Look out, it’s another overbuilt muscle-bound EV workhorse. It’s not a Bollinger or a Rivian, though, or even a Neuron that makes its debut this autumn. This time around, Mercedes is behind the cool green soul.

Although this is a crossover, and not a truck. The vehicle is a variation on the EQC theme; the EQC range first appeared about two years ago, with the first examples of the EQC 400 reaching U.S. dealerships earlier this year.

What we have, then, is an EQC 400 that’s been outfitted with 20-inch rims, and special tires for controlled driving on loose earth, sand, or gravel. It also features wheel arch extensions, and a set of axles borrowed from the Mercedes Unimog. The Unimog is a high-riding, all-business beastie of the industrial variety which Mercedes linked with the G-Class in a marketing maneuver of August, 2019, and which Australian firm EarthCruiser uses as a build foundation for some of the most marvelously capable RVs in production.

Mercedes calls the beefy crossover the EQC 4×4². It’s packed with the EQC’s two-motor drivetrain, and—because EVs are so quiet, and potentially more dangerous to drive for that reason—specially designed headlights that double as speakers for the artificial motor sound. Its range is similar to the EQC, falling somewhere around 250 miles on a full charge. But its Unimog axles raise its clearance to almost a foot, double that of the EQC 400, and besting even the G-Class by two inches.

For now, though, the EQC 4×4² is merely food for thought, an indication of what might come to pass.