Mercedes-Benz’s electric G-Wagen is coming in mid-2024, chairman says
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A concept version of the EQG was unveiled in 2021. | Images: Mercedes-Benz Mercedes-Benz's electric G-Wagen will arrive in mid-2024, the company's chairman Ola Kallenius said during a roundtable with reporters this week, according to Autoblog.
Kallenius also said he drove a prototype version of the electric SUV at the company's testing facility in Graz, Austria, and came away convinced that the future of off-road adventure is electric.
When Mercedes first unveiled a concept version of the electric SUV in September 2021, the company wouldn't confirm any production plans. In fact, Kallenius himself said in 2019 that he wasn't sure whether the G-Wagen would have much of a future at all. Now it seems like an electric version of the boxy off-roader is on its way.
(This isn't entirely new information; Kallenius...