General Discussion Banter GLN, page-132

Not complaining or arguing but I would like to say "rolling out its first battery-powered vehicles" is not accurate; Mercedes had the B250e model, 100% electric and I think was using Tesla powertrain.
From Bloomberg news:
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-09-04/mercedes-benz-eq-400-suv-pictures-specs
"The EQs, which stands for “electric intelligence,” aren’t the first pure-electric cars from the Stuttgart, Germany-based automaker. Earlier this year, Mercedes discontinued the B250e, a small electric hatchback of sorts, because of lack of sales."
The B250e was not promoted much; a bit of "under the radar" model with a shorter range.
Now EQC is showing the commitment and the fact that Mercedes is stepping up.