Mercedes-Benz declared today the forthcoming EQB compact SUV with seven seats, and it will be going to the US one year from now.

Simply a day subsequent to disclosing the EQS, the German automaker is as of now directing our concentration toward a forthcoming new electric vehicle to be revealed on Sunday:

“Mercedes-EQ will unveil the all-electric compact EQB SUV on Sunday, April 18th, 2021. The EQB World Premiere @ Mercedes-EQ Night Shanghai will take place on the eve of the first press day of Auto Shanghai 2021.”

The vehicle will enter the inexorably more crowded compact electric SUV segment with peers like the Tesla Model Y, Audi Q4 e-tron, and Ford Mustang Mach-E.

Mercedes-Benz hasn’t uncovered much about the vehicle, yet it did release the teaser picture.

The German automaker likewise affirmed that it will actually want to seat seven travelers and have a 1,700-liters cargo area:

“Among other things, the EQB will set a new standard in the electric compact class with its flexible space. It offers room for up to seven passengers or a maximum of 1,700 litres of luggage.”

While Mercedes-Benz is quite recently going to uncover the EQB, it intends to offer a production version to market amazingly rapidly.

It will begin in China, at that point in Europe later this year, and in the US when one year from now:

“After the market launch in China, the European version of the EQB will follow later this year and will also be available on the U.S. market in 2022.”