The Mercedes-Benz EQC made its UAE bow on Wednesday at the <a href="https://www.mobility-future.com/676/new-node.aspx">International Conference on Future Mobility</a> at Abu Dhabi's St Regis Saadiyat Island Resort. The EQC, <a href="https://www.thenational.ae/lifestyle/motoring/electric-dreams-is-the-mercedes-benz-eqc-the-beginning-of-a-battery-powered-boom-1.767312">which had its global reveal in Stockholm in September</a>, is the German carmaker's first electric model and is the first of 10 all-electric vehicles slated for the coming years. The SUV is driven by electric motors on the front and rear axles, with a combined output of 300kW, and Mercedes says that it offers a range of more than 450 kilometres. “Our EQ cars are fully connected and integrate seamlessly into the electric ecosystem in the region,” said Christophe Vloebergh, Case implementation manager at Mercedes-Benz Middle East, and called the new model "a game-changer" and "a symbol of the dawn of a new mobility era" for his company. Production of the EQC will start next year. This year's two-day International Conference on Future Mobility, the fourth running of the event, concludes today (Thursday) and showcased a variety of future-facing vehicles from a number of manufacturers, as you can see from our second gallery below. <strong>__________________</strong> <strong>Read more:</strong> <strong><a href="https://www.thenational.ae/lifestyle/motoring">Latest from The National's Motoring section</a></strong> <strong>WATCH: <a href="https://www.thenational.ae/lifestyle/motoring/watch-this-is-what-it-is-like-to-race-around-the-abu-dhabi-grand-prix-circuit-1.789734">This is what it is like to race around the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix circuit</a></strong>
