MERCEDES-AMG has this week unwrapped its wild Idea AMG GT XX, an all-electric, all-wheel drive hypercar it says gives distinctive know-how, supreme endurance, hyper-fast charging and a extremely emotional design.
The automobile is alleged to supply “a powerful perception” right into a forthcoming four-door sequence manufacturing mannequin, and contains a trio of axial flux motors, a high-performance battery, and an “abundance of technical options earmarked to be used within the subsequent series-production fashions” as early as 2026.
“The perfect minds in our world R&D community have contributed their in depth experience – from Mercedes‑Benz in Sindelfingen and Untertürkheim to Mercedes‑AMG in Affalterbach, and YASA within the UK, to our System 1 drivetrain specialists at Mercedes‑AMG Excessive Efficiency Powertrains in Brixworth,” defined Mercedes-Benz chief know-how officer Markus Schafer.
“Collectively, they’ve developed the Idea AMG GT XX and are offering an perception into pioneering drivetrain know-how and the way forward for efficiency.
“The know-how program pushes the boundaries even additional and ventures into new floor. The Idea AMG GT XX with its three axial flux motors now lifts efficiency and endurance to a very new degree.”
Constructed upon Mercedes-Benz’s AMG Electrical Structure (AMG.EA), the idea mannequin gives peak energy output of over 1000kW and may attain a prime velocity of greater than 360km/h.
Mercedes-AMG engineers say the mannequin’s battery pack stays in an optimum temperature vary even throughout intense driving, enabling not solely efficiency on the street but additionally extraordinarily quick charging. It’s mentioned the mannequin can obtain ample cost in simply 5 minutes to journey 400km.
The axial motors of the Idea AMG GT XX are extra compact, lighter, and extra highly effective than standard electrical motors, creating larger sustained energy outputs and effectively as larger torque. Mercedes-AMG says this interprets into the very best ranges of efficiency, reproduceable time and again with nice frequency.
The motors are packaged into two Excessive Efficiency Electrical Drive Models (HP.EDUs) – one on the entrance and one on the rear. The HP.EDU on the rear has two axial flux motors, every outfitted with a compact planetary gearset and one inverter, in a single casing.
The motors and transmissions are oil-cooled and, to save lots of much more house, package deal the required pump management unit with hydraulic pumps and suction filters throughout the HP.EDU. The 2 inverters (one per motor) are water-cooled.
On the entrance, the HP.EDU includes one axial flux motor, a spur-gear transmission, and an inverter. The entrance electrical drive capabilities as a booster motor, kicking in solely when extra energy or traction is required on the entrance wheels.
“The Idea AMG GT XX is the subsequent milestone within the historical past of AMG and forges an entire new dimension of efficiency,” mentioned Mercedes-AMG enterprise unit lead Michael Schiebe.
“We’re bringing groundbreaking know-how that redefines excessive efficiency. And the very best factor is that this automobile is a real AMG with each fibre of its being.
“The guts of an AMG was all the time the motor, and that may stay so with our in-house electrical structure. With our high-tech axial flux motor, we’re delivering a revolutionary new drive that’s unparalleled when it comes to energy density, weight and packaging.
“This pairs with a brand new efficiency battery developed from scratch that allows beforehand unimagined degree of efficiency and endurance.”
In the meantime, the System 1-inspired excessive efficiency battery pack within the Idea AMG GT XX delivers what Mercedes-AMG says is “excessive energy output with distinctive repeatability”.
With distinctive energy density, the unit includes tall and slim cylindrical cells permitting speedy dissipation of warmth to make sure every particular person cell is saved inside its optimum temperature window.
Mercedes-AMG says the design of every cell facilitates excessive charging and discharging energy, its NCMA (nickel-cobalt-manganese-aluminium) cathode chemistry and silicon anode providing vitality density of 300Wh/kg. In all, there are greater than 3000 cells within the Idea AMG GT XX.
Physique development realises a mix of aluminium, metal, and fibre-composite supplies to supply “distinctive stiffness” and low weight. The excessive voltage battery is ready between the axles in a skateboard fashion association, sitting low and central for optimum weight distribution.
The fastback fashion physique shell is alleged to be consultant of the model’s signature sports activities automobile silhouette, whereas the Sundown Beam Orange paintwork “demonstrates self-confidence”. On the entrance we discover a ten-segment grille flanked by rectangular auxiliary lights, and additional outboard vertically organized important headlights.
The bonnet gives twin air retailers to dissipate heat air from the horizontal cooling modules within the entrance of the automobile, whereas a entrance splitter extends “far across the entrance of the automobile “with an built-in air-curtain perform reaching as much as the entrance wheel arches.
In profile, the low-slung coupe sports activities an extended, low DLO, a double-bubble roof, muscular rear haunches, and 21-inch solid aluminium wheels with their very own adaptive (Bluetooth managed) aerodynamic blades.
The wing mirrors are elevated on the doorways in sports activities automobile trend, whereas the sill covers have aerodynamic contours that proceed into the rear wheel arches.
On the rear, the diffuser is completed in uncovered carbon-fibre that sweeps downward at all sides. Mercedes-AMG says it’s designed to make sure rear-end stability at excessive speeds, drawing its kind language from the celebrated AMG ONE, and in addition options an built-in lively airbrake.
The steeply angled rear-end is punctuated by six round tail-lights and central programmable MBUX Fluid Gentle panel.
Inside, the Idea AMG GT XX gives solely the necessities. Upholstery is completed in black, silver, and orange, the cabin providing twin LCD screens for instrumentation and infotainment, a steering wheel harking back to the AMG ONE, motorsport fashion dashboard and door playing cards, and 3D-printed carbon-fibre seating.
The upholstery and the flooring materials is made out of 100 per cent recycled supplies, and in true motorsport fashion, there is no such thing as a headlining. A six-point security harness is alleged to underscore the automobile’s sporty design.
“With the Idea AMG GT XX, we’ve succeeded in translating our design imaginative and prescient for AMG into the long run,” mentioned Mercedes-Benz Group chief design officer Gorden Wagener.
“Sports activities vehicles have all the time been the icons of our model; they’re emotional and actually particular to create. They symbolize distinctive moments in time. Icons just like the 300 SL and the legendary Silver Arrows are the emotional coronary heart of our model, as are the GT and AMG ONE.
“Crafting these masterpieces is about creating one thing extraordinary – from the C111 to the Imaginative and prescient One‑Eleven, and into the way forward for manufacturing. The brand-new Idea AMG GT XX, embodies the new a part of our design philosophy of sensual purity.”
