The debut of the April Auto Show, the pre-sale was announced in June, and the July Gold Edition was officially launched. The new car Xuanfa has been fully adapted to the "rhythm" of the Chinese market Mercedes-Benz pure electric GLC, what is the point of view of the scientific and technological configuration? How has the technical background of the new architecture changed from the EQ sub-brand to full access to the fuel vehicle product line? Again, confronted with the new understanding of "quality and price beauty" cultivated by China's new energy vehicles, is this "electric big run" enough to watch? In this issue, we will take a comprehensive look at it from a technical perspective other than beauty. Technical point 1: Mercedes-Benz "800 Volt Platform + MB.EA Architecture" The first mass-produced SUV 2025 Munich Auto Show, Mercedes-Benz Pure Electric GLC officially launched in the world Although Mercedes-Benz may not completely shift to electric vehicle production in 2030, although the new platform exclusive to large luxury electric vehicles should be difficult to restart in the short term, the MB.EA architecture for medium and large electric passenger vehicles, the AMG.EA architecture for high-performance needs, and the VAN.EA architecture for MPVs and commercial vehicles will still be firmly supported. The new Mercedes-Benz Pure Electric GLC is based on the MB.EA architecture. Technically, it can support the 800V high-voltage SiC platform, which means that it will be possible to pursue excellent energy consumption. Refer to the official data: equipped with dual motors and 85.5kWh ternary lithium batteries, the quality of the new car is 2515kg, the power consumption of 100 kilometers can be controlled at 14.4kWh/100km, and the CLTC endurance can reach 680km. Moreover, it is said that when Mercedes-Benz's pure electric vehicles declare the endurance of CLTC comprehensive working conditions, they will also reduce the endurance data by 2% under the premise of regulations, so as to make the display data closer to reality. At the same time, the modular scalability of the new architecture is still very strong. The new C-level pure electric version of Mercedes-Benz is also based on this architecture, and the domestic pure electric GLC wheelbase is actually 55mm longer than overseas standard wheelbase models. Technical point of view 2: The exterior interior has many eye-catching configurations, "luminous grille, Dalian screen, starry sky top"... In fact, compared to the previous work, the most intuitive change of the new Mercedes-Benz pure electric GLC is in the user's perception of a stronger appearance and interior, such as a large vintage shield format grille. The style is very similar to the Mercedes-Benz 300 SE of the 1960s. It integrates 942 polycarbonate backlights on the closed structure, and the bezels and logos can also be illuminated. In addition, the floating seamless MBUX hyperconnect screen, which is also the largest size in Mercedes-Benz history, can reach 39.1 inches (99.3 cm), and the panel uses matrix backlight technology and contains 1000 LED light points. With excellent screen display, the new pure-electric GLC also comprehensively enhances intelligent performance, including the use of the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8295P smart cockpit chip, the image of the virtual assistant "Xiaoben" led by the Chinese team, the use of Momenta's intelligent assisted driving solution in the Chinese market, and so on. It also caters to the user's preferences, and panoramic canopies are also used, with 3 layers of silver plating. In terms of function, the transparency of 9 zones can be adjusted, and 154 star emblems can be illuminated. According to official information, the roof glass can achieve an infrared insulation rate of 99.4% and an ultraviolet insulation rate of 99.9%, and the heat insulation is also sunscreen. Technical point of view three: "front and rear dual permanent magnet synchronous motors + two-speed gearbox" combination is rarely known in the same class. The domestic dual-motor version of pure electric vehicles is widely used in the "front AC asynchronous + rear permanent magnet synchronous" motor combination, which is mainly to ensure four-drive power at the same time, and significantly reduce the drag loss of the front motor during rear drive. However, the pure electric GLC directly uses the front and rear dual permanent magnet synchronous motors. By adding a set of DCU four-wheel drive disconnecting device, it can be instantaneously combined or disconnected according to the driving state, thus decoupling and separating the electric drive unit of the front axle from the transmission to achieve efficient power saving. Among them, the front motor comes from Bosch, and the rear motor comes from Mercedes-Benz, with a total power of 463kW. Coincidentally, unlike the "broad consensus" of single-speed gearboxes with fixed gear ratio, pure electric GLC chose to equip the rear axle with a two-speed gearbox, similar to the pure electric CLA 260L launched in the early stage. The role of this configuration is also to improve energy efficiency. The first gear is mainly responsible for low-speed heavy loading and dragging, and the second gear is mainly for urban commuting and high-speed cruising. Technical point of view 4: "Air suspension + backward rotation" can also be equipped with chassis suspension on pure electric GLC. The main highlight of this pure electric GLC is that it is derived from S-class air suspension and ads + damping technology. It has excellent filtering effect for fine vibration of the road surface and impact of the reduction belt, and the suspension height of the vehicle also supports voice control. Specific to the shock absorber, a single-cylinder double-valve design is also used, in which the "single-cylinder" can make the oil-gas separation quieter, and the "double valve" can achieve independent control of compression and rebound. In addition, Mercedes-Benz's rear wheel active steering is also used for the first time on the GLC model. The rear wheel can achieve bidirectional 4.5° steering, and the turning diameter can be shortened from 12.3 meters to 11.3 meters. Brief summary, even if the road to electrification of Mercedes-Benz is not as smooth as expected, the luxury heritage and technical aura of the triple star brand can still make it easy to gain a lot of attention. You can see that on the new pure electric GLC, in addition to adhering to the unique understanding of technical configuration, it also greatly increases the narrative of the user's strong perception level, such as "luminous grille, Dalian screen, starry sky top". More importantly, the guiding price of the Chinese gold version of 339,800, and the Hui silver version sold from less than 300,000, are indeed lowered. What do you think? (Photo/Li Zhi, Wen Auto House).