The BMW i7 xDrive 60 runs circles around the Mercedes EQS! 

A friend did a test drive of the i7 only last week and was staggered how something so heavy can handle and drive so well....that is while riding so smooth and comfortably!

Mercedes EQs have been designed and engineered by people not worthy of the Star. First because they wanted to distinguish, in terms of design, their internal combustion engine cars from their BEVs, failing miserably because the design of the EQs is pitiful: how is it possible not to understand that an S class is a thousand times more attractive than an EQS ( which, in my opinion, is unwatchable)? Second, driving dynamics: even BMW is overtaking Mercedes, and this says a lot about who works at Mercedes. Wake up Mercedes, I don't recognize you anymore!

I think I might be in the minority but I really like the design of the i7. Especially the headlights 😮

I was lucky enough yesterday to spend some time with this car. Amazing!

I have been a fan for 10+ years. Amazing stuff, keep it up. Your political commentary (coming from the industry) was on point ;-). All the best.

BMW is killing it with their design. Give me this over the MB. Still prefer the ICE over EV.

BMW is doing the best of all the German car makers currently it seems. Their build and material quality is way above Mercedes and Audi and just their overall execution is better.

wonderful car. We had a few of them lately and they are awesome.

AMAZING video and information that's informative and thought provoking when it comes to EV's. I've always been a fan and will continue due to the presentation of each video.

Sat in one while getting the wife’s X3 serviced. At 6’2” I found it impossible to find a seat / steering wheel position where the screen was not partially obscured by the wheel. But, as a BMW fan I loved the interior.

The new i5 should be pretty nice.

the way this is way better than the G90 LMAO

I enjoyed this video. A great vehicle that outshines a lot of luxury cars out there, and possibly the best luxury Electric Sedan. Thank you sir!

BMW is really killing it on design and driving dynamics of their EV lineup. Still not a big fan of the nose of the new 7 series with the split headlights. I didn’t like it when Hyundai did it and I don’t like it here. Your new Camera setup is outstanding and a great improvement over your previous setup. Great review as always!

The bmw i7 is a marvelous piece of engineering the interior is out of the world Mercedes needs to step up their game

How much does this thing weigh? 6000 pounds? Holly crap! Nice review and glad you liked driving it. Amazing

Arizona built Lucid Air sedan in red please.

You should check the charge rate as BMW delivers the car with it set pretty low for some odd reason

slow charging i consider not a small issue...that should had been sorted before they launched the car to production

Preferred iDrive 7 system with their physical buttons. By far!

The way he turns these corners on these Cali highways are fucking amazing I just watch just to see him drive I mute the sound 😆😆😆

Motoman,I totally agree with you on the charging infrastructure. Something which BMW have promised will be addressed on the Neue Klasse platform. This i7 really trumps the EQS!

After the disappointment the EQE has become, im really hyped for the BMW i5, which should be available as a sedan or wagon.

The 11 kW on board charger can take advantage of a home EVSE at 40A or 50A. However a 101.7 kWh battery is not taking advantage of its size and should be configured at around 800VDC or like the Lucid Air at over 900VDC. The real advantage at these higher nominal voltages with a global vehicle is that in a market with an expansive road system it’s a better fit because you can recharge quicker and thus shortening extended trips or make busy weeks much less cumbersome in the form of charging. This comes because Level II chargers are current limited sometimes below the CCS limitation. Current multiplied by Voltage is power delivered. The higher the voltage the more stress taken off of current demands (or limitations) allowing for greater power delivery with the same or less current because charging losses are minimized. This takes the losses due to higher current by way of heat in the transfer of electrons off the table. All that, to say this: love that battery materials are sourced wisely but putting them in series and parallel to achieve double or more the nominal voltage is just a wise design choice and is critical moving forward. Genesis is advantaging the development in this regard because not everyone has a driver that has nothing better to do than hang around charging a thirsty beast. That does touch on efficiency a bit as 300 miles with 100+ kWh battery is really thirsty. There is homework to be done there no doubt. What’s a few more bucks in charging to an executive? No it’s how far can I be chauffeured before Jeeves has to delay my journey charging the vehicle again. Let’s just keep charging easily off the radar with a couple hundred miles added before brunch is over an Jeeves is at the door waiting on me (not the other way around).

I can't say I understand what you mean when you say, "don't bother me with the facts. My mind is already made up." Conflict between minerals and metals have been discussed for years, and it's a known issue. It's especially known among progressive environmentalist types like myself. I mean, if you really care about having an apples-to-apples discussion about EVs vs ICEs, and which is really better for the environment, fine. It's still going to be EVs. All of the opposing views that I've had the displeasure of reading, or watching on RU-vid, they always come from people who don't understand the difference between a kWh and a kilowatt. Prager U, for example, loves using coal-generated electricity as an example, never renewable energy, never nuclear power, or even a mix of all types combined. They stick to coal, and compare the emissions per mile of an electric vehicle with the tailpipe emissions of a gasoline car. Being the cheeky asshole I am, I love asking the tough questions to people I see online who never share facts or data, but share memes with an EV charging, with a coal power plant in the background. I like the ask, "where does the energy come from to extract, refine, and transport oil?" I mean, if you're insistent* on implying the same things about electric vehicles being "not ready for prime time", fine. Let's have this discussion. Seriously. Where does the energy come from to extract the oil, pump it through a pipeline, refine it into gasoline, and the emissions tied to transportation from the refinery to the gas station? The *absolute* best-case scenario you'll see is, ironically, in Norway. Norway produces oil with emissions of only 7.5 kg of CO2 per barrel. Every other country is higher. 12 kg for the US, 14 kg for oil from Russia, 16 kg for oil in China, and a massive 39 kg per barrel from oil in Canada (where I'm from). My response to people who always ask open-ended bad-faith questions about EVs is, "let's just compare them. Apples-to-apples." Go right ahead and go as deep as you want comparing the emissions of EVs with the tailpipe emissions of ICE vehicles. While you're at it, go ahead and really dive into the emissions of oil production as well. And just to stay on-theme with what you said, "anyone who is telling you EVs are green and sustainable, now, or in the near, to medium, future..." just for that, I'd like to hear from you what you find in terms of true emissions from ICE cars and trucks with that of EVs. Forget using perfectly green electricity from renewable sources and nuclear power. You said it yourself. "anyone who is telling you EVs are green and sustainable now..." Use the average emissions from across the US. I don't give a crap. However, take an honest look at the emissions of the *entire* oil and gas supply chain, then apply that to the emissions per mile of whatever car you want. I know that was a lot, but I felt compelled to do this. I've been a fan of your channel for well over 10 years now. I find that people tend to fall down certain rabbit holes when they latch onto ideas that are populist in nature but not supported by the facts.

Battery weight: I had a cell phone in 1900 that weighed about 3lbs! I am confident that the engineers/scientists will get the size and weight of the batteries down significantly by the end of the decade.

800v charging architecture is fast IF you have access to them. Most people’s home charger is level 2. So it doesn’t matter what’s the max charging speed is. The other issue is increased battery degradation with high speed charging.

I sometimes run circles around my 2003 BMW Z4. But that's another issue.....😬

Mercedes already announced that they are most likely going to phase out the EQ brand. I never understood the EQ brand. Instead of just electrifying existing models they went and create a whole new subbrand.

Wow great to hear how they are sourcing to the first line of supply chain!

And I really like your stand on the environmental desaster, which EVs are. Many wouldn't dare.

The Taycan smoothly coasts forever with regen disabled.

bmw i7 is good but its better with petrol engine and hybrid system thats my opinion nice video.

I got to make my bathroom door automatic opening...

The best real description of evs, I vote it for sure👍

The Norwegian Royal Castle jsut updated the cars,, all EVs and a I7 is among these. Great video and have bonkers 2023!

Motoman, why is it that the delivery charge on BMWs is ~$1k and on many domestic built vehicles it’s considerably more. I don’t get it…

It may handle better but it's ugly if not uglier than the eqs...

So, what'll BMW do if the Chinese-Argentinian negotiations over a Naval base materialize? Anyway, back to the bimmer, I'm not usually a fan of matte blacks, but dang! it looks good on the new 7.

one would hope their evs dont break down like their ice efforts

How do you say 3 out of 3 in german, oh also grand slam!

This thing will be $25k in 5 years.

Am I the only one who thinks that "Satin" and not "Flat" Black? 🤔

FACTS. China has very little lithium. The Chinese process ~90% of the world's battery grade lithium. The US energy grid gets cleaner every year. Where people buy the more electric vehicles the grid is cleaner. California and Washington have cleaner grids than Indiana and Kentucky. Tesla sources most of their cobalt from the Philippines. Tesla gets their nickel from Canada, Brazil, and Indonesia. Only Chinese made cars have their cobalt ,lithium, and nickel processed in China.

The new 7 series makes the s class look current gen instead.

The MB EQS looks like a Toyota Corolla compared to this BMW….And I’m a MB fanboy🤦🏾‍♂️

Well, unless this is a local chauffered vehicle only, this is out.

Thank you for covering the source issue with respect for electric vehicles... many believe these materials just fall from the sky... deep rooted social issues are directly tied to our current obsession with "saving the world' via EV's!

It's amazing how many people have believed that full EVs make sense and are saving the planet... choosing fairytales over facts.

Because oil is found in friendly places...no strain with Russia, the Arab world, etc.

I think he makes it clear that they are more sustainable over the long term but less sustainable over the short term. Gasoline is the opposite. It's sustainability life time has ran out and is unsustainable. Comparing the early and mid 1900's gas sustainability and today's EV's unsustainability just isn't fair because gasoline sustainability has long expired.

This is an SUV to me because it's so tall that it loses all classic sedan looks. This is about 100mm taller than the previous generation and the hood of this car is like 150mm higher than before. The silouette is now closer to something like a Rolls Royce but it doesn't sell it because the design looks so much cheaper and too angular and it has so many plastic toy looking design elements.

Okay, who out there wants to get hit by a six thousand pound car?

Merc generally has become a joke riding of the glory of its ancestors, history and legendary models from an era now long gone. Am 75 now and swore by mercedes for 40 yrs or so. Wouldn’t even look or consider anything else. Now cant believe that cant stand it. Wish they would just rename the brand to not taint its proud legacy

It ain't pretty or beautiful but it has such a striking design and looks ultra menacing in that colour.

Motoman, the Benz EQS and Taycan GT are way better looking than this rolling LEGO block with a blue and white propeller emblem! 😄

I've recently over the past year become a fan of your channel. Watched one of your videos about a dozen times before making a particular purchase recently. I do find the politics that you bring to your car reviews unnecessary at times. I'm fine with you educating people about the sourcing of minerals for batteries in electric vehicles. Facts are indeed facts, and we should take these things in consideration if we truly want to do what is best for the environment and the world. It's good information. However, you lose me when you start talking about people "wanting your vote". Do you think people who strongly support ICE and the oil/gas industry folks don't also "want your vote"? I think more genuinely honest conversations about this topic would bring about a promising change for the future. But constantly bashing environmentalist, Democrats or liberals as the only group that are making claims for a "vote" is unnecessary and distracting to what would be an otherwise great video. Just my 2 cents obviously.

Bunch of excessively priced options

At 3:30 you're making an argument that leads to environmental perfection paralysis in that your argument while not wrong, any car isn't a sustainable choice whether it's EV or ICE, some choices are much better than others. In the life of a vehicle, over and over it has been show that the EV is generally the far better vehicle for the environment but when you make statements like yours, it feels like you're basically saying, if it's not perfect than why bother doing anything and in turn, people do nothing...paralysis. It's not a good thing.

This 7 series design is tried too hard ...not beautiful. The front design doesn't match with the overall profile ... But Merc EQ series design is a total is a total flop.

BMW's message to the citizens of our climate-stressed world: "Let them eat cake". The sourcing of the minerals is nothing but clickbait for those that would like to think this is an environmental wonder. Let's see, 7,000 pounds of metal and minerals to provide transportation for typically, one person makes it one of the LEAST efficient cars on the road. Really, with all their technological and marketing experience, where are the EV's for the other 99.99%? The first companies that deliver quality, full-featured EVs from 30K to 50K will dominate.

Jeezus that is an ugly car…I just can’t stand it

I find this BMW uglier than the EQS

im sure it drives well but man.....this thing looks like a turd on wheels

Nothing will cross my mind. EQS is the beauty and unique, also not identical with other Mercedes Mercedes Benz: THE BEST OR NOTHING

Strangely unaware of the mine to end of life, lifecycle analysis that show EVs emit 50% or less than a fueled vehicle even on a somewhat dirty grid. But every grid is getting greener as time passes. --- Even EVs that plug into dirty grids emit fewer greenhouse gases than gas-powered cars Over the life cycle of an EV - from digging up the materials needed to build it to eventually laying the car to rest - it will release fewer greenhouse gas emissions than a gas-powered car, the research found. Lifetime emissions for an EV in Europe are between 66 and 69 percent lower compared to that of a gas-guzzling vehicle, the analysis found. In the US, an EV produces between 60 to 68 percent fewer emissions. In China, which uses more coal, an EV results in between 37 to 45 percent fewer emissions. In India, it’s between 19 to 34 percent lower. www.theverge.com/2021/7/21/22585682/electric-vehicles-greenhouse-gas-emissions-lifecycle-assessment