2023 Mercedes EQS SUV: Luxury, but Not for Me!

Got it.... Mercedes EQS = The Baby Shark of EV's.

The brake pedal reminds me of old 1970’s cruise control. You’d set it and it’d pull the gas pedal away from your foot. It was very disconcerting at first, but it only happened once when you set it. I can’t imagine chasing the brake pedal. That’s a recall and a class action waiting to happen.

In regards to the Hyperscreen UI layout, I've seen similar issues before....in late 90s, early 2000s. Cars started getting a lot of new functions you could control, and Ergonomics was a real issue. Then the industry seemed to follow certain standards that made sense, and get similar layouts where it counted, so you could go from car to car and quickly figure out most of the essential functions very quickly. With touchscreen controls, we are back in the Wild West, and it may take a while before auto makers figure out common sense controls that will become similar between all makes. It sucks, but give it 5-10 years. I'm still a fan of analog controls for some things that don't require any eye contact

I think this was a really well thought out video. A lot of auto journalists and YouTubers don't consciously keep in mind what you said in the beginning; some things are just not for you, doesn't mean they are bad.

Can confirm Baby shark is amazing

Marques Brownlee: the only person to be able to seamlessly integrate Baby Shark into a Merc EV review 👏

The wisest thing that should be on every wise individual's list is to invest in different stream of income and don't depend on the government to bring in money especially now the pandemic is hitting the economy

12:52 Even when in radar cruise and slowing down, a 2022 Acura RDX (yes, i know it’s a gas car, the one in the video is electric) fixed this problem. It has a drive by wire system, so your brakes and accelerator are electronically controlled, so the brake pedal never moves when the car brakes on its own.

Brake pedal moving is actually wild, borderline safety hazard

That windshield washer fluid thing is a super QUIRKY feature.

WRT the hyper screen menu layers, I believe the intent is to use the ‘Hey Mercedes’ voice commands to get to what you want done, rather than going through the menus while driving. I have the same issue with the Tesla screen….. and don’t get me started on the ergonomic/safety issue of not having the screen in front of the driver. I absolutely love your videos…. They are helping me to shape my options for an EV when Australia eventually has the infrastructure to support ownership of an EV (including Tesla’s).

Your auto focus videos are great! But it would be nice to see more cars like EV6, Mach-E, Ioniq 5 etc

I test drove the regular EQS and it's got so many stupid design decisions that it would probably frustrate me to no end. But! It was the most sublime driving experience I've ever had, and I had a few high-end cars before (Q7, e-tron). Never felt as comfortable and serene in a car before.

I love this channel more and more. So cool to see a guy who actually drives these things talk about the goods and the bads. I could never afford something like this, but it's cool to see the state of the tech, and tech is what Marques has always done so well.

I love it ..The pedals you can set it up at no regen and they won't move. The only reason they move is so that in active regen, you don't press them too hard and then you stop before you intended it to stop.

Great review. I custom ordered my EQS 580 in January, and it literally JUST ARRIVED. 8 months later =/ It's getting delivered to me this week. I am coming out of a GLE, so I'm most nervous about missing the engine sound. But I think it'll be nice having the quietness. I am a fan of comfort and luxury interiors, so this review solidified my thoughts. Thanksss.

So cool to see a YouTuber with dozens of 8K cameras, a team of professionals, robots, lenses, the whole bit, just standing in a parking lot with his iPhone shooting a onetake and uploading it to prove a point. Love it 😆

I don't own an EV yet, but I recently rented an VW ID.4 for a long road trip. I don't think the brake pedal moved, but it definitely had this intuitive/smart regen braking, and I actually loved it. If there was a long downhill section I didn't have to worry about changing the amount of regen, or adjusting with the brake, to keep a perfect distance to the car in front. I just chose the distance I wanted, and it kept that for me by increasing or decreasing the amount of regen. But it didn't just pay attention to cars, also did it for sharp bends and it kept track of the speed limit. So if I was regening down a hill at lets say 80km/t, but then the speed limit changed to 50km/h, I didn't have to do a thing, it just applied more regen and continued at 50km/h. As long as you have the ability to switch such smart assists on/off as you please, or override it when needed, I think they are awesome.

In the first 25 seconds, you've spread more wisdom on youtube than 99% of all other channels in 99% of their time. Love your stuff!

The brake lever moving is definitely strange, but it's hard to strike a good balance. There's gotta be some compromise between the pedal travel, the amount of force/torque it takes to push the pedal down, and the amount of braking action such that one of these doesn't match the way you'd expect it to be with exclusively friction brakes.