Looks like AMG will be developing their own bespoke EV SUV like they are doing with the EV 4 door coupe. While, they'll probably all receive tepid market reactions given the attitude towards expensive EV's, they will be good showcases for where MB EV (battery and motor) tech is headed, which is pretty exciting.
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Yes especially as they brought out the good looking EQS concept and the production car look pathetic in comparison. They should have done some customer clinics to gauge interest of the styling before they launched the EQ models. The previous target of 20,000 EQS per year has never been achieved or come close.
This is what I was hoping from AMG all along that when they make the EV shift they would still have simulation sounds of a petrol V8 engine piped into the speakers, like Hyundai does with the Ioniq 5N. Good move by AMG.AMG remains emotional even in the electric age
Mercedes-AMG will also offer an emotional driving experience with the new electric models announced
As has now become known, AMG wants to focus more on emotionality again and offer customers the emotional driving experience they are used to from AMG.
Not only will a new V8 with mild-hybrid drive be launched ( further details can be found here ), but the Mercedes-AMG EQ models must also convey this emotionality to the customer.
The axial flux motor weighs less but has more power and torque
The indescribable performance is guaranteed by the new axial flux motors. Up to three electric motors are installed in the AMG Performance models:
- AMG GT 4-door (based on AMG.EA)
- AMG E-SUV (based on AMG.EA)
- CLA AMG EQ (top performance variant)
- GLA AMG EQ (Top Performance Variant)
- GLC AMG EQ (top performance variant)
- C-Class AMG EQ (Top Performance variant)
AMG with high-performance battery (round cells in oil bath)
Until now, it was known that the axial flow motors with the high-performance battery (round cells in an oil bath) would only be used in the AMG.EA platform. But that is not the case. The AMG Entry Performance models of the CLA, GLA, GLC and C-Class use Mercedes technology. That is, eATS 2.0 with 2-speed gearbox and the Mercedes battery. The AMG Top Performance models, which previously had the slogan "One Man One Engine", will now also get the AMG high-performance axial flow motors, which are produced in the Mercedes plant in Berlin Marienfelde. The AMG Top Performance models will also get an AMG battery (also on the MMA and MB.EA platform).
This ensures that there is plenty of propulsion. The top performance AMG variant of the CLA, for example, will be available to customers in 2026 with 544 hp.
Thanks to the layout of two axial flow machines on the rear axle (one per wheel), you can apply nice torque vectoring to maneuver the AMG with electric drive quickly around corners.
AMG.EA E-SUV, 3 axial flux motors provide plenty of power
V8 Mode creates emotions
Since such an electric motor can impress with massive torque from the basement, but remains very quiet, AMG gives the AMG.EA models as well as the AMG Top Performance models of the MMA (CLA, GLA) and MB.EA platform (C-Class, GLC) a so-called V8 mode.
This V8 mode simulates the typical V8 sound in the interior and exterior via the pedestrian sound module (outside) and the loudspeakers (in the interior).
In contrast to the eATS2.0 drive for the MMA and MB.EA platform, the AMG axial flux motors do not use a 2-speed gearbox. But AMG also programs virtual gear shifts in V8 mode. Although the drive via axial flux motors only has a fixed gear ratio, AMG wants to use virtual gears with a short interruption in traction via the sound module to create the typical V8 burner sound (presumably also with the usual misfire when downshifting).
AMG bleibt auch im Elektrozeitalter emotional
Auch mit den neuen angekündigten Elektromodellen wird Mercedes-AMG ein emotionales Fahrerlebnis bieten - Dank V8 Mode
Just think what their sales would have been if they had been hot products. The EV crowd clamoring over a Mercedes is so far just a fantasy. I personally think the EQ cars biggest problem is their pricing. They're just too expensive for what you get. I think if they had been priced more moderately they would have sold better, well that an terrible front fender seam that makes it looks like a botched accident repair.
What’s new?
This was the revised target. The original target at the launch of the EQS was 45000.
I actually think the new drawing resembles the general edgy lines of the 124 and the G-force more than any other concept recently. All their designs were rounded, smooth lines, the sharp headlights, the more rectangular grill, the sides of the hood are all more edgy and sharp, purely based on this nothing of a photo they might have a chance to do something original.What’s new?
The pudding design follows the doubtful inspiration from mid XX which has been lost in translation with every nightmarish reinterpretation of the panamericana grille.
If they would have balls they would use more edgy design language as it fits way better to their sedans. Looking back at their heritage and take the inspiration from the 80’s and 90’s where the design was reduced to its essence and pronouncing it’s strong presence.
For the SUV lineup they should have follow the EnerG-Force concept to make it a proper alternative for the Range Rover lineup. Nowadays we would have already a second gen of SUV collection with evolutionary but coherent design.
With all the regulations , filters , bulky exhausts , etc , any modern car sounds like crap right now....
Under "Shrimp" I witnessed one of the best S-classes in terms of interior quality - W221. And I witnessed a decline in interior quality in 222 and an even greater decline in 223 under Z.
