Mercedes-Benz efficiency arm, Mercedes-AMG has teased its upcoming mannequin, which the producer says is its first standalone, high-performance SUV, and the second to be constructed on the AMG.EA platform for absolutely electrical autos; the primary will probably be an electrical sedan that’s at present being developed, and which was previewed by the Imaginative and prescient AMG idea.
Fashions constructed on the AMG.EA platform will probably be “AMG first, EV second” in its philosophy, in line with Mercedes-Benz, and these will “not solely excel as electrical autos but in addition embody the core AMG qualities of emotion and efficiency”, stated Mercedes-AMG CEO Michael Schiebe.
Its use of the AMG.EA platform implies that the upcoming Mercedes-AMG standalone SUV mannequin will get axial flux electrical motor expertise from British agency Yasa which Mercedes-Benz acquired in 2021, an these motors have been described on the time as being vastly superior by way of energy to weight, whereas offering excellent effectivity and endlessly repeatable efficiency.
The upcoming Mercedes-AMG high-performance SUV will probably be sixth standalone AMG mannequin, after the aforementioned AMG.EA sedan, present AMG GT, SL, earlier C190-generation AMG GT, and the SLS.
For now, Mercedes-Benz has but to reveal efficiency figures, battery vary or a launch date, although the producer acknowledged that improvement autos for the upcoming standalone AMG SUV will begin testing in winter.
Amongst rivals, one which matches the billing of being a standalone SUV mannequin from a high-performance division is the BMW XM, although the BMW employs a plug-in hybrid powertrain that contains a 4.4 litre twin-turbo V8 engine and an electrical motor, bringing mixed outputs of 653 PS and 800 Nm of torque.
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