Under The Skin: Inside View of Mercedes-Benz AMG All-Electric SLS eDrive
By John O'Dell July 16, 2009
Beauty, in this case, is deeper than the skin.
Daimler AG released this see-though illustration of its 2015 Mercedes AMG SLS eDrive this morning, to show off its powerful battery-electric powertrain, featuring individual electric wheel-motors. (Click on illustration or photo-below-to enlarge.)
The gull-wing Mercedes AMG electric car (Daimler calls it a "swing wing") has upward rising doors strongly reminiscent of the famed 1954 300 SL, but that's the only retro touch in the car, which will use a modified version of the standard SLS rear-wheel drive platform.
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An early SLS prototype undergoes winter testing.
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The 98-kilowatt motors at each well produce 133 horsepower each, 532 horsepower combined, and can kick out 649 lb-ft of torque.
Daimler says the system will give the car a 0-100 mpg acceleration time in the neighborhood of 4 seconds.
A rechargeable 400-volt, 48 kilowatt-hour lithium-ion battery pack co-developed by Daimler and Germany's Evonik will store enough energy - augmented by juice captured from regenerative braking - to give the big two-seater a range estimated at 90-110 miles.
As of now the car is price-less, but one will be announced - a pretty hefty one, we imagine - as the 2015 launch date nears.
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