Mercedes-Benz launches electric GLC in India at ₹78.50 lakh

What Mercedes has confirmed

Mercedes-Benz India launched the GLC Electric on November 4, 2026, in a single GLC 400 4Matic trim priced at ₹78.50 lakh, ex-showroom pan-India. Deliveries begin this month, according to the maker, which lists the car on its own India product page alongside the rest of the GLC range.

The SUV runs a 94kWh battery with one motor on each axle, making a combined 489bhp and 800Nm. Mercedes states a 0 to 100kph time of 4.3 seconds and a WLTP range of up to 711km. On a 330kW DC charger the company says the battery goes from 10 to 80 percent in about 22 minutes, and that 10 minutes of fast charging adds up to 303km. The car carries a 39.1 inch MBUX Hyperscreen, which Mercedes calls the largest display it has fitted to any car.

The GLC Electric is built at the Chakan plant near Pune, on the MB.EA-M platform. Mercedes says this is the first India built car on that architecture, and that the model has reached India about six months after sales started in Europe, making it one of the fastest global launches the brand has given an Indian plant.

From camouflaged prototype to showroom car

Before this launch, the only sightings of the car were abroad. Autoevolution, credited to photographer Baldauf, had spied a camouflaged GLC EV prototype showing its production tail lamps and a three pointed star pattern worked into the headlights, along with a larger grille and taller bonnet than earlier test mules. Those photographs did not show an interior or confirm Indian specification. Separate reports abroad had also shown test cars with four wheel steering, a feature not mentioned for the India spec car in any of the maker's own material seen so far.

So the price, the single variant, the battery size and the Chakan assembly are all new information that only came with the November 4 launch. Everything before that, including the camouflaged test cars, was speculation about a model already expected for India once Mercedes confirmed local GLC Electric production plans.

What it means for buyers

At ₹78.50 lakh the GLC Electric sits well under what pre launch reports had pencilled in, which ran as high as ₹80 lakh to ₹90 lakh. Mercedes-Benz India had opened expressions of interest on October 5 and said it logged more than 550 of them within 36 hours, a sign of demand ahead of the price reveal.

There is no direct rival on sale in India yet. The BMW iX3 Long Wheelbase, the car most often named as its competitor, is expected only in 2027. For now, buyers wanting a fast charging, long range electric SUV from a German luxury brand built in India have one option, and Mercedes has priced it to be the only one in its class until BMW responds.

Sources

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