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Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG With Electric Drive Official Details Revealed |
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A couple days ago we told you about Mercedes potential plans to bring an
electric-drive variant of the forthcoming Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG, and
today, the company has confirmed exactly that. According to Mercedes,
they are "developing an exciting super sports car with zero-emission high-
tech drive," one that "sees Mercedes-Benz and AMG displaying their
expertise in the development of alternative drive solutions for high-
performance super sports cars."
If you viewed our prior story on the SLS eDrive, you already know most of
the details: four electric motors (one positioned near each wheel)
provide a combined peak output of 392kW and a maximum torque of 880 Nm,
with one transmission per axle transmitting power. According to
Mercedes, "this intelligent all-wheel-drive system allows dynamically
optimized power transmission without any losses by means of Torque
Vectoring – in other words, the specifically targeted acceleration of
individual wheels." Read more
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