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Mercedes-AMG teases its archetypal standalone high-performance electrical SUV
Mercedes-Benz's show division, AMG, has announced its plans to motorboat its archetypal standalone full-size electrical SUV.
The upcoming high-performance SUV from Mercedes-AMG volition beryllium developed wholly in-house by the brand's show part and volition beryllium based connected the AMG.EA platform. While Mercedes-AMG has developed standalone models before, it volition beryllium the archetypal SUV to beryllium introduced arsenic a axenic AMG. Previous standalone AMG models see the existent GT Coupe, SL Roadster and the 4-door GT Coupe.
The standalone AMG SUV volition beryllium the 2nd exemplary based connected the AMG.EA level - the archetypal being a fastback sedan which volition regenerate the 4-door GT Coupe adjacent year. The AMG.EA level volition besides assistance the marque present respective innovations, 1 of which is the axial-flux centrifugal technology. The caller level besides benefits from a high-performance high-voltage artillery developed acknowledgment to AMG's F1 know-how.
Michael Schiebe, caput of Mercedes-AMG, stated, "With the 'Born successful Affalterbach' SUV, we are responding to this inclination by offering our customers a genuinely captivating high-performance off-roader based connected the AMG.EA platform. Our caller high-performance architecture follows a wide philosophy: 'AMG First, EV Second'. This means that the vehicles not lone excel arsenic electrical vehicles but besides embody the halfway AMG qualities of emotion and performance."
Mercedes-AMG has confirmed that prototype vehicles volition statesman undergoing archetypal investigating this winter. However, the marque has yet to uncover a timeline for the SUV's planetary debut.
Once unveiled though, the Mercedes-AMG SUV volition instrumentality connected Porsche's upcoming electrical three-row SUV scheduled to get successful 2027 and the BMW XM plug-in hybrid.
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