The Benz is not an EV but it has something every EV has – a range remaining indicator. The difference is that the range remaining – in the Benz and in every vehicle that isn't an EV – stays the same for longer.

We have all heard the term, "gas hog" and also that, in the "hoggiest" of them, you could watch the fuel gauge needle move as you pushed down on the accelerator pedal.

This is, however, only true of EVs.

And you don't even have to push down on the accelerator to see the "needle" – that is, the range remaining – tick down literally as you drive.

It occurred to me, while driving the Mercedes, to make a point of this by showing how little gas the GLE used while driving the roughly five mile stretch from where I began recording until I reached my house. When I began rolling tape – as they used to say – the Benz had 286 miles of range remaining. Which, I must add, is more range than almost every EV currently on the market that's priced under $50,000 comes standard with – to begin with.

And I had been driving the Benz for several days already. It still had 286 miles of range left. For this reason, I hadn't had to stop even once – for fuel – nor wait even one minute to get some. With 286 miles left to go, I could have driven the GLE another two or three days before having to stop – for less than five minutes – to refuel.