I'm not against Mercedes. I just don't like gas cars anymore. I've had six years of driving 3 different Teslas and I just can't see myself in a MB product.
I'm a tech savy 53 year old, Mercedes to me represent the old school, it kinda like a 1980's rock band (in this case the Scorpions - from Germany), they were great back when I was a kid and used to listen to their records, but as I got old and more creaky (former Paratrooper), I wanted something smooth, fast, quiet, James Bondesque, futuristic, something with a brand that meant something, something that reminded me how fast I used to be, Tesla has been that car, my stop light racing days are over too, but my on highway launches in the DC area are needed to deal with the 1st generation drivers around here. I am sold on Tesla and I am reminded every day, when I drive by the school in our neighbor that every kid points and you see their lips say it ''Look a Tesla"... nobody says that about MB when they are making ugly cars like this thing.
I am glad they are finally coming to the market with an electric vehicle, but I think they are
virtue signalling to appease a segment of the driving population, they aren't serious and don't want to dilute their legacy core market. I will go test drive the MB, but thats it, without a nationwide network of chargers, I'm not really interested, if they adopted the Tesla infrastructure, I would seriously consider it if the car was superior technically and specs (range, acceleration, handling, user interface - usually MB's weakest link) to the P100D Raven Model S.