One of many 275 Mercedes-AMG One automobiles belonging to a German citizen from Oldenburg caught fireplace on a highway in Germany and burned fully.
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Quite a few movies have appeared on-line exhibiting a Mercedes-AMG One catching fireplace and burning fully. The proprietor is a German citizen from Oldenburg who reported listening to a bang whereas driving, and shortly afterward the Mercedes-AMG One was engulfed in flames.Specialists have begun investigating the reason for the sudden fireplace. Mercedes-AMG confirmed to the German journal Auto Motor und Sport that it has launched an investigation into the matter.
At this level, it’s unclear the place the hearth began, whether or not from the 8.4 kWh battery or one of many electrical motors. The essential factor is that nobody was injured.
Inspecting the license plate quantity, the automobile destroyed within the fireplace is identical one which was exhibited at Techno Classica in Essen between April 9 and 13, 2025, as famous by a consumer within the feedback on YouTube. Initially, it was believed to be the automobile of F1 driver George Russell, however this isn’t the case, because it has a unique registration quantity. Russell’s automobile is registered in Monaco and has the registration quantity 63, as one other consumer identified.
The injury is big as a result of a Mercedes-AMG One prices €2.7 million plus VAT, or about €3.3 million. Of the 275 automobiles constructed, solely 273 stay as a result of one other one caught fireplace and burned fully whereas being transported in a truck in Might 2023.
The Mercedes-AMG One holds the file for the quickest automobile on the earth on the Nurburgring circuit. On September 23, 2024, at 6:56 p.m., it accomplished the 20 km lengthy lap in a time of 6:29.090 minutes.
The Mercedes-AMG One is among the most advanced hypercars ever constructed. The automobile’s improvement took a minimum of six years, from 2017 to 2023.
The propulsion system is extremely refined, consisting of:
– The only turbine V6 electrically pushed engine corresponds to the present F1 engine. It has 4 camshafts managed by spur gears. Additionally, to deal with excessive revs, the valves are actuated by pneumatic springs. The thermal engine develops 574 HP at 9000 rpm (11,000 most revs).
– An electrical motor just like Method 1’s MGU-H (Motor Generator Unit Warmth) of 90 kW positioned between the exhaust fuel turbine and the compressor turbine, straight on the turbine shaft. That is designed to speed up the compressor turbine as much as 100,000 rpm earlier than the exhaust fuel reaches the turbine.
– A second electrical motor just like the F1’s MGU-Ok (Motor Generator Unit Kinetic) of 120 kW, which as its identify suggests additionally has a propulsion position, being linked on to the crankshaft of the V6 engine through a spur gear system. This motor is powered by a high-voltage Li-Ion battery.
– Two entrance electrical motors powered by the identical Li-Ion battery, every driving the entrance left and proper wheels individually and every delivering 120 kW at 50,000 rpm.
The full energy output of the meeting is 1063 HP.
Mercedes needed to clear up nearly unattainable technical issues as a result of an F1 engine has an idle pace of 4500-5000 rpm, which is an excessive amount of for on a regular basis site visitors. Subsequently, they needed to scale back the idle pace to acceptable values for road driving. Additionally they needed to clear up cooling issues as a result of in on a regular basis site visitors at low speeds within the metropolis, for instance, correct cooling is required as a result of the airflow is decrease.
We don’t but know the reason for the hearth, however cooling points could possibly be one of many causes. Mercedes-AMG additionally had cooling points with the primary technology Mercedes-AMG GT.
The 4-liter twin-turbo V8 engine with generators positioned contained in the V had a flap between the hood and the engine that was solely activated by the airflow coming into by the radiator grille. If the surface temperature was excessive and the automobile was driving at low speeds within the metropolis, that flap wouldn’t open. The end result: the engine overheated, the oil thinned, and the engine warning gentle and low oil degree message lit up on the dashboard. Because of the thinning of the engine oil, the oil degree might now not be detected.
