The Mercedes-Benz EQB has been in the marketplace for less than two years, and already, it’s getting a makeover. The 2024 EQB received’t differ mechanically from the 2023 model. However it’s going to look completely different and have a number of inside tweaks which may make it extra interesting to customers.

The EQB is a singular automobile — a small electrical SUV from a luxurious automaker however with the choice of a small third row letting you carry seven. It arguably competes with the Tesla Mannequin Y electrical automobile (EV) for patrons. However Tesla’s current value cuts and intense pursuit of gross sales quantity — the Mannequin Y was the best-selling automobile on the planet final quarter — lead some luxurious customers to conclude that it’s not a real competitor for the extra unique Mercedes.

Our professional check driver discovered the present EQB “a surprisingly sensible small SUV” that’s “massive and small in all the fitting locations.”

However Mercedes discovered room for enchancment.

The Household Look

Mainly, meaning facial reconstruction. The 2024 EQB will get a entrance fascia extra consistent with the remainder of Mercedes’ EQ electrical lineup. The false grille (EVs don’t require precise airflow there) is now a shiny black sheet with a sample of tiny 3-pointed stars and a lightweight bar throughout the highest linking the daytime working lights. The entrance bumper has additionally been flippantly reshaped.

Within the again, new taillights comprise parallel strains of sunshine rather than the oblong LEDs of final 12 months.

Mercedes hasn’t introduced pricing. The present EQB begins at $52,750 and pushes into the low $60,000 vary. The upgrades will imply a value enhance, however we don’t anticipate an enormous one. The EQB is constructed exterior North America and doesn’t qualify for federal EV tax credit.

New Commonplace Display screen, Sound Profiles

Inside, the 2024 EQB will get a brand new steering wheel with haptic-touch controls. A ten.25-inch touchscreen, as soon as an possibility on some trim ranges, is now customary on all. That additionally makes wi-fi Apple CarPlay and Android Auto customary and allows each EQB to obtain over-the-air updates.

Consumers get two sound profiles and might unlock extra at Mercedes’ on-line retailer for a charge. The optionally available Burmester audio system provides Dolby Atmos tech. And 2024 EQB patrons will get Plug & Cost know-how — the power to plug into so-equipped public chargers and let the automobile deal with cost, skipping the steps of swiping your card and agreeing to phrases.

Powertrains will stay the identical. In keeping with Mercedes-Benz, the 2023 EQB fashions included a base front-wheel-drive possibility making 188 horsepower with a 245-mile vary, an all-wheel drive (AWD) model making 225 horsepower with 232 miles between prices, and a 288-horsepower AWD variation good for 221 miles.