The 2025 Mercedes-Benz GLE 450e plug-in hybrid carries over into its second mannequin 12 months unchanged.
Launched for the 2024 mannequin 12 months, this plug-in hybrid model of the GLE-Class midsize SUV is obtainable in a single grade for 2025, with a $72,500 base value (together with a $1,150 vacation spot cost) that places it roughly in the course of the general GLE lineup. The plug-in hybrid mannequin stays distinctive to the usual GLE SUV; it is not accessible within the Coupe physique type.
2025 Mercedes-Benz GLE-Class (GLE 450)
For this plug-in hybrid, Mercedes teamed a 2.0-liter turbo-4 and 9-speed automated transmission with a single electrical motor, for a complete system output of 381 hp and 479 lb-ft of torque, which is shipped to all 4 wheels. A 23.3-kwh battery pack gives 50 miles of EPA electrical vary.
In a take a look at drive of the GLE 450e on roads across the Mercedes-Benz manufacturing unit in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, we discovered that this SUV does hybrid the correct approach. Not solely does it present ample electrical vary on paper, however a fairly highly effective electrical motor (it is rated at 134 hp and 325 lb-ft of torque) makes it simpler to remain in all-electric mode.
2025 Mercedes-Benz GLE-Class (GLE 450)
Mercedes is predicted so as to add a second GLE plug-in hybrid to its U.S. lineup in 2026, however this one shall be extra centered on efficiency. The AMG GLE 53 Hybrid will mix a turbocharged 3.0-liter inline-6 with a torquier electrical motor for an estimated 536 hp and 553 lb-ft of torque, getting it from 0-60 mph in 4.6 seconds. The same powertrain is used within the 2025 Mercedes-AMG E 53 Hybrid sedan.
Mercedes stays dedicated to plug-in hybrid powertrains for its AMG efficiency fashions, and continues to supply a plug-in hybrid model of the smaller GLC SUV alongside the GLE for 2025. However it’s reportedly nixed extended-range EVs utilizing smaller combustion engines as mills supplying energy to the battery pack, contemplating them a “transitional expertise.”
