Hong Kong, Sept. 15 -- Testing out India's first luxury EV, the Mercedes-Benz EQC, we give you a first look at what it's like to drive it in Mumbai.

While electric vehicles (EVs) have already begun to make a mark in the Indian market, albeit slowly, we had not yet seen a significant release from the major luxury players. That is till last week, when German carmaker, Mercedes-Benz, became the first ones in India to launch a luxury EV, the Mercedes-Benz EQC. This release is in keeping with the carmakers' commitment towards sustainable mobility - it has pledged that by 2039, their entire fleet would be carbon neutral.

We were among the first few to check out this slick vehicle, with a decidedly reinterpreted aesthetic, on the roads of Mumb...