Mercedes-AMG launches initially complete-electrical overall performance sedan
MUNICH — Mercedes’ AMG efficiency arm expects its to start with total-electric automobile to acquire new lovers for the subbrand with its rapid acceleration and nimble dealing with.
The subbrand unveiled the AMG EQS 53 4MATIC+ on Sunday, in advance of its community outing at the Munich auto display this week.
Even more all-electric powered AMG styles will observe in the not-too-distant foreseeable future, AMG Chairman Philipp Schiemer reported in a assertion.
“With our very first all-electrical AMG automobile, we will undoubtedly enchantment to and win in excess of a new clientele for Mercedes-AMG,” Schiemer reported.
The EQS 53 4MATIC+ is centered on the AMG GT 4-door Coupé but potential battery-powered automobiles will use the AMG.EA platform formulated in-dwelling, Schiemer said.
The sedan’s electric powertrain applied two motors, a person on the front axle and a single on the rear axle.
The simple model achieves a optimum overall output of 484 kW (649 hp, 658 PS), while a Dynamic Moreover deal raises the output to up to 560 kW (751 hp, 761 PS).
The optimum motor torque is up to 1020 newton meters (752 lbs .-feet).
The sedan accelerates from -97 kph (62 mph) in 3.4 seconds and from -100 kph in 3.8 seconds. Its optimum velocity is limited to 220 kph.
AMG has given the sedan what it calls a “effective sonorous sound” to mimic the audio of an inner combustion engine. The sound process uses loudspeakers, shakers and a seem generator to create motor notes to match the existing driving standing, the picked driving mode or the driver’s needs.
The car or truck is geared up with rear-axle steering as conventional, giving it extra agile managing.
The car or truck is outfitted with a 400-volt lithium ion battery with AMG specific wiring adapted to aim on higher effectiveness ability, along with a battery administration method is also configured especially for AMG.
The battery also attributes bigger charging ability, bigger electrical power density, and the possibility to set up updates for the battery management program about the air (OTA).
The battery can be charged with up to 200 kW at quick-charging stations with immediate recent, and an onboard charger indicates the car can also be billed at dwelling or at community charging stations with up to 22 kW of alternating recent.
An Eco charging purpose cuts down the battery load all through charging to slow down the purely natural ageing system of the battery. In the meantime, smart temperature and charging administration is blended with aluminum extrusions of the battery frame to aid be certain the optimum battery functioning temperature in numerous running ailments.
