("Bronx Back" by Brotkasten TV)
- Okay guys,
this is really,
really crazy.
Right now we're at the top
of a mountain or a hill.
We're talking with our
friends at Mercedes last night
and they said,
that they have a car
called the Concept EQ,
that's rolling out in 2019.
And they invited us to take a shot
and riding in it.
They're filming a full on
production commercial right now
around here.
So, they're just gonna give us
like a few minutes to go on a ride.
So I thought,
I'd bring you along.
You guys know
that we love electric vehicles.
So I'm really excited to
see what the future is,
because as nice as the Tesla is,
it's kind of like the trendsetter.
Everybody gets to come out
with their versions of electric cars.
So we wanted to show you guys,
what Mercedes has in store
for electric vehicles.
This is a concept car.
It's called Concept EQ.
It's not the full production model
of what's gonna come out in 2019,
but yeah,
I'm stoked.
Look at this.
Camera,
camera,
cameras.
Even the front of it has
all the different set ups,
so you could have people sit there,
hook up your cameras.
That's an $80,000 camera
right there.
(cash register opens)
Alright,
it's really windy.
But I have to show you what it looks like.
(jazz music)
There it is.
Look at the grill on that.
(laughing)
That's what I wanna see.
An actual video camera
for the rear view cameras.
Okay,
the grill is all lit up.
Check it out.
Here's your headlights,
you have this beautiful blue LED.
I mean,
this is the daytime,
and we can see it right now.
Look how gorgeous that is.
Whoa,
that is nice.
No door handles at all,
nothing.
Put your hand right here,
and the door opens for ya.
There's the video camera,
shows up right there on the
side for that side mirror.
Check out the seats.
So smooth.
The blue lighting on the back.
Gorgeous,
look at that sunroof.
The entire thing is a sunroof.
We have integrated screens
right here on the backseat.
Did you see the map?
Like there's a map on there.
Oh my goodness,
are you guys seeing this?
A light bar that goes across there.
He's controlling the
temperature of the light,
blue, red.
And the rear view camera
is showing up right here in the top.
There's the rear view display,
but it actually is the camera
that's looking in the back of the car.
There's the commercial shooting people,
that are gonna film a commercial.
They're setting everything
up but their cameras.
And he's the one that brought us up here.
Thank you Wolfgang.
- You welcome.
- This car is beautiful.
- Oh,
there's a lot of light
here in the interior.
Not only the sunlight
but in the front we have those LEDs.
They're colored depending on your driving.
So if you're speeding up
and you're really fast,
it's gonna be bright and white.
And if you keep slowing down,
it's gonna be more colorful.
In this case it's blue
because it's EQ,
it's our color.
But you can change that to the
color you want in your car.
Right here,
on the back of the seat,
you got the blue,
you got the blue on the seats right here.
There's some more lights.
Here's some more lights.
See these right here?
These little holes,
what it looks like.
It's actually little particle lights
that come through here so.
- [Wolfgang] You can see it here.
In this case it's blue.
Imagine you start driving,
and it changes to white.
You feel the speed inside.
And if you wanna extra comfy,
you might need another color.
And we really like this ambient light,
putting it on the next
level all around you.
- [Daniel] Look at the stick
shift that it has on here.
For park,
drive,
everything.
Right there.
It's beautiful.
We're going.
There's the following car right there.
There's one, two, three,
seven people following
us in that one Ranger.
We're driving.
We're going.
The lights are changing.
("Die 4 U" by Space Cowboy)
- We're driving on a closed track.
They've shut down the road,
so that this can go back and forth.
There's the guys that were following us.
I don't know how they kept up in that.
We were going fast.
Look at this roof.
This right here,
this bar,
is not even connected
to the glass on the top.
It just goes across.
There's so much leg room up here.
The word from the production crew---
Oh, we better do this.
We're gonna go 40 kilometers per hour.
This is electronic intelligence
that they're doing with
the electronic vehicle.
And so,
it's not just about having
some lithium ion batteries in there
and having the car be electric,
but it's about everything
that goes with it,
with the lighting,
with the color,
with the 3D controls,
with possible automation.
We're like right on the
coast cruising right now.
(calm music)
- [Daniel] So where has this been driven?
Berlin,
California right?
- Sunnyvale California yes.
And now here.
- [Daniel] And now here.
- Portugal.
- This is the third place
that this car has literally ever been,
ever,
ever.
And we're here.
That's awesome.
Watch this.
(door unlocks)
Ooh, it did.
It just opened.
Alright,
thank you.
(door slams)
Look how sleek that is.
I want this on my car.
This is like,
this is steel looking.
Look at that.
I'm going in the follow car.
I'm serious.
This is happening.
40 kilometers is faster in this thing.
(calm music)
I don't know.
That was too cool.
(calm music)
This is what it's like to be
on a professional commercial shoot.
I'm sitting in the car.
I should've probably
asked before I did this.
Someday I will drive this.
Probably will have to wait till 2019.
(car speeding)
- [Daniel] And they're off.
There they go.
Look at them go.
It's so funny.
I just have my little camera.
I don't do like huge production things,
obviously,
so it's really cool to see how
an actual commercial is made.
The one question that
everybody is gonna have is,
how big is the battery?
How fast does it go?
And how long does it take to charge?
So,
battery is gonna give you about
500 kilometers on a full charge.
Which in the miles range,
that's around 310 miles per charge.
Which is in line with the Tesla model X
and the Tesla model S,
which those are anywhere from 270 to 330.
Our Tesla model X,
that's 100D.
That one gets about 300 miles of range.
Zero to 60 for comparison
in the Tesla model X is 4.7 seconds.
And this one is under five seconds.
So I don't have the exact time,
but they did say it is
under five seconds so.
You can charge 100 kilometers
in abour 10 minutes.
So it does have a fast type charge to it.
All the specs that they're telling me
are very competitive with
what the Tesla model X is.
It is beautiful inside,
and I think that's one thing that,
if you know Mercedes,
they are high end.
Daimler has been around
for a very long time,
so if they're going to do it,
they're gonna do it right.
In Europe,
one of the things that they need is,
they need to be able
to have multiple places
that they can charge this thing.
Daimler,
BMW,
a lot of the different auto manufacturers
are joining together to
make charging stations,
that are all across Europe.
Doesn't matter which
electric car you drive,
you can charge there.
Even a Tesla can charge
at their places so.
Tesla has their super charging stations.
These companies are going
to come together to make
a charging station that
every electric car can use.
That's a great idea.
I really like that.
So thank you Mercedes
for letting us come here.
They did not pay us to come up here.
They basically just said,
do you wanna go a ride in our car.
And they let us do it.
So let me know in the comments,
are you excited to see
the Concept DQ come out.
I'm excited to get to take a ride
and actually drive it myself.
(calm music)
