The EQC was one of Mercedes' first attempts at selling a global electric vehicle but it never made it to the United States. Initially delayed by over a year, the crossover was supposed to arrive in 2021. However, the three-pointed star ultimately decided against granting the high-riding EV a US visa, "following a comprehensive review of market developments.
" Now, we’ve learned that the model has been discontinued worldwide for some time. In an email sent to Motor1 , Jan Weber, International EQ-Product Communications at Mercedes, confirmed that the EQC was actually discontinued in the second quarter of 2023. That's right—the last electric crossover was assembled more than a year ago.
In July 2022, Business Insider reported on the EQC's scheduled demise in May 2023, but the German luxury brand never made an official announcement. We now have confirmation, albeit over a year after the fact. 2025 Mercedes EQC Sedan spy photo Although the EQC is no more, the nameplate is expected to return for an entirely different EV.
It'll be a Tesla Model 3 fighter with lessons learned from the ultra-sleek Vision EQXX concept . It should be about the size of a CLA or C-Class Sedan and sit on the Modular Mercedes Architecture. Much like the old EQC shared its underpinnings with combustion cars, MMA won't be a dedicated electric platform either.
However, Christoph Starzynski, Mercedes-Benz vice president of development for electric drive, told us in 2022 that the compromise would be on the IC.