- The next AMG GT XX led 5,479 km (3,404 miles) in 24 hours
- Then he broke 25 long distance records on the Nardò test track in Italy
- Mercedes-Benz says that engines and batteries are ‘lists for production’
Mercedes-Benz has been busy demonstrating that his next AMG GT XX can go to the distance when driving him all over the world. Well, 40,075 kilometers (24,901 miles) in exactly 7 days, 13 hours, 24 minutes and 07 seconds … to be precise.
The achievement was only one of the many long -distance records established during an exhausting challenge to the high -speed Nardò test track in Italy, where a series of drivers and two vehicles maintained a constant speed of 300 km/h (186 mph), only stopped to briefly cry the batteries through the 850KW -of -construction charges especially.
Mercedes-Benz was anxious to point out that the AMG GT XX is capable of much higher speeds, but the 300 km/h marker (186 mph) was carefully selected depending on extensive simulations that balance the average road speeds with the number of load stops needed for the fastest general time.
During the trick, Mercedes broke a total of 25 long distance records, including the largest distance covered by an EV in 24 hours (impressive 3,405 miles).
In general, it required 3,177 turns of the Nardò circuit of 12.68 km, where 17 drivers took two-hour shifts behind the steering wheel, including the driver of Formula 1 of Mercedes-AMG, George Russell.
Bet on the new technology
The impressive feat was not only designed to catch some headlines, since Mercedes-AMG is also anxious to highlight the performance and robustness of his new pioneering motor train.
This is a particularly pertinent point given its long and illustrious career in the production of fearsome combustion engines and the difficulty you could have to convert your current customer base.
It consists of three axial flow engines, an 800 V electric architecture and internal cylindrical cell batteries, which use an electrically non -conductive oil for cooling purposes, it is said that the futuristic motor train in the AMG GT XX concept offers more than 1,360HP and can load more than 850kw through a wide range of the load curve.
During the revelation of the AMG GTXX concept earlier this year, Senior Mercedes figures told Techradar that the company expects to implement its own fast fast load network of 10,000 people who use 850kw technology for the next decade.
During the resistance effort, the German brand said it took only five minutes to recharge enough for a range of around 400 kilometers (248 miles).
Michael Schiebe, president of the Mercedes Administration Board -AMG, said the company is the first to use axial flow motors and batteries directly cooled in fully electrical models and that the records demonstrate “how superior these technologies are superior.”
In addition, he said that Future Electric Models clients will get a genuine AMG, “no Ifs; no buts.”
However, Mercedes-AMG also includes the threat of China, with the XPEng P7 electric sedan that travels almost 4,000 km (2,485 miles) in 24 hours last week, establishing the challenge for other manufacturers.
The Yu7 Max de Xiaomi also achieved 2,451 miles during a similar trick, which shows that the potential train engines and rapid loading speeds are no longer only the reservation of recognized performance marks.
