a year ago, sadly didn’t have a driver to test it out for a long journey 😅

[@hasnainahmed654]

We drove from Copenhagen to Frankfurt....absolute pleasure...no discomfort..front or rear seats...

[@nas4apps]

Thanks! Seems to me, on the likes, maybe the film could have challenged MB a bit more? Why not drive the at the max 70mph in the cold and show us after an hour (tough circumstance) realistically how far you get. Maybe you could do a standardized comparison drive? WLTP, to me, seems a bit exaggerated. So, you could have been a bit tougher on MB and that would have made it an even better video! Great videao, ok, thumbs up ... ;)

[@npoleary]

Thank you! I would love to in the future! It was one of my ideas for the video but sadly my local Mercedes didn’t want me to put 300+ miles on the car. Maybe in the future though! 🤓

[@mathiasluyten]

Nick, I got my EQA250 6 months ago. It does not say 250+, but still I feel like having a bit more range. Besides, my car also indicates having 486km (301 miles) of range. It looks like it's a bit in between the original version and the 250+. Possible that there has been a motor upgrade or something?

[@npoleary]

Ah nice! The 250+ I believe had a motor upgrade and a slightly larger battery Good to hear you’re enjoying it though!

[@hondaslex]

@@npoleary , Don't think the increased the battery "size". Apparently there was an update in the battery chemistry. Therefore a bit more range, and yes they put a permanent magnetic motor in.

[@gfritlev9956]

Such a great car ❤

[@glyn3548]

I have had the 250+ for 8 months and am very disappointed with the stated mileage available against the actual mileage it achieves. When driven frugally with heating barely on, no air con, I can drive 5 miles and easily 15 miles disappear off the range. I am charging more often than I should and when I do go for a rare full charge, most range displayed I’ve had was 301 miles. Today charged to 90% and 237 miles showing available.

[@npoleary]

The range indicator is just an estimate based on the previous journeys. So in that example that you gave there with “losing” 15 miles, the journey before that must have been at higher speeds or less traffic or warmer temperatures. The same can happen the opposite way, 1 week drive in loads of traffic with stop / starts and barely above 30 mph. Then the very next day drive away from congested areas and you’ll notice that you’re travelling 1/2/3/4 miles and more but the range is just staying the same. The range indicator is very good on EV’s but it will fluctuate based on how much power you’ve used.

[@rjmremandaban]

Nick, does the eqa 250 have a built in dash cam?

[@npoleary]

Depends on the car and where you live 🤓 Have a look for a thing called Augmented Reality and check with the person selling (dealership etc) to see if it’s available. Sadly it’s not available everywhere round the world, some you can buy as an extra on the Mercedes me store too

[@rjmremandaban]

Thank you

[@esariola]

Hey Nick, thank you for your excellent videos. I recently got an 2021 CLA 250e plug-in hybrid as a company car, your videos have been very helpful to get to know my car but there is couple of things i've been wondering about; 1. If i switch to "Electric" drive mode, it sometimes shows "D Auto" in the gear select option in dashboard and sometimes not, it seems to do that at random, any reason for it? 2. If i keep my drive mode in "Common" and don't input any destination in navigation, the car always drains my battery first and then switches to petrol engine. Even if i'm driving fast on a motorway, it still decides to use the electric motor rather than petrol, it then drains my battery rapidly because of the high speed. Is there anyway i can modify that behaviour when it switches between electric and petrol engines? I usually just have to switch to "Battery Level" (BL) on motorway so it doesn't use battery for it and i can save it for later down the road like when driving in town

[@npoleary]

Ah awesome Esa, thank you! Glad you enjoy them! 1. I wonder if it’s something to do with “Electric in the city” or something. There’s sometimes an option in the EQ menu for that. 2. Ah that’s how plug-in hybrids work 🤓 they’re designed to try and use Electric wherever they can. The engine is only used for short bursts or the battery is not charged or if you change the mode. Battery Level will try and keep the battery level where it is and utilise the engine instead.

[@chris_ehr]

D Auto is the smart level of recuperation. You have the choice of different recuperation levels when you go fully Electric. D is the middle strength, D+ is more like sailing without recuperation and D- is stronger recuperation closer to one-pedal-drive where the car brakes when you let off the accelerator. You can change recuperation mode by using the shift paddles behind the steering wheel. To activate D Auto you just hold left or right for a second or two, so that’s probably what happened for you. 😊👍

[@npoleary]

Thanks Christian, literally couldn’t have said that better myself! ⬆️ 👊🏼

[@jobsonm]

Nick. Had my EQA about 15 months now. Just a great car but the charging from the car option has never worked. It never connects to my account and never charges. I always have to get out an use the RFID card. Any ideas please?

[@npoleary]

Ooo very nice! Oh strange, I haven’t seen that before! Have you got it set up on the Mercedes me Charge kind of things? Like on the website?

[@nikhildeshpande7574]

Hey Nick Thanks for your videos. They are super helpful. Do you if there’s a way in mbux to retain the theme that I have previously chosen? Every time I start the car it goes to comfort mode rather than what’s set in the theme. Also the recuperation is defaulted to D rather than D- which is what I prefer.

[@npoleary]

No worries! No sadly not it’ll always start in it’s default modes. You can change it straight afterward though

[@nikhildeshpande7574]

@@npoleary thanks Nick, appreciate the prompt response.

[@7240NAT]

EQC 2002 400.. Back camera is stuck and does not work. It's half open and does not close. What should I do please. Thank you

[@npoleary]

Hey Nazir, oh no! Have you spoken to Mercedes? It should automatically open and close

[@7240NAT]

@@npoleary Hi Nick, issue is these models were imported privately from UK. Local Mercedes team have no clue how to maintain or undertake any work on it. As per them, we are not trained and have written to Mercedes HQ. Our bad. How to take it from there, it the question. Your vedios are source of knowledge. BTW, we have quite a few older versions of Mercedes, starting from Ponton 180, LHD, 1958/1959. Thank you for your response.

[@jeroendas6267]

Hi Nick! I’ve got a question regarding the EQB300. Do you know if you can manually switch on/off the 4 wheel drive? Hope to hear from you! Keep up the good work, I enjoy your videos

[@viperhd70]

I have one, and was also wondering about that when we had snow earlier this week. The answer is you can't. It is basically RWD until you accelerate at which point the front engine also kicks in.

[@npoleary]

Thank you! No it’s automatically controlled sadly! ViperHD beat me to it, I believe it’s an adaptive 4MATIC system if it’s like the other smaller cars in Mercedes

[@lesliewiddicombe3064]

Hi Nick, does the updated EQA have a heat pump to precondition the battery and what is the max kw/hr CCS charging rate (110 or 170)? Thanks

[@sakujo20]

Yes, it does have a heat pump. You can heat up the inner space of the car. Idk if you can only precon the battery w/o heating the inner space though.

[@npoleary]

Hey Leslie, ah M. beat me to it! 🙃 haha Honestly I’m not sure, it’s classed as an auxiliary heater and I have not seen the word “heat pump” written anywhere

[@lesliewiddicombe3064]

@@npoleary thanks Nick and M. My EQC has the pre departure interior heating but it’s not the same as an heat pump which pre heats the batteries (new EQE has one) and gets them up to max efficiency in the motors and improves the range in cold weather. Reading the info on the upgrade EQA I wonder if it’s a new heat pump which improves the range? Best regards

[@lesliewiddicombe3064]

Nick, apparently the ‘heat pump system’ is called ‘intelligent thermal battery management’! It’s new in the updated EQA

[@SuperEgleh]

the eqa has a heat pump, but it does not take heat from the ambient air like on a house, it takes heat from the battery cooling circuit, from the air that goes out from the cabin, from the motors, the inverter and the charger. so it is quite efficient down to around 0 degrees, then it starts using the ptc to heat the cabin and the battery, and the consumption rise quickly. especially those that only do short trips will see a very high consumption, as the battery has to be reheated every trip.

[@jrhold1]

Nick… great vid as usual…I understand electric = no gears so why steering column paddles??….. it looked as though this vehicle still had them 🤷‍♂️

[@npoleary]

Ah well spotted! They control the brake recuperation. So you can have the car brake more when you take your foot off the pedal or less depending on your preference

[@jrhold1]

@@npoleary thanks….a good feature

[@bokeerfamily-ox3yb]

Hi Nick do u think they will a electric cla

[@npoleary]

Who knows! 🤓 We’ll have to wait and see what they bring out!

[@kurttrombetti3087]

Hi Nick really appreciate all you do. Any chance you will do a EQS580 review?

[@npoleary]

Not heard of that one, there’s only an EQS 450+ here in the UK and the AMG version. But I have already covered the EQS here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/lWKcnGWeoblpf6M

[@kurttrombetti3087]

@@npoleary I bought a 2023 2 months ago in Washington St. Just want to learn everything about it and treat it with the respect it deserves.

[@63luckyluck]

If the production date is 2023, then it is EQA 250+ with the longer range, right?

[@npoleary]

Yes 🤓 I believe it was introduced last year sometime. Just double check it’s got the + symbol after the name.

[@viperhd70]

Seems like the space underneath the boot floor is too shallow for the cable ? That would be a bummer. In my EQB, the 2 bags with type 2 and granny charger fit perfectly.

[@Il0lIiIlilLHD]

If the £9,000 Approved Used EQC Campaign MBFS Finance Deposit Contribution goes to EQA then i think i will immediately buy it 😁

[@akn6360]

Why is Mercedes lowering there suvs’s kind of difficult for some one with back issues, the older versions were better in height

[@npoleary]

Well this one’s the smallest, Mercedes make another 6-7 SUV’s that are all larger 🤓

[@suczey]

Nick, Did you see the new GLE Coupe

[@npoleary]

I saw the announcement! Looks pretty cool!

[@suczey]

@@npoleary please if you get a chance do a video for us. Thanks

[@LuckyQuadrifoglio]

i lowkey kinda like this car

[@npoleary]

Me too! 🤓

[@ranjitdhiraj9974]

Thankyou👍👍👍👍❤️

[@jaredebeling1412]

What is real world range ?

[@npoleary]

All manufacturers provide real world range called WLTP. These are captured in ideal conditions so it depends on the temp, the journey you’re doing, the spec you’ve got, how you drive and all of course the speed and A/C etc. Drive at 60mph on a flat surface and you can achieve that 🤓 Have a look at this website which shows you the varying range depending on where you drive: ev-database.org/uk/car/1985/Mercedes-Benz-EQA-250plus Hope that helps!

[@Sookipro]

FIRST (btw im a huge fan)

[@npoleary]

Woooo! 🥳🥳

[@dogoku]

9:10 ASMR by Nick. I see how u got those 70k subs ;)

[@npoleary]

Haha ASMR 😅 Maybe I should do more? 👀

[@Sookipro]

@@npoleary yes pls

[@ViewBothSides]

no EQA seems to ever have plain real or fake leather seats, just those suede options

[@CelebrityLyrics]

The operating system looks like something off of a 2005 TomTom. Tesla is still king at 30-40K vs. this 70K.

[@GreatTaiwan]

So don’t pay for charge but pay to stop in a place to charge Sounds like paying to me 😂

[@npoleary]

Depends on the car park or the place you’re parking and who owns it 🤓 Some places have free charging, but paid parking. Some you have to do both! 😬 Some have free parking but pay for charging…just depends who owns it

[@erdemdengel]

I would say this car a big disappointment for me 1. Charging is a nightmare. Every single charger I tried on shopping malls or charging stations I always got a communication error. You know why? Mercedes does not allow you to charge your car if you dont lock your car. If it is winter and you have a family inside, you cant lock the car because alarm starts 2. Send to Mercedes feature. Another failure. If you select a point from google maps you can transfer to your car. But your car brings you to totally different place 3. Car Play Screen size. Even you thought you have a LARGE screen, only 45% of it you can use for Apple Car Play, because Mercedes paints rest of 55% of area to BLACK, you cant use.... 4. defogger.. This is the BIGGEST disappointment for me. If there is a rain outside and quite cold weather, your windows will be steamy. Even you use your defogger button at MAX level in your car, at least 25% of front windows will never be clear. 5. Brakes.. This can not be a common error but I have a feeling that this car has huge braking problem, if you press the brake pedal gently and the increase the pressure, suddenly you feel a gap on the pedal and you can easily hit something/someone because of this gap/delay Basically a big disappointment from Mercedes for me

[@npoleary]

Hey Erdem, I can try and help out! 1) You can charge when it’s unlocked, if that’s not working, defo contact Mercedes. (Unless of course this varies elsewhere in the world by it certainly will charge when unlocked in the UK). 2) Google Maps has had an issue with this for a while, I think it’s an incompatibility issue. Apple Maps has not had an issue with me when I’ve done it. 3) I wish it was full screen too but sadly MBUX NTG 6 is available in two screen sizes. When designing and coding I’m led to believe that you can only choose one (to maintain compatibility) for everything as Apple CarPlay cannot scale up. 4) Just make sure A/C is on, you can use this with warm and cold which will remove moisture from the air. 5) Most EV’s have a fade in from brake recuperation and the actual brakes which can feel weird at first but it’s just something that each driver has to try when using an EV. Brake recuperation is usually only active above 13 mph though. Hope that helps! 🤓

[@garrycroft4215]

The Smart #1 is much quicker 0-62 mph, is Rear Wheel Drive and £15k cheaper. Just saying 😮

[@Nnn30055]

Also extremely ugly and looks like a knock off kia soul

[@garrycroft4215]

@@Nnn30055 it’s a good job that everyone is different, imagine if there was only BMW X6’s on the road 🤮 the Soul looks like a Van but with side Windows. The #1 not surprisingly looks like the EQS front and back. Anyway I’m going for the Dual Motor 428 hp 543 Nm 0-62 3.9 seconds Brabus version £42K

[@neildixon4746]

Love the vid but PLEASE stop with hand gestures - so off putting.

[@npoleary]

Thank you! But hand gestures when talking to camera are something that you have to do. Something that I’ve learnt over the years. Unless you meant a specific point in the video? I can’t keep my hands still that would look very odd 😅

[@O123-j9s]

What does it cost to charge this EQA from empty to full. I wonder would £50 do it, I still would prefer a Diesel one, I can claim back the V.A.T so it's cheap enough, I have add blue in my one so all that's coming out of the exhaust is vapor totally harmless to our planet.......

[@npoleary]

Depends on how much you pay for electricity…🤓 If you pay £0.33p per kWh (average in the UK at the time of writing this), it’ll be approx £23 to charge fully. No different to fuel stations, price varies massively, depends how much electricity costs at the plug. Motorway service stations will cost more just like fuel does.

[@adamsworld9499]

Charging is expensive, no benefit to consumer

[@PansyMarcia-p5r]

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[@conradmilson6654]

I wouldn't buy an EV that can only do 60 mph on a motorway because it might use more electric power. They are a waste of time.

[@npoleary]

Well you don’t have to travel at 60mph they can go a lot faster. But it’s the same as petrol or diesel 🤓 if you travel at 60mph then you’ll use less fuel, same for an electric car, you’ll use less electricity. All types of car will be around for long while for people to choose and they all have their pros and cons, just depends what works for you 🤓

[@adamsworld9499]

Eqa 250 is nice from inside but from outside ideal for pensioners, its boring and behhhhh to look at, overpriced ugly machine

[@lizstromsnesdolz629]

Is this in Europe? Is this car available in the US?

[@npoleary]

Hey Liz, I believe so, it might be in Europe too. Sadly model availability will vary depending on the country, I’m based in the UK so it’s here but I don’t know about other countries sadly. If you chat with Mercedes they can let you know though 🤓

[@lizstromsnesdolz629]

Why does Mercedes not release cars in the USA??????

[@npoleary]

Hey Liz, model availability will always vary round the world. I believe that the USA also had some models that aren’t in Europe. If you chat with Mercedes they can let you know! 🤓

[@lizstromsnesdolz629]

@@npoleary Europe, Canada, even Mexico has tons more models, US very limited!

[@npoleary]

Fingers crossed they release more in the future! 🤓

[@lizstromsnesdolz629]

What Mercedes can we get in USA? Frustrating.