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Daily Telegraph
9 hours ago
- Automotive
- Daily Telegraph
Mercedes-AMG GT XX concept revealed
Don't miss out on the headlines from HiTech. Followed categories will be added to My News. Mercedes could be the first brand to sell a car in Australia with one megawatt of power. Mega what? That's the term for 1000kW of power, an enormous figure that pushes the brand's next supercar beyond the wildest cars currently on sale – machines such as the 760kW Porsche Taycan Turbo GT and Lamborghini's V12 hybrid Revuelto with its 747kW of power. Mercedes-AMG Concept GT-XX. Picture: Supplied Wilder still, Mercedes says its car is capable of 'at least 1000kW', suggesting the car's true performance potential is even higher than that. That enormous power lies under the composite skin of the Mercedes-AMG Concept GT XX, a show car designed to demonstrate the brand's considerable ability. It has three 'axial flux' electric motors that, according to Mercedes, develop 'high power from an extremely compact package', offering 'unprecedented capability'. MORE: The proof EVs have arrived Mercedes-AMG Concept GT-XX. Picture: Supplied How unprecedented? Try a top speed of 360km/h – some 55km/h more than Porsche's fastest Taycan. Better still, the car has the ability to take on 400 kilometres of electric range in just five minutes. Granted, electric charging infrastructure to support that does not exist. But when it does, Mercedes will be ready. The electromechanical guts underpinning the concept car were a joint effort by Mercedes‑AMG in Affalterbach, where flash road cars are made, and Mercedes‑AMG High Performance Powertrains in Brixworth, where Formula 1 powerplants are born. The new machine represents the first electric car developed purely by AMG – other fast battery-powered Benz models are hotted-up versions of the brand's luxury cars. MORE: Inside BYD's plan to take over the road Mercedes-AMG Concept GT-XX. Picture: Supplied The car's retro looks are inspired by Mercedes concepts of the 1970s, accompanied by thoroughly modern details. A dot matrix light panel between the tail lamps replaces conventional badges. The show car can display Mercedes or AMG logos – or be customised with anything else a driver might like to say to those behind them. MORE: F1: The Movie reviewed Mercedes-AMG Concept GT-XX. Picture: Supplied Clever lighting elements on the side replace pinstriping or vinyl details. In the cabin, an F1-like steering wheel takes inspiration from the Mercedes-AMG One hypercar – the revolutionary machine powered by the same 1.6-litre V6 turbo hybrid motor that powered Mercedes to several championships. Michael Schiebe, chief executive of Mercedes-AMG, said the concept car represents 'the next milestone in the history of AMG', one that 'forges a whole new dimension of performance'. 'We're bringing groundbreaking technology that redefines high performance,' he said. 'The best thing is that this car is a true AMG with every fibre of its being. The heart of an AMG was always the motor, and that will remain so with our in-house electric architecture. 'With our high-tech axial flux motor, we're delivering a revolutionary new drive that is unparalleled in terms of power density, weight and packaging. 'This pairs with a new performance battery developed from scratch that enables previously unimagined level of performance and endurance.' Originally published as Mercedes-AMG GT XX concept revealed
Top Gear
20 hours ago
- Automotive
- Top Gear
Meet the 223mph Concept AMG GT XX: a 1,340bhp EV that previews Merc-AMG's e-hypercar
First Look Lots of power, lots of tech, but crucially... lots of orange. Welcome to AMG's future Skip 24 photos in the image carousel and continue reading This is the Concept AMG GT XX. It's a sleek four door that presages AMG's first standalone electric model (if we skip over 2013's SLS Electric Drive, of which only nine were made), due on sale some time next year to spearhead a much needed Mercedes revival. The brand that invented the motor car has fumbled its way into the electrical age, suffering lacklustre demand for its pebble-smooth EQ-badged offerings. Long binned is the plan to be all-electric by 2030, but a hangover from that optimistic moment underpins the GT XX. It rests on AMG's bespoke EV platform, which mixes steel, aluminium and carbon composites. It will also underpin a Ferrari Purosangue-rivalling SUV and – hopefully – a new hypercar. Advertisement - Page continues below Mercedes junked plans for another electric-only platform designed purely for luxury cars, so weirdly, the GT XX is already adrift and from a bygone age when a combustion revival seemed even less likely than Elon Musk becoming a pariah. The GT XX also looks sort of familiar. There are shades of 2022's Vision AMG concept, and more than an echo of the following year's more extrovert Vision One-Eleven. This mashes them together while also evoking the late 1960s Mercedes C111 showstopper. Its Sunset Beam orange paint, electroluminescent rocker panel and flamboyantly raked windscreen tick all the right conceptual boxes. You might like What's more, this is a pretty accurate preview of a car you'll actually be able to buy. Think of it as an electrified replacement for the current GT 4dr and you're on the right lines. The Porsche Taycan and Lucid Air may have beaten it to the punch, but it's here now, and we like the fact that it has six circular rear lights rather than the currently modish light bar. It's oddly old-school. At 5.2m, it's also imposing. There's a graphic contrast between the main body and the lower rocker panel which uses that clever electroluminescent paint to display the car's state of charge. The AMG nose is loud and proud, heavy on the concepty attitude. The headlights are also vertically stacked and a visual departure. They have integrated loudspeakers, with a passive membrane for improved low frequency response. They're primarily for pedestrian protection, but might have other applications. AMG is acutely aware that the bass thunder emitted by its V8s is a core USP. When it comes to its BEVs, it surely has something up its sleeve. Advertisement - Page continues below There are an array of cooling ducts in the bonnet. They're functional but also stop the car from looking too soapy. We like the power domes, something of a combustion era callback. The AMG GT XX is also phenomenally aero efficient – its drag coefficient is just 0.20. The front splitter wraps around into a side air curtain, and underfloor vanes reduce lift. AMG's active air control panel reappears here to optimise cooling. There's also a pop-up rear air brake. As well as those rear lights, there's a light panel that features 700 programmable RGB (red, green and blue) LEDs. Mercedes says it can show a variety of 'content'. More content: just what the world needs. The concept car also uses an active 21in aero wheel, with five movable blades monitored by a central control unit with an actuator in the wheel hub. If the brakes need additional cooling, the blades move. There's more cleverness – each actuator uses a tiny generator to capture electrical energy from the wheel. It's not production ready, unfortunately. But the big story is what lies beneath. An overall power output of one megawatt (that's about 1,340bhp) is certainly eye catching, but so too is the GT XX's ability to charge at up to 850kW. That means it can hose around 250 miles of range into its batteries in just five minutes. 'Drive hard, charge hard' is the new mantra. If Mercedes-AMG has been found wanting so far in the race to master software defined, fully electric cars, the GT XX aims to reposition the company right at the pointy end. How so? Well, the new car uses an 800V architecture and axial flux motors, which are two thirds lighter than radial flux ones and take up a third of the space. There are three motors, packaged into two 'High Performance Electric Drive Units', to use Mercedes lingo. The rear mounted unit weighs 140kg and integrates two motors, along with a planetary gearset and a silicon carbide inverter, in a single oil-cooled casing. Up front, the other 80kg drive unit contains a motor, spur gear transmission and an inverter. The rear EDU does most of the work, the front one only coming into play when more torque or additional traction is demanded. It's decoupled the rest of the time to increase efficiency. Thank you for subscribing to our newsletter. Look out for your regular round-up of news, reviews and offers in your inbox. Get all the latest news, reviews and exclusives, direct to your inbox. You can thank British specialist Yasa, which Mercedes bought in 2021, for all of this. The motors will be made in a Mercedes facility on the outskirts of Berlin, and require 100 separate production processes. Mercedes says 65 of these are new to the company, and there are patents pending on 30. New forms of laser welding are being used, as well as – but of course – AI. We'll have to wait for more details, but Merc claims a top speed of more than 223mph and 0-124mph in five seconds. That's Koenigsegg Jesko territory. Beyond confirming the presence of its 4MATIC+ all-wheel drive system, there's no word yet on how the system will vector all that grunt. But as this is AMG we're talking about here we can expect an army of drive settings and some algorithmic magic. A tyre-melting drift mode is surely on the agenda. Then there's the GT XX's underfloor battery pack. The cells are tall and skinny, shortening the distance from the core to the casing and allowing heat to dissipate much more rapidly under load. The individual cells are housed in laser welded aluminium, so they're lighter than steel and have better conductivity. There are more than 3,000 of them, packaged in plastic modules and cooled using an electrically non-conductive oil. The cooling process is on demand, each cell module perfectly primed so there's no dropoff in performance. how fast you can charge a car is just as important as how fast or how far you can drive it We know what you're thinking – charging points that can ram electrons in at 850kW are currently nonexistent, but Mercedes-AMG has a cunning plan. It has partnered with Alpitronic, a specialist in high power charging, to devise the next-gen infrastructure. The company has developed a prototype that can handle that amount of energy using a standard CCS cable. The target is for them to build chargers that can do one megawatt, AMG says. As things stand, the GT XX will charge immediately at 350kW, regardless of the battery's state of charge or temperature, and will continue to charge that rapidly above 80 per cent. This could be a major turning point: how fast you can charge a car is just as important as how fast or how far you can drive it. Inside? The guiding precept is to make technology visible, while emphasising efficiency and lightweight construction. The interior layout suggests a traditional engine bay, and features an extruded crossbeam structure. High voltage cables are dotted around to remind you that this isn't actually combustion-engined. The stripped look is heightened by the front seats. The shells are carbon fibre, the pads 3D printed and made of a biotech material called Labfiber that upcycles used racing tyres and features vegetable proteins in its composition. One tyre equates to four square metres of this leather-look material. got to have a lengthy feel and it does a convincing impression of leather. The base colour is black so silver and orange elements really pop. There's a 'shrink lacquer' crackle finish on the centre console and elsewhere. Fabric loops rather than handles open doors, and there are chequered flag patterns on the door cards. The wheel is similar to the AMG One's, a cut down rectangular yoke inspired by Formula One. Mercedes has confirmed this is production-ready and it's connected to a steer-by-wire system with no physical metal between your hands and the front tyres. Remember the old days, when thundering V8 AMGs refused to go in a straight line? Now computers are supposed to take care of that for us. Inevitably, the real thing will tone down the more extreme design flourishes. But the stuff underneath, that's all locked in for mass production. Maybe the v2.0 Mercedes-AMG electric plan will be the one that lands.
India Today
20 hours ago
- Automotive
- India Today
Mercedes-AMG GT XX concept debuts: Meet the 1,360bhp high performance EV
Mercedes has revealed the Concept AMG GT XX, a four-door electric sports car that previews the brand's first series-production model on the high-performance platform. Boasting over 1,360bhp from three axial flux motors, a revolutionary battery with ultra-fast charging, and a striking design, the GT XX sets a new benchmark for electric performance vehicles. advertisementMercedes-AMG Concept GT XX powertrainAt the heart of the GT XX are three axial flux motors, two at the rear and one at the front, developed in collaboration with UK-based YASA, a subsidiary of Mercedes-Benz. These motors deliver a peak output of over 1,000kW, which translates to 1,360bhp, enabling a top speed exceeding 360kmph and a drag coefficient of 0.198. Compared to conventional radial flux motors, axial flux motors are three times more power-dense, two-thirds lighter, and occupy one-third of the space, offering unparalleled performance and efficiency. The rear High Performance Electric Drive Unit ( integrates two oil-cooled motors with a planetary gearset and silicon carbide inverters, while the front features a single motor with a spur-gear transmission. A disconnect unit (DCU) decouples the front motor during steady driving to enhance efficiency, engaging it for acceleration or added traction. The AMG Performance 4MATIC+ all-wheel-drive system ensures fully variable torque distribution for optimal grip and Concept GT XX Battery technology advertisement The High Performance Electric Battery ( is a bespoke development inspired by the AMG ONE hypercar and Mercedes' Formula 1 expertise. It utilises tall, slim cylindrical cells with NCMA chemistry (nickel, cobalt, manganese, aluminium) and a silicon anode, achieving an energy density of 300 Wh/kg. The cells are housed in laser-welded aluminium casings for superior thermal and electrical conductivity.A direct cooling system circulates non-conductive oil around each of the over 3,000 cells, maintaining optimal temperatures for sustained performance. This enables the GT XX to recharge 400km of WLTP range in just five minutes at an average charging power of over 850kW using a standard CCS cable. Mercedes-Benz has partnered with Alpitronic to develop a prototype charger capable of this speed, with plans to expand its Mercedes-Benz Charging Network with next-generation high-power Concept GT XX designIn terms of dimensions, the AMG GT XX concept measures 5,204mm in length, 1,945mm in width and 1,317mm in height. The GT XX's exterior blends iconic AMG styling with futuristic innovation. Its fastback silhouette, low-slung bonnet, and sunset beam orange paint evoke the legendary Mercedes C111 concepts. The AMG-specific grille features a concave design with a central Mercedes star, flanked by rectangular auxiliary lights and vertical main headlights. Air outlets on the bonnet and a front splitter with air curtains optimise cooling and aerodynamics. The car achieves a drag coefficient of 0.198, aided by an optimized underbody, active AIRPANEL louvers, and a Venturi-effect diffuser. MBUX Fluid Light Paint on the sills uses electroluminescent technology to display charging status, while 21-inch active aero Wheels with electronically controlled blades balance brake cooling and aero efficiency. At the rear, six circular taillights and an MBUX Fluid Light Panel with 700+ RGB LEDs enable dynamic animations and Concept AMG GT XX becomes the first vehicle to integrate exterior speakers for driving sounds directly into its front headlights. By utilising the headlight housing as a speaker cavity, this design not only saves space and reduces weight but also opens the door to new, dynamic sound profiles. These integrated speakers also serve a dual purpose by functioning as acoustic signals for pedestrian safety. Additionally, the car features passive membrane technology in its rear soundbar, enhancing low-frequency response and delivering deeper, more powerful bass by maximising the use of available GT XX concept interiorsThe GT XX's interior is a driver-focused cockpit with a black, orange, and silver colour scheme. Carbon-fibre bucket seats feature 3D-printed ergonomic pads covered in LABFIBER Biotech Leather Alternative, a sustainable material derived from recycled GT3 racing tyres. LABFIBER Biotech Silk Alternative adorns the door handles, showcasing biotechnology-based performance materials. Two LCD screens, including a 10.4-inch instrument cluster and a 14-inch infotainment system, featuring MBUX interface powered by with animations highlighting the electric powertrain. The AMG ONE-inspired steering yoke includes LED indicators for charge and performance status, while exposed body-in-white extrusions and orange high-voltage cable-inspired pipes reinforce the racing innovations Set to enter production in 2026, the GT XX previews a model likely to replace the AMG GT 4-Door Coupe. Its axial flux motors will be manufactured in Berlin-Marienfelde, using 100 production processes, including 65 new to Mercedes-Benz and 35 world-firsts. The car targets rivals like the Porsche Taycan Turbo GT and Lucid Air CONCEPT AMG GT XX is the next milestone in the history of AMG and forges a whole new dimension of performance," said Michael Schiebe, CEO of Mercedes-AMG. He further said, "The heart of an AMG was always the motor, and that will remain so with our in-house electric architecture. With our high-tech axial flux motor, we're delivering a revolutionary new drive that is unparalleled in terms of power density, weight and packaging."'With the CONCEPT AMG GT XX, we have succeeded in translating our design vision for AMG into the future. Sports cars have always been the icons of our brand; they are emotional and truly special to create," said Gorden Wagener, Chief Design Officer Mercedes-Benz Group to Auto Today Magazine- Ends
