After imagining several variations of the Renault 5 Prototype some time ago, our already well-known X-Tomi Design has now focused on the Mercedes-Benz EQS imagining a variant designed especially for families.
The result was a Mercedes-Benz EQS van that continues the Stuttgart brand's long tradition of vans without harming the aerodynamic profile that characterizes the German brand's top-of-the-range electric range.
As you would expect, the front section of this creation of the X-Tomi Design is identical to the Mercedes-Benz EQS, with the differences starting more or less in the middle of the car. From then onwards, the more horizontal extension of the roof line and the C-pillar to the rear becomes evident. The new window and a profile very similar to that of the CLA Shooting Brake stand out.
Other ways to "be familiar"
Despite the interesting look of the X-Tomi Design proposal, the truth is that it doesn't seem to be in the plans of Mercedes-Benz any bodywork variant of the EQS. However, this does not mean that Mercedes-Benz is not planning a model with the luxury and technology of the EQS but in a more “familiar” format.
For 2022 the German brand is preparing to launch a kind of SUV variant of the EQS (and the still unknown EQE). These two SUVs will be produced in the USA, more precisely at the Mercedes-Benz plant in Tuscaloosa.
Interestingly, this confirms that the use of this dedicated EVA platform from Mercedes-Benz will hardly reach the minivan format. Despite the ever-expanding EQ range, none of the models takes on this form, the vast majority of them being SUV/Crossover capitalizing on their greater global commercial expression — vans are above all a European phenomenon.
That said, two questions remain: will there be 100% electric Mercedes-Benz vans in the future? And last but not least, has this EQS van convinced you?