Mercedes-Benz EQB (X243) · 1st generation EQB

X243

Seven seats turned the compact electric SUV into family transport.

Production
2021–2025
Seats
up to 7
Body
5-door SUV
Charging
100 kW DC
Mercedes-Benz EQB (X243) (X243)

The EQB answered an unusually practical question for an early electric car: where do the sixth and seventh passengers sit?

X243 adapted the GLB’s long 2,829 mm wheelbase and square roof to the same compact electric hardware used by EQA. The result was one of the few battery-electric cars in its class with an optional third row, suitable for passengers up to 1.65 meters tall. European sales began late in 2021 with the dual-motor EQB 300 and EQB 350 4MATIC, both using a usable 66.5 kWh battery and 100 kW DC charging; front-drive 250 and longer-range 250+ versions followed.

A 2023 update brought the star-pattern black panel, Plug & Charge, newer MBUX and, for five-seat cars, the first factory trailer hitch. Global launch timing and North American model years do not align: Europe and China received EQB at the end of 2021, while the United States began with model year 2022 and ended after model year 2025. Kecskemét completed the X243 run as it changed over to the all-new electric GLB, whose series production began in December 2025; some markets continued to advertise remaining EQB stock in 2026.

Wnętrze X243
Two optional folding seats made EQB a rare seven-passenger electric compact SUV.

Every model.

Two front-drive versions and two dual-motor 4MATIC versions; unpublished drive-unit codes remain empty.

ModelLata modelowePodwozieSilnikSkrzynia biegówRazem
EQB 2502022–2023243— —
EQB 250+2023–2025243— —
EQB 300 4MATIC2021–2025243— —
EQB 350 4MATIC2021–2024243— —
Profil boczny X243
A 2,829 mm wheelbase and near-vertical tail preserved the GLB’s family-car packaging.

Year by year.

From Shanghai in 2021 through the 2024 update and the 2025 changeover to electric GLB.

  1. 2021
    • 18 April: EQB makes its world premiere in Shanghai; European specification follows in September.
    • European launch at the end of the year with EQB 300 4MATIC (168 kW) and EQB 350 4MATIC (215 kW), each rated at 419 km WLTP.
    • Kecskemét builds global-market cars as the first series-production electric Mercedes-Benz from Hungary; Beijing supplies China.
  2. 2022
    • United States launch for model year 2022 with EQB 300 4MATIC and EQB 350 4MATIC, one model year after the global debut.
    • Front-drive EQB 250 broadens the European range; a long-range version follows.
  3. 2023
    • EQB 250+ pairs front-wheel drive with the larger battery and becomes the range leader.
    • 23 August: updated EQB announced with a star-pattern black-panel front, revised lamps and steering wheel, improved MBUX and assistance systems, Sound Experiences and Plug & Charge.
    • A trailer hitch becomes optional for five-seat cars, rated to tow 1,400 kg with front-wheel drive or 1,700 kg with 4MATIC.
  4. 2024
    • Updated cars reach European dealers early in the year and North America as model year 2024.
  5. 2025
    • EQB reaches the end of its planned North American life cycle after model year 2025; the configurator closes as Kecskemét fulfils the final orders.
    • December: series production of the successor electric GLB begins at Kecskemét on the 800-volt MMA platform.
  6. 2026
    • The all-new electric GLB reaches customers under the established GLB name, ending the separate EQB nameplate; remaining X243 stock continues in some market guides.
Widok tylny X243 z trzech czwartych
Five-seat cars offered 495–1,710 liters of luggage room; the third row traded cargo for passengers.

Original brochures.

Factory EQB sales literature, including the updated five- and seven-seat range.

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