South Korea's consumer watchdog has told Mercedes-Benz to pay electric car owners who were sold one battery brand and got another. The Korea Consumer Agency's dispute panel decided on Wednesday 4 November that Mercedes-Benz Korea owes 4 million won to each of 142 owners of five EQE and EQS models.

A white Mercedes-Benz EQE 350+ electric sedan, one of the models covered by the compensation decision, parked in Germany in February 2023. Photo: M 93 / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0 de, modified.