Key takeaways: 

• Mercedes-Benz on Tuesday took the wraps off its latest EQS SUV, its first utterly electric SUV made domestically for the U.S. market.
• The car is the sibling of the EQS sedan, released the previous year, with seating for up to seven people and a taller, bubblier view.
• THE COMPANY SAID THAT the SUV is anticipated to go into production at Mercedes-Benz’s plant in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, in the coming months and come into U.S. showrooms in late 2022.

Mercedes-Benz on Tuesday took the wraps off its latest EQS SUV, its first electric SUV assembled domestically for the U.S. market.

The car is the sibling of the EQS sedan, released last year, with seating for up to seven people and a taller, bubblier outlook. According to Mercedes-Benz, it is anticipated to rival the Tesla Model X and BMW iX.

The EQS SUV features a tech-savvy interior with three screens covering the entire instrument panel, which is like a sedan. A single 56-inch curved glass surface surrounds the screens, one of which is a passenger screen that is not visual to the driver.

“With the luxury EQS sedan and the sporty executive EQE sedan, Mercedes-Benz has joined a new, all-electric period in the upper market segments,” the firm said.

THE COMPANY SAID THAT the SUV is anticipated to go into production at Mercedes-Benz’s plant in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, in the coming months and come into U.S. showrooms in late 2022. The U.S. production is an aspect of the German automaker’s methods to create eight latest all-electric vehicles at seven sites on three continents.

Mercedes-Benz did not release pricing for the EQS SUV, but it’s possible to beat $100,000. The EQS sedan models begin at around $102,000 and $126,000.