Mercedes-AMG Reportedly Working on an Electric Supercar
Mercedes-Benz's performance division, AMG, is reportedly working on development of an all-electric supercar. The model will launch before the end of the current decade, according to Autocar.
The media outlet states that the supercar will be inspired by the Vision One-Eleven concept presented last year. That model was built as a tribute to the C111 series of technology demonstrators launched in the late 1960s and throughout the 1970s.
The concept also served as a showcase for the axial-flow motors developed by YASA, a firm specialized in high-performance electric motors that was acquired by Mercedes in 2021. Axial-flow motors are lighter and smaller than conventional radial-flow motors of the same power, but they are more difficult to manufacture, making them much less cost-effective.
Mercedes plans to build axial-flow engines at a plant in Berlin, the first application probably being a sleek sedan based on AMG's new AMG.EA electric platform, scheduled for launch within the next 12 months. Prototypes of the model, which will be AMG's first electric vehicle, have been seen testing on several occasions.
One of YASA's axial-flow motors generates 489 hp, while weighing just 53 lb. Mercedes is said to be studying several configurations, including three and four motors.
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