Mercedes-AMG Hypercar Would Have Latest Battery & Motor Tech

Just last week, reports surfaced claiming that Mercedes-AMG would be going back to the V8 in the next C63, instead of the highly controversial four-cylinder PHEV in the current car. But that doesn’t mean the go-fast bunch at Affalterbach is abandoning electrics and electrification.
 

Quite the opposite, in fact. The Mercedes-Benz performance brand is planning a new electric supercar. A model that will showcase its high-tech new axial flux motors, promising to become the new ultimate Benz and the brand’s first supercar since the 2022 AMG ONE with its F1-derived drive system.
 
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The report comes from Autocar as part of a wrap-up that says the German automaker is planning one of its biggest expansion plans ever. More than a dozen new models, eight refreshes, and two concepts all within 24 months. The number of spy photos we’ve seen of different Benz models lately backs up the claims of that plan.
 
Right now we’re focused on the upcoming Mercedes-AMG supercar concept. The report says that a high-ranking insider told Autocar that “Where the EQXX aimed to go the furthest, this aims to go the fastest. It will be the fastest-accelerating car AMG has ever produced.” The Vision EQXX was Benz’s remarkable EV that could travel 62.13 mi/kWh on real roads, a staggering level of efficiency.
 
This one, the report says, is “not a million miles away” from the One-Eleven concept of 2023. That dramatic design (the orange one in the photos) was an homage to the classic C 111 experimentals. It had nearly 1,000 horsepower from four electric motors, retro design, pixel lighting, and loads of other future tech trips.
 
New Supercar Would Have Latest Battery, Motor Tech
Benz will put a next-generation battery in the car. The unit could even be the Factorial solid-state design the automaker is currently testing. Last week, a test unit with that battery added nearly 100 miles to the range of an EQS Sedan. Factorial claims that it can boost range by up to 80 percent. This lets the automaker use a smaller battery pack for reduced weight, lowered cost, and even faster charging. The cell tech also allows for safer operation.
 
It’s also said to use the same new axial-flux motors that will go into the AMG GT SUV and next-gen coupe. Axial flux motors run their magnetic flow parallel to the motor’s rotation instead of perpendicular. It’s more efficient and delivers considerably greater power in a smaller package. With the Vision One-Eleven, it made the motors small enough to mount within the car’s wheels.
 
Mercedes-AMG is expected to show off the supercar concept model sometime around mid-year. It’s not clear if it will enter production like the AMG ONE, or if it will be designed and constructed purely as a tech showcase, as was the EQXX.