- Mercedes-Benz AMG is tipped to be engaged on an electrical supercar
- New supercar claimed to make use of a number of axial-flux motors every rated at near 500 hp
- Supercar could be religious successor to SLS AMG Electrical Drive
Mercedes-Benz AMG is engaged on an electrical supercar for launch later this decade, Autocar reported on Tuesday, with out citing a supply.
Based on the publication, the electrical supercar will take inspiration from final yr’s Imaginative and prescient One-Eleven idea, constructed as a homage to the collection of C111 expertise demonstrators rolled out throughout the late Sixties and all through the next decade.
The idea additionally served as a showcase of axial-flux motors developed by YASA, an professional at high-performance electrical motors acquired by Mercedes in 2021. Axial-flux motors are lighter and smaller than standard radial-flux motors of comparable output, although manufacturing them is tougher, making them so much much less cost-effective.
Mercedes plans to construct axial-flux motors at a plant in Berlin, with the primary software more likely to be a glossy four-door liftback primarily based on AMG’s new AMG.EA EV platform, and due for launch within the subsequent 12 months. Prototypes for the liftback, which will probably be AMG’s first devoted EV, have been noticed testing on a number of events.
Prototype for first EV totally developed by Mercedes-Benz AMG
One in all YASA’s axial-flux motors generates 489 hp but weighs slightly below 53 kilos. Mercedes is reportedly taking a look at a number of configurations, together with tri- and quad-motor setups.
The supercar must also use the AMG.EA platform, and based on Autocar it won’t solely outmatch the upcoming liftback in efficiency but in addition AMG’s One hypercar, presently the holder of the manufacturing automotive lap document on the Nürburgring, with a time of 6:35.183 set in 2022.
Regardless of Mercedes not too long ago saying a breakthrough within the growth of light-weight, energy-dense solid-state batteries, Autocar reported that the supercar will stick to liquid-type lithium-ion batteries, albeit with a brand new cylindrical-cell design full with silicon anodes.
AMG has loads of expertise with electrical energy. It first examined the waters in 2014 with the SLS AMG Electrical Drive. It was the quickest, strongest EV in the marketplace on the time because of its 740-hp output. Since then, AMG has gathered extra expertise from its F1 program, notably within the areas of power discharging and restoration.