Hong Kong, April 16 -- We've seen electric Mercs before but never one with such opulence. This is the Mercedes-Benz EQS, a presidential S-Class that took a sharp right into electric-town.

There's many reasons why the 2022 Mercedes-Benz EQS is a big deal. Firstly, it's the marque's first S-Class that won't run on gas, that's quite a milestone in its model's 50-year heritage. Second, it sports the world's lowest drag coefficient of 0.20. Third, it boasts the world's largest in-car screen at 56-inches, we saw a snippet of this at CES early this year and well, there's certainly more than enough for us to go on and on about it. But what gets our attention is that the EQS marks a new dawn for the brand and is, in a certain sense, a symbol of t...