- Mercedes-AMG teases its second bespoke EV, a sporty-looking full-size electrical SUV.
- The AMG electrical SUV will debut in 2026 after the fastback mannequin.
- Its energy stage will reportedly exceed 1,000 horsepower.
Mercedes-AMG has its personal devoted electrical car structure known as AMG.EA that it plans to underpin a number of fashions. The primary is an electrical equal for the AMG GT four-door fastback, adopted by a full-size SUV.
The latter was confirmed as we speak via a teaser, which exhibits a stylized interpretation of the upcoming electrical high-rider’s facet profile. The roofline of the upcoming electrical high-rider, which slopes in the direction of the rear and options slanted fastback-like C-pillars, offers it a sporty look that resembles lots of the coupe-like SUVs at the moment in the marketplace. It would not look too dissimilar in profile from one in every of its direct rivals, the Lotus Eletre.
All Mercedes-AMG mentioned concerning the SUV is that it’s “taking our high-performance heritage to new shapes. A brand new SUV based mostly on our AMG.EA platform is on the best way, and it’s AMG first, all-electric second.” We do know the platform is being developed in-house by AMG, and it gained’t be shared with Mercedes-Benz EVs, which get their very own separate bespoke EV platforms.
It should characteristic an 800-volt structure that enhances charging pace and effectivity, together with axial flux electrical motors that weigh solely 50 kilos (24 kg) and produce almost 500 horsepower and 590 pound-feet of torque. So a dual-motor configuration could be pushing near 1,000 horsepower, bringing these automobiles in keeping with a few of as we speak’s strongest EVs. A tri-motor setup could be wanted to permit AMG to compete on the very prime of the EV energy pyramid, the place automobiles like the Xiaomi SU7 Extremely exceed 1,500 hp.
AMG wants huge energy numbers to drive up the thrill of its upcoming EVs if it desires to show its CEO proper. The boss of AMG, Michael Schiebe, said not way back that “Clients who got here to the model due to the V-8 didn’t come as a result of they only needed to have a giant engine. They got here as a result of they beloved the expertise that we put into the automotive. So relating to electrical driving, I am fairly positive they may soar into that new expertise.”
This assertion stirred a lot of reactions from automotive fans who thought of it wasn’t rooted in actuality, however AMG might have the final snigger if its EVs find yourself dominating the efficiency and gross sales charts for his or her respective phase. We are going to first see the electrical AMG GT four-door someday in 2026 adopted by the SUV that very same yr or in 2027 and each are anticipated to have tire-shredding oomph and a propensity for going sideways.
We’ve already seen a camouflaged prototype of the fastback, and the form appears a bit sleeker and extra hunkered-down than as we speak’s gas-burning mannequin, though it doesn’t seem fairly as smooth because the 2022 Imaginative and prescient AMG idea, the design examine that’s speculated to preview it. The SUV mannequin will probably be extra upright with a daring entrance finish and have much more aggressive design cues if it follows the present Mercedes design tendencies. Each automobiles may have an analogous footprint, though the SUV’s chunkier physique will make it seem bigger than the low-slung fastback.
