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By Jonathan Crouch

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The GLC with EQ Technology puts the advanced Mercedes MB.EA bespoke EV platform to good use at the premium end of the sector for mid-sized electric SUVs. It's aggressively styled, astonishingly sophisticated inside and sets new standards for EV range in a Mercedes SUV. But one key rival, BMW's iX3, will offer stiff opposition.

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Mercedes calls this GLC 'with EQ Technology' a key part of its current ramped-up product offensive. For some, that adjective might be one of those that springs to mind in describing the divisive front end of this mid-sized electric SUV, but Stuttgart clearly wanted it to stand out - as it needs to at the premium end of an over-crowded class. Effectively, it's a successor to the old EQC, which was quite separate to the combustion GLC models it sold alongside for five years. Despite its name, the GLC 'with EQ Technology' is equally different in almost every way from its fossil-fuelled counterpart. And, unlike with the old EQC, the all-new MB.EA bespoke EV platform has a much faster-charging 800V electrical architecture, with a bigger battery allowing for much longer drive range. All of which this car will very much need to take on its arch rival, BMW second generation iX3. Let's take a closer look.