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The 2023 Mercedes-Benz EQS580 sedan City Edition is a specially curated model that’s extremely limited.Mercedes will only sell 150 copies of the EQS580 sedan City Edition, which is also only available in Southern California.The City Edition comes with charging-related credits and a one-year subscription to an electric scooter.There won’t be many people driving around Southern California in the 2023 Mercedes-Benz EQS580 sedan City Edition. That’s because the company only plans to sell 150 of these specially curated models, all of which will only be offered in SoCal.SoCal SpecialWhat might make someone covet one of these extremely limited City Editions? Well, for one, Mercedes says it will donate an unspecified amount of the proceeds to local Safe Kids California coalition. The non-profit organization is aimed at helping prevent family injuries.The most interesting thing to us about the City Edition is the Unagi Model One Voyager electric scooter that’s part of the deal. It’s free for the first year, as Mercedes pays for an all-access subscription for 12 months. Customers can pick from four color choices: Cool Mist, Deep Cobalt, Latte, and matte black.Look how happy this person is on their electric scooter. Mercedes-BenzMercedes also partnered with ChargePoint on the City Edition. As a result, people who buy one get a free ChargePoint Home Flex charger, along with a $1000 credit for the installation through Qmerit. There’s also a concierge service that provides support and professional guidance to help customers with the install. Plus, there’s a $250 credit that can be used through Mercedes me Charge when charging the EQS580 at public ChargePoint stations.City Edition EquipmentAlong with those exclusive extras, every City Edition has unique exterior badges as well as a numbered plaque on the center console. Other standard equipment includes a dash cam, AMG-style wheels, and a three-stage air-filtration system with a HEPA filter (normally a $450 standalone option).Mercedes-BenzOf the 150 copies that will be made, customers can choose between two metallic paint colors: Manufaktur Diamond White or Twilight Blue. All models have striped walnut wood interior trim, while the former exterior color pairs with Macchiato Beige and Space Grey leather upholstery and the latter pairs with Neva Grey and Sable Brown leather.Mercedes hasn’t said how much the 2023 EQS580 sedan City Edition will cost. The 516-hp all-wheel-drive model has a base price of $127,100, so obviously it’ll be more expensive than that. And how can anyone put a price on the fun that can be had on that electric scooter?More on the Mercedes EQS SedanThis content is imported from poll. You may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site.Senior EditorEric Stafford’s automobile addiction began before he could walk, and it has fueled his passion to write news, reviews, and more for Car and Driver since 2016. His aspiration growing up was to become a millionaire with a Jay Leno–like car collection. Apparently, getting rich is harder than social-media influencers make it seem, so he avoided financial success entirely to become an automotive journalist and drive new cars for a living. After earning a degree at Central Michigan University and working at a daily newspaper, the years of basically burning money on failed project cars and lemon-flavored jalopies finally paid off when Car and Driver hired him. His garage currently includes a 2010 Acura RDX, a manual ’97 Chevy Camaro Z/28, and a ’90 Honda CRX Si. More

McLaren will soon reveal the 720S’s successor to the world. To get people pumped up for the global reveal—which is scheduled for 7 p.m. ET tomorrow, April 25—the British supercar-maker has posted a short teaser video on its Twitter page.This content is imported from twitter. You may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site.The 10-second clip not only lets us briefly hear what the new car sounds like at startup, but it also gives us a glimpse of its rear end. From the video we see a set of curved taillights that sit above mesh rear vents, which are further illuminated when the lights turn on. The video closes with the words “Benchmark. Beaten.” followed by details about tomorrow’s global premiere.While McLaren has yet to officially announce the name of the 720S’s replacement, earlier this year Automotive News reported that it’ll be called the 750S. That report also claimed the follow-up will gain 30 horsepower and be a “little more aggressive” than the outgoing 720S. That model featured a 710-hp twin-turbocharged 4.0-liter V-8 and was available as a coupe and spider (a.k.a. convertible).Those details and more about the new McLaren supercar should be known tomorrow night. So stay tuned in to find out.New McLaren NewsThis content is imported from twitter. You may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site.Senior EditorEric Stafford’s automobile addiction began before he could walk, and it has fueled his passion to write news, reviews, and more for Car and Driver since 2016. His aspiration growing up was to become a millionaire with a Jay Leno–like car collection. Apparently, getting rich is harder than social-media influencers make it seem, so he avoided financial success entirely to become an automotive journalist and drive new cars for a living. After earning a degree at Central Michigan University and working at a daily newspaper, the years of basically burning money on failed project cars and lemon-flavored jalopies finally paid off when Car and Driver hired him. His garage currently includes a 2010 Acura RDX, a manual ’97 Chevy Camaro Z/28, and a ’90 Honda CRX Si. More

Starting in 1957, engineer-turned-executive Lloyd Reuss was tied to General Motors for decades and served as its president from 1990 to 1992. His son, Mark, is the current president of GM. During his time at GM, Reuss helped develop GM’s passenger-car models and supported the company’s early electric vehicle project that eventually released the EV1.After leaving GM in 1993, Reuss spent a second career as a champion for various charities, including Focus: Hope in Detroit, which helps local students earn associate and bachelor of engineering degrees. We once called him a visionary. He was “the man who saved the Riviera from oblivion.” He planned to turn Buick from a company that made cushy “doctors’ cars” into a more youthful and exciting brand in the early 1980s. He used money from the then-nascent C5 Corvette development program on a full-size sedan platform that birthed the Pontiac Bonneville, Buick LeSabre, and Oldsmobile 88 in the 1990s. Lloyd Reuss died this weekend at 86. He was the president of General Motors from 1990–1992. Reuss as VisionaryReuss saw something happening in the company back then that made him an early champion of electric vehicles. He supported the GM Impact, the famously poorly named all-electric concept car that debuted at the 1990 Los Angeles Auto Show and later became the GM EV1.Reuss started work at GM in 1957 and became chief engineer at both Buick and Chevrolet before moving up to the role of Buick general manager in 1980. He kept moving up the ranks: becoming head of GM’s passenger-car groups in North America, then the leader of GM’s North American operations and worldwide automotive components. After his short stint as GM president, Reuss retired from GM in 1993.After leaving the auto industry, Reuss focused on charity work, including Focus: Hope in Detroit, which works to overcome racism, poverty, and injustice. He was inducted into the Automotive Hall of Fame, which notes that Reuss helped establish the Center for Advanced Technologies (CAT) at Focus: Hope in 1993 and volunteered there for over 20 years. Then and now, CAT’s mission is to teach local students so they can get a college degree in manufacturing engineering tuition-free. In part because of Reuss’s work there, Focus: Hope said GM had given the group over $14 million since 1986. The GM Foundation and the SAE gave the CAT a $500,000 grant. The CAT has awarded more than 300 associate and bachelor of engineering degrees.This content is imported from twitter. You may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site.We are saddened to share the passing of longtime Focus: HOPE Advisory Board Chairman and former Dean of Workforce Development program Lloyd Reuss. pic.twitter.com/CaeBjO8CYq— Focus: HOPE (@Focus_HOPE) April 24, 2023Reuss was married to his wife, Maurcine, for 63 years before her death in 2020. They had two children, Charlene and Mark, who is the current GM president. Funeral service information has not been announced. The funeral home suggests donating to groups Reuss supported in lieu of flowers.Contributing EditorSebastian Blanco has been writing about electric vehicles, hybrids, and hydrogen cars since 2006. His articles and car reviews have appeared in the New York Times, Automotive News, Reuters, SAE, Autoblog, InsideEVs, Trucks.com, Car Talk, and other outlets. His first green-car media event was the launch of the Tesla Roadster, and since then he has been tracking the shift away from gasoline-powered vehicles and discovering the new technology’s importance not just for the auto industry, but for the world as a whole. Throw in the recent shift to autonomous vehicles, and there are more interesting changes happening now than most people can wrap their heads around. You can find him on Twitter or, on good days, behind the wheel of a new EV.  More

From the May 2023 Issue of Car and Driver.WHAT IT ISReports of the Maxima’s death are greatly exaggerated. While the internal-combustion Maxima is set to conclude this year, we won’t have to wait long for its electric successor. We expect it to carry some of the sharp styling from the 2019 IMs concept, a car Nissan referred to as an “elevated sports sedan.” To our ears, that sounds pretty close to “Toyota Crown.”WHY IT MATTERSNissan remains dedicated to sedans even as automakers are abandoning the segment in favor of SUV-ing everything. Putting a genuinely futuristic electric sedan at the top of its lineup would help solidify the notion that sedans are here to stay.PLATFORMThe Maxima EV will ride on Nissan’s CMF-EV platform, which underpins the Ariya electric SUV and is shared with partners Renault and Mitsubishi. It’ll serve as the base for more than a dozen EVs by 2030.POWERTRAINThe base Ariya makes 214 horsepower and 221 pound-feet of torque, and an entry-level Maxima wouldn’t be unsurprising with a similar setup. In keeping with the Maxima’s sporting intent, it’d be nice to see the IMs concept’s figures—483 horsepower and 590 poundfeet—make an appearance.COMPETITIONBMW i4, Hyundai Ioniq 6, Sony/Honda Afeela EV sedan, Tesla Model 3. WHAT MIGHT GO WRONGIt could very well end up a watered-down Bud Light, like the last three generations of gas-powered Maximas.ESTIMATED ARRIVAL AND PRICEProduction is due to kick off in Canton, Mississippi, in 2025. Pricing should be close to that of the Ariya, which starts in the mid-$40,000s.More in 2024Senior EditorCars are Andrew Krok’s jam, along with boysenberry. After graduating with a degree in English from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2009, Andrew cut his teeth writing freelance magazine features, and now he has a decade of full-time review experience under his belt. A Chicagoan by birth, he has been a Detroit resident since 2015. Maybe one day he’ll do something about that half-finished engineering degree. More