Tour the luxurious interior of Mercedes-Benz’s $141,000 Tesla rival, which has 4 screens, massaging seats, and a fingerprint scanner

Some electrical automobiles are all about affordability, quickness, or vary.

But in Mercedes-Benz’s new EQS, a mind-blowing interior full of luxurious touches and tech options steals the present.

The firm lately lent me a $141,000 EQS 580 to get a nearer have a look at the new rival to Tesla’s Model S.

Here’s a full tour of what you get inside the battery-powered model of Mercedes-Benz’s famed S-Class sedan.

Slip inside and you are cradled by cozy leather-based seats which have massaging, cooling, and heating features.

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The seat controls are on the door and really feel tremendous sturdy.

It does not take lengthy to note that every part inside the EQS feels supremely high-end and well-built.

The turbine-style air vents swivel easily and the knurled-metal dial that controls the windshield wipers turns with a satisfying click on.

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The flat-bottomed steering wheel is thick and substantial.

There’s a chic wooden panel that slides away to disclose cupholders and a smartphone-charging middle.

Nearby you may discover the automotive’s begin button, a button for choosing drive modes, and some additional controls for the media participant.

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Mercedes additionally included a fingerprint scanner. It permits completely different drivers to hop in, scan their fingerprint, and have all the automotive’s settings precisely how they like them.

The central storage cubby in my take a look at automotive was coated in suede.

Ambient lighting strips are scattered all through the interior. Passengers can select from 64 colours or multicolor choices.

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One good contact: A slim piece of trim weaves its method, nearly unbroken, round the total cockpit.

The star of the present is the 56-inch “Hyperscreen.” It brings the wow issue with three distinct shows housed beneath a single sheet of glass.

The driver will get a digital instrument cluster that may be configured in a bunch of other ways.

The middle display allows you to navigate to a vacation spot, discover charging stations, and mess around with tons of automobile settings. It’s remarkably intuitive and conscious of faucets.

It additionally homes the local weather controls, which completely reside in a panel towards the backside of the display.

When the automotive senses a passenger in the entrance seat, it switches on the third display.

It lets passengers plot a route or change the music with out having to fiddle with the most important touchscreen.

There’s additionally a head-up show that tasks velocity, cruise-control settings, and turn-by-turn instructions onto the windshield. So you do not have to concentrate to the screens all the time in the event you do not wish to.

If this all appears like data overload, do not fret. The Hyperscreen is optionally available and the EQS comes commonplace with a extra modest show.

The again seats have lots of legroom and headroom. Plus the “Executive Rear Seating Package” on my take a look at automotive added a ton of additional goodies.

Back-seat passengers get their very own local weather controls and air vents.

That’s no shock in a automotive of this caliber.

Fold down the middle armrest, and issues begin to get a bit extra thrilling.

There you may discover a touchscreen that adjusts issues like the massaging seats, media participant, and ambient lighting.

It’s detachable.

Inside the armrest, there’s a wi-fi cellphone charger.

Back-seat passengers additionally get squishy little pillows for napping.

Dual sunroofs add to a sense of openness in the cabin.

Overall, the EQS 580 is a quiet, snug, and exceedingly nice place to be — in the event you can afford it.