We haven’t had official confirmation of prices and specs, but it turns out that Mercedes-Benz’s new electric GLB has gone on sale and the range starts from £46,100. 

This is the second generation of Merc’s pleasingly old fashioned looking, upright SUV and this time the electric version is known not as the EQB but as the ‘GLB with EQ Technology’’ 

There are five trims in the GLB with EQ Technology line-up – Sport is the entry model, followed by Sport Executive (which adds £1,950 to the £46,100 start price), AMG Line Executive that’s another £1k, AMG Line Premium with a whopping £3,650 jump to come in from £53,700, then AMG Line Premium Plus tops out the range from £56,800. 

Those prices are all for the 250+ powertrain – from AMG Line Executive onwards you can opt for the 350 4MATIC powertrain that comes with AWD and will cost you an extra £4,000 or so on top of the 250+. 

Plus in the latest instalment of Merc’s bizarre decision to only ship its cars with 320kW 800V charging as standard, you will have to pay an extra £850 if you want to charge on slower 400V rapid chargers at speeds up to 100kW. 

All GLBs come with seven chairs, which sets the car nicely in the pantheon of electric seven seaters (check out every seven seater on sale here, or you can just stick to the ones that we think are the best here). Though if you want plenty of room in your big electric Mercedes you'll want to look at the new VLE. 

In other practicality news, you’ve got a 540-litre boot (in five-seater guise) that increases to 1,715 litres with the seats tipped down, plus a 104-litre frunk under the bonnet. 

Range tops out at 379 miles from a full tank of electricity if you go for the 250+ Sport entry model, with the lowest official WLTP figure on the range topping 350 4MATIC AMG Line Premium Plus (so many words) at 349 miles. Which is still decently impressive.  

You’ve got 85kWh of usable battery available (what does usable battery mean? Funny you should ask) and the GLB will charge from 10% to 80% in 22 minutes on a 170kW charger says Mercedes. A strangely specific charge speed considering it’s miles off the car’s peak figure. 

We were fans of the old EQB so we’re looking forward to trying the new electric GLB – keep an eye on Electrifying for our reliably insightful review of the new Mercedes.