Iconic carmaker unveils new ‘cutting edge' EV with speakers in its HEADLIGHTS & blistering 1,360hp engine
AN ICONIC carmaker has just revealed the design for their new four-door electric vehicle as a replacement for one of their other motors.
It features some exciting " cutting edge" technology, as an EV alternative with speakers in its headlights, and a 1,360hp engine.
3
3
The new Mercedes-AMG XX is a concept car that has been unveiled by the popular car manufacturer, with a production version expected soon.
The design features a range of cutting edge motor and battery technology for the all-electric car to replace the current Mercedes-AMG GT Four Door.
It is expected to be the most aerodynamic, as a main focus, and one of the fastest cars Mercedes has ever made - even more than their Forumla-1 inspired AMG One.
There will be due to the 1,360hp from three new electric motors fitted into the vehicle, giving it a combined power output of one megawatt.
This means the new AMG XX will be able to reach a top speed of 224mph, which is 5mph faster than the AMG One.
Whilst a zero to 60mph has not been revealed for the car, it is likely to have the fastest accelerating power of any car from the brand.
It will therefore be more powerful, and lighter than a Porsche Taycan Turbo GT, and may even break the 2.0-second barrier.
Other exciting features include speakers in the headlights, carbon fibre bucket seat customised to passengers body shapes using 3D printed foam panels, and chequered flag ambient lighting on the interior.
The speakers will be able to make different noises at low or fast speeds, and warn pedestrians of the cars presence.
There is no rear window on the car, but there is a panel between the taillights which enables owners to customise their own message on the back.
As an electric car, the AMG XX is expected to be four times more powerful than the latest Tesla at 850kw DC.
That means in just five minutes, the car can be charged 20-80 per cent, if a station that supports it can be found.
Although no official figure for the car's range has been determined, it is expected to get around 300 miles on a single charge.
It is uncertain when the new Mercedes-AMG XX Concept will go on sale, but it has surely inspired production for a car to go on the market in the near future.
Hashtags
Try Our AI Features
Explore what Daily8 AI can do for you:
Comments
No comments yet...
Related Articles
BBC News
22 minutes ago
- BBC News
Halo: The Stowmarket software company sponsoring Ipswich Town
Nestled in the heart of Suffolk away from the hustle and bustle of city life lies one of the UK's biggest tech firms which says it has no management layers, no targets and where the average age of the workforce is Service Solutions, based in Gipping Way in Stowmarket, started life over 20 years ago and has gradually grown in size to become a company worth £ recent years the company was announced as McLaren Formula 1 team's official technology partner and delights in being known for having a playground slide in its Monday, it was revealed the company is Ipswich Town Football Club's next main shirt sponsor, a relationship developed over a number of how did this huge company start life in Suffolk, who is behind it and how could its success benefit the wider Suffolk community? Paul Hamilton, 44, is Halo's co-founder and chief executive life started in the north-east of Scotland where his mum was a nurse and his dad a bus driver as well as a driving instructor."It was very much a working class upbringing," he says."I just thought running businesses was something other people did."I didn't go to fancy schools. I did go to university, but not because I loved learning, just because I felt like I wanted to earn money so I could make some choices in my life like even where to go to holiday."I certainly didn't think I'd ever be running a business." From 2004 to 2008, Mr Hamilton worked with his co-founder Alan Rogerson to offer bespoke software packages to says there was a "turning point" when he realised they could create their own sellable product and so he set up Net Help be closer to his wife's family, he moved to Suffolk where the company soon began to take shape. "My mother-in-law had a two bedroom flat and I paid her £50 a month to rent her spare bedroom and that was my office from 2009 to 2011," he says. Soon afterwards, the firm moved into a 200-sq-ft space in Stowmarket. In 2011, he took on his first employee, but conscious of wanting to grow his business in a sustainable way, he only hired a couple more people over the next four company then moved into a larger office in the town in 2017 and then three years later Covid-19 a young workforce - mostly university graduates - the staff collectively felt they were unable to work effectively from home and a few months later they went back into the office as lockdown restrictions eased that 2020, the company also rebranded as Halo and in 2021 moved into their current office - a modern-looking space with its own bar, bean bags, and pool and ping pong tables. The slide found in the entrance is something Mr Hamilton admits he had used "loads of times" himself. Halo's culture is massive for it success, according to Mr current team of 150 are entrusted to get on with their work and manage their own time. Budgeting and cash flow forecasting is something he says the company also does not do - instead it runs day-to-day on "instinct", something Mr Hamilton admits could sound "crazy"."We've now doubled revenue every year for eight years in a row, and if you look at any metric we're smashing it in every regard, but we don't care what happens from quarter to quarter," he explains."Our enterprise team aren't on commission; there is a team commission, but there's no individual commission."And you can tell, as a customer engaging with us they're almost like, 'Woah, where's the aggression? This is so different to what we're used to'."It's because we don't have quarterly targets, we don't have annual targets, we just have almost like an ideology of where we want the business to be." Halo is not in a hurry to rush things and Mr Hamilton says it is doing things "very differently" to its competitors, many of which can be found in Silicon Valley in California, United States. But Suffolk is key for Halo and while it was "purely by chance" Mr Hamilton decided to set up the headquarters here, he says the county has been "brilliant" and offers good transport links as well as a "good quality of life" with low also offers his young workforce a place to live where the cost of living is considerably lower than the likes of London or Silicon Valley. Halo has been getting itself familiar with the sporting world, with partnerships with McLaren's F1 team and snooker's World to home, in 2023 Halo became Ipswich Town's new sleeve sponsor, a relationship which has Hamilton says his passion for the club grew the more he attended games and now it was rare if he missed one."I literally plan my calendar, which might be quite bad for a leader of a business, but I do plan it around fixtures," he reveals."There is something very tribal about football... it's the feeling of belonging, it's the passion, it's the noise."There's so much alignment of what's going on at that football club and what's going on at Halo."We feel like we're in a tournament, we're in the Champions League now... competing with the big boys and we're winning." Mr Hamilton has big ambitions for the future - Halo will never be sold or merged and he is keen to continue with its successful graduate programme while embedding itself further within wants to launch a Halo business school in partnership with the University of Suffolk and he reveals the company is looking to grow to 1,000 people within the next five years, which will probably require an office move to Hamilton hopes to be able to set up a foundation that will allow customers to decide which charitable causes it puts a share of its revenue into. "I'm almost, from my point of view, a temporary custodian of the business and in 40 years' time I'll pass on," he said."But it will just go down through generations and it's important we have people in the same mindset - Halo in terms of philosophy, a business idea and a brand."It's going to transcend far beyond software." 'Civic business' John Dugmore, chief executive, Suffolk Chamber of Commerce said: "Halo is a particularly high-profiled and inspiring example of a business type that is increasingly a core feature of the Suffolk commercial landscape: the principled, fast-growing and innovative scale-up with national and international reach."It is especially encouraging that even as the firm accelerates its ambitions, Halo will remain headquartered in Suffolk reinforcing our county's reputation as a tech hot spot. "Furthermore, the company's commitment to Suffolk not least through its sponsorship arrangements and its active membership of Suffolk Chamber, draws on an older local business tradition: that of the civic business." Follow Suffolk news on BBC Sounds, Facebook, Instagram and X.
Reuters
an hour ago
- Reuters
Renault to report $11.2 billion loss on Nissan stake in first half
PARIS, July 1 (Reuters) - French carmaker Renault ( opens new tab said on Tuesday it will report an estimated 9.5 billion euro ($11.20 billion) non-cash loss on its stake in Nissan Motor (7201.T), opens new tab in the first half after changing the way it accounts for the investment. Renault, which holds a 35.7% stake in Nissan, said in the future, any change in the value of the holding would be directly recognised in equity and assessed based on Nissan's share price, with no impact on its net income. The change, which it also said will have no effect on dividends paid by Renault, comes after the two companies agreed to loosen their ties and adjust a two-decade partnership to help support the Japanese firm's recovery. ($1 = 0.8483 euros)
Reuters
an hour ago
- Reuters
Landmark EU tech rules holding back innovation, Google says
BRUSSELS, July 1 (Reuters) - Alphabet's (GOOGL.O), opens new tab Google will on Tuesday warn EU antitrust regulators and its critics that landmark European Union rules aimed at reining in Big Tech are hampering innovation to the detriment of European users and businesses. The U.S. tech giant will also urge regulators to give more detailed guidance to help it comply with the rules, and ask its critics to provide evidence of costs and benefits to prove their case. Google is under pressure to address charges under the EU's Digital Markets Act that it favours its own services such as Google Shopping, Google Hotels and Google Flights over rivals. The charges may result in fines of as much as 10% of its global annual revenue. Earlier this month, Google proposed more changes to its search results to better showcase rival products, but critics say these still do not ensure a level playing field. "We remain genuinely concerned about real world consequences of the DMA, which are leading to worse online products and experiences for Europeans," Google's lawyer Clare Kelly will tell a workshop organised by the European Commission to give Google critics the opportunity to seek clarifications. She will say changes implemented by Google to date after discussions with the Commission and its critics have resulted in European users paying more for travel tickets as they cannot directly access airline sites, according to a copy of her speech seen by Reuters. Kelly will also say European airlines, hotels and restaurants have reported up to a 30% loss in direct booking traffic, while users have complained about clunky workarounds. Google's other lawyer, Oliver Bethell, will ask regulators to spell out in detail what the company needs to do, and critics to come up with hard evidence. "If we can understand precisely what compliance looks like, not just in theory, but taking account of on the ground experience, we can launch compliant services quickly and confidently across the EEA," he will say. The EEA is the 27 EU countries, Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway. "We need help identifying the areas where we should focus. That means bringing real evidence of costs and benefits that we can take account of with the Commission," Bethell said. The day-long workshop starts at 0700 GMT.
