The best electric vehicle in the world has landed. Perhaps. Such things are entirely subjective: the Porsche Taycan is arguably better looking and certainly marginally faster, the Hyundai Ioniq 5/Kia EV6 twins are stylish and vastly cheaper, the all-electric Tesla brand has a bigger fan base, the BMW iX has plenty of supercool features.

But for sheer technological firepower, it’s hard to beat the Mercedes-Benz EQS53. It’s effectively an EV sibling to the long-running S-Class limousine. It is of similar size but built on a totally new bespoke EV platform that will be used on a range of forthcoming Benz electrics.