Mercedes says the unusual styling of early EVs like the EQS was intentional, designed to help electric cars stand out. But as EVs become mainstream, the brand now plans to give future electric models a more traditional Mercedes look. Upcoming EVs will closely resemble their gas-powered counterparts while keeping separate platforms underneath. Was the EQS simply ahead of its time?

🚗 https://auto.ae

#autoae #mercedesbenz #eqs #eqe #eqc #cla #design

Just chucked up a post on my personal blog about universal natural disaster insurance, kind of like the EQC, but funded by climate polluters;

https://strypey.dreamwidth.org/5315.html

#Aotearoa #NZ #ClimateChange #NaturalDisasters #insurance #UniversalInsurance #EQC

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Heute zum ersten Mal Ebhausen > #Berlin mit 2 Stopps geschafft 💪

Wenn man erst mal seine Stamm-Ladestationen gefunden hat, läuft es. 🚗💨

Wir sind die Stecke zwar schon ein paar mal mit dem #EQC gefahren, aber da wir jetzt auf EnBW statt Ionity setzen, musste sich das erst mal eingrooven.

#eMobility #smart1

The #nzpol #SoftOnCrime crowd seemed to have missed these two guys stealing thousands before being asked to sit at home. They might call it a victimless crime, but I doubt if the people of #Christchurch who battled with #EQC for years would agree

https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/canterbury/300922523/cera-duo-avoid-prison-after-abuse-of-power-in-postquake-christchurch

CERA duo avoid prison after abuse of power in post-quake Christchurch

Simon Nikoloff and Gerard Gallagher breached the trust of the people of Christchurch, as well as the organisations they worked for, a judge said. But she spared them prison.

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It's not often I agree with Simon Bridges, but I don't think small business should have to rely on user-pays insurance to fund their recovery from natural disasters. We have #EQC for collectively-funded earthquake insurance, why not replicate or extend that to cover other kinds of natural disasters? This would go a long way towards both universal coverage, and avoiding unpredictable spikes in user-pays insurance premiums. Which I presume are two reasons EQC was set up in the first place.
Jetzt steht sei1 Std ein Kunde bei uns an der Firma vor der Rampe. Wollte was abholen und jetzt funktioniert sein elektrischer #Mercedes #EQC nicht mehr. Die Karre ist wie fest genagelt und macht nix mehr. Hoffentlich kommt der Pannendienst bald. Container wartet schon entladen zu werden 😩

Kann man das enervierende Gepiepse vom #Mercedes #EQC beim Rückwärtsfahren nicht abstellen?

Wenn ihr keine überschaubaren KFZ bauen könnt, @[email protected], warum wälzt ihr die Verantwortung auf andere ab?

"Ich habe doch gepiept! Selbst Schuld, wenn Du Dich hinter mich wirfst!"

Zeit für etwas Neues: Ab sofort ist das @[email protected] #Model3 unser Begleiter im privaten und beruflichen Alltag 🥰 #switchtoTesla #Elektromobilität https://twitter.com/frankfeil/status/1334847166884491267/photo/1

RT @[email protected]

Zeit für etwas Neues: Ab sofort ist der @[email protected] #EQC unser Begleiter im privaten und beruflichen Alltag 🥰 #switchtoEQ #Elektromobilität

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/frankfeil/status/1334847166884491267

Frank Feil on Twitter

“Zeit für etwas Neues: Ab sofort ist der @MercedesBenz #EQC unser Begleiter im privaten und beruflichen Alltag 🥰 #switchtoEQ #Elektromobilität”

Went for a ride in the future today. 430ks of range and intoxicating acceleration. #mercedes #eqc thanks @[email protected] !
I work from home doing sw dev & sysadmin. Weds our landlord alerted us builders would be under the house to do some belated #eqc repairs. Yesterday morning, our fibre net connection was dodgy, so I asked landlord if builders might've knocked it. Nope, they hadn't started yet. Vodafone's "ninjas" "fixed it" (I could only see IPv6 destinations, no IPv4 was routing). This morning, builders arrived & almost immediately cut the fibre under the house by walking on it. Ugh. No fix for up to 72 hrs.