Mercedes-Benz EQS SUV on-road price in Kochi

₹1,50,10,855 to ₹1,65,64,855 on the road2 variants

EMI from about ₹2,52,200 a month on the Kochi on-road price, at 9.5% a year over 5 years with 20% down.

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Figures as of October 2026, for a first personal car, bought by an individual and paid in cash.

Kerala sets these charges, so the same figures apply in Thiruvananthapuram, Kozhikode and Thrissur.

Why

Registering in a different city of the state does not change them.

All 2 variants priced in Kochi

Variant	Ex-showroom	On-road in Kochi
450 4MATIC Electric AT	₹1.35Cr	₹1,50,10,855
580 4MATIC Electric AT	₹1.49Cr	₹1,65,64,855

Confirm the final figure with your dealer before paying.

What the road adds in Kochi, variant by variant

Cheapest on the road first. The orange is Kerala's own share.

450 4MATIC Electric AT₹1,50,10,855+11%
₹1,35,00,000 ex-showroom, Kerala takes ₹13,50,200, everything else ₹1,60,655
580 4MATIC Electric AT₹1,65,64,855+11%
₹1,49,00,000 ex-showroom, Kerala takes ₹14,90,200, everything else ₹1,74,655

Ex-showroom priceKerala's road tax and its chargesRegistration, insurance, TCS and the tagOn the road in Kochi.

EQS SUV variants on Kerala's tax steps

Kerala charges a higher rate on the whole price once it crosses a line. Here is which variant sits where.

Electricby price

5%to ₹15 lakh
no variant here
8%to ₹20 lakh
no variant here
10%above
450 4MATIC Electric AT, 580 4MATIC Electric AT

Worth knowing before you sign

On the Mercedes-Benz EQS SUV 450 4MATIC Electric AT, Kochi is 4th dearest of 19 states: ₹13,50,200 over Mizoram and ₹5,39,800 under Assam.

How the 450 4MATIC Electric AT's ₹1,50,10,855 breaks down

Getting it on the road in Kochi adds ₹15.11L to the ex-showroom price, and road tax is the biggest part of that.

Ex-showroom price: ₹1,35,00,000
Road tax (10% electric-car rate): ₹13,50,000
Road safety cess: ₹200
Registration fee (exempt for electric cars): ₹0
TCS (1%, adjustable against your income tax)refundable: ₹1,35,000
Third-party insurance (3 years, incl. 18% GST): ₹24,670
Personal accident cover (1 year, incl. 18% GST)estimate: ₹885
FASTagestimate: ₹100
Comprehensive own-damage covernot in this total: insurer-priced
On-road in Kochi: ₹1,50,10,855

The fine print

Road tax (10% electric-car rate): 5% base rate read from the Act itself (Finance Act 2020, item 7B); the 8% and 10% bands above Rs 15 lakh are the 2025-26 budget change, press-reported pending the Finance Act 2025 text
Road safety cess: Kerala Road Safety Authority Act 2007 cess, doubled to Rs 200 for light motor vehicles from 01-04-2023; amounts press-reported, notification not sighted
Registration fee (exempt for electric cars): CMVR Rule 81, as amended by GSR 1183(E) dated 29-12-2016
TCS (1%, adjustable against your income tax): Income-tax Act 1961 s.206C(1F) from 1 June 2016, and from 1 April 2026 s.394(1) of the Income-tax Act 2025 at the same rate and threshold (renumbering reported, not read from the Act); creditable against the buyer's income tax
Third-party insurance (3 years, incl. 18% GST): Motor Vehicles (Third Party Insurance Base Premium and Liability) Rules 2022, G.S.R. 394(E) dated 25-05-2022, as amended by G.S.R. 32(E) dated 05-01-2024; both gazettes read from egazette.gov.in. PA cover per IRDAI circular IRDAI/NL/CIR/MOTP/158/09/2018
Personal accident cover (1 year, incl. 18% GST): Motor Vehicles (Third Party Insurance Base Premium and Liability) Rules 2022, G.S.R. 394(E) dated 25-05-2022, as amended by G.S.R. 32(E) dated 05-01-2024; both gazettes read from egazette.gov.in. PA cover per IRDAI circular IRDAI/NL/CIR/MOTP/158/09/2018; The Rs 15 lakh owner-driver cover is mandatory; this prescribed rate is what most insurers charge for the annual form.
FASTag: Tag cost only. Issuers add a deposit and minimum balance; dealer bundles commonly total Rs 500-600.
Comprehensive own-damage cover: Not in this total. Lenders require it and most buyers take it, but it has been market-priced since 2007 and varies widely with insurer, cover value and no-claim bonus, so an honest single figure does not exist. Budget for it from real quotes on top of this total.

Battery-rental EVs (battery leased separately) pay 10% regardless of value; not modelled. Kerala is also reported to have revised its electric rates in the 2026 Finance Act, which we have not been able to read yet, so this tax line is the last figure we could verify rather than today's. Confirm it with your dealer, especially above Rs 40 lakh, where the reported change is upward.

Confirm the final figure with your dealer before paying.

Where these figures come from

Two figures here are weaker than the rest: the road tax and the road safety cess are what Kerala is reported to charge, not something we could read in a notification. Treat those lines as indicative and confirm them with your dealer. Everything else is computed from Kerala's own documents, last checked on 7 August 2026. Rates change with state budgets, so confirm the final figure with your dealer before paying.

Registering a EQS SUV in Kochi

Cars registered in Kochi carry KL-07, KL-43 or KL-39 plates, depending on which RTO office covers your address.

Series	Issuing office	Covers
KL-07	Regional Transport Office, Ernakulam	Ernakulam, mainland Kochi
KL-43	Sub Regional Transport Office, Mattancherry	Mattancherry and Fort Kochi
KL-39	Sub Regional Transport Office, Tripunithura	Tripunithura

Kerala Motor Vehicles Department, office code directory; the live site was unreachable, so verified from the Wayback Machine snapshot of that official page dated 2020-11-11, checked 9 August 2026.

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Questions buyers ask

What is the Mercedes-Benz EQS SUV on-road price in Kochi?

Between ₹1,50,10,855 for the 450 4MATIC Electric AT and ₹1,65,64,855 for the 580 4MATIC Electric AT, as of October 2026. That covers Kerala road tax, registration and the mandatory insurance; comprehensive own-damage cover is priced by insurers and comes on top.

How much is the road tax on the Mercedes-Benz EQS SUV in Kochi?

₹13,50,000 on the 450 4MATIC Electric AT at ₹1.35Cr ex-showroom. The rate comes from Kerala's own schedule (5% base rate read from the Act itself (Finance Act 2020, item 7B); the 8% and 10% bands above Rs 15 lakh are the 2025-26 budget change, press-reported pending the Finance Act 2025 text), verified on 7 August 2026.

Is the Mercedes-Benz EQS SUV cheaper on-road in another city of Kerala?

No. Kerala sets these charges, so the same figures apply in Thiruvananthapuram, Kozhikode and Thrissur: registering in a different city of the state does not change them.

Which number plate series does the Mercedes-Benz EQS SUV registered in Kochi get?

Cars registered in Kochi carry KL-07, KL-43 or KL-39 plates, depending on which RTO office covers your address. The series belongs to the office, not the car, so every vehicle registered there wears it (Kerala Motor Vehicles Department, office code directory; the live site was unreachable, so verified from the Wayback Machine snapshot of that official page dated 2020-11-11, checked 9 August 2026).