US: Mercedes-Benz More Than Tripled EQ Sales In Q1 2023

Every tenth new Mercedes-Benz car sold was all-electric.

Mercedes-Benz EQS SUV

Mark Kane

By: Mark Kane

Apr 13, 2023 at 9:42am ET

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Mercedes-Benz reports 61,531 car sales in the United States during the first quarter of 2023, which is 1.2 percent less than a year ago. When including commercial vans, then the total is 75,701 (down 0.3% year-over-year).

Meanwhile, Mercedes-Benz all-electric car sales more than tripled and reached a new all-time record of 7,341 (up 251 percent year-over-year). That's 11.9 percent of the total passenger car sales.

That's a pretty strong result, even when compared to local mainstream brands (Ford sold 10,866 units in Q1).

The German manufacturer clearly benefits from the expansion of the lineup, which currently consists of four models (EQB, EQE Sedan, EQS Sedan and EQS SUV). In the near future, it will be joined by two more (EQE SUV and Mercedes-Maybach EQS SUV).

Dimitris Psillakis, President and CEO of Mercedes-Benz USA said:

"Strong demand and customer desire for our newly introduced EQ models as well as Top-End vehicles combined to propel our results in the first quarter. We expect to further strengthen our position in the luxury SUV segment with the all-new EQE SUV, our second fully-electric SUV built in Alabama, and the upcoming all-electric Mercedes-Maybach EQS SUV."

Mercedes-Benz EQ sales last quarter: