2028 Mercedes-AMG electrical full-size SUV spied testing

• The second mannequin based mostly on the brand new AMG.EA platform has been noticed testing
• The car is an electrical full-size SUV that may comply with an electrical liftback, additionally based mostly on the AMG.EA platform
• Camouflaged prototypes trace at styling impressed by the Imaginative and prescient AMG idea from 2022

Mercedes-Benz plans to launch dozens of recent fashions over the subsequent two years, together with each electrical autos and gas-powered fashions.

One of many new autos within the pipeline is an electrical full-size SUV being developed by the AMG efficiency division as a standalone mannequin, just like its present GT and SL sports activities automobiles, in addition to the GT 4-Door Coupe liftback.

AMG introduced plans for the mannequin final fall, and now a prototype has been noticed present process cold-weather testing close to the Arctic Circle in northern Sweden, the place temperatures right now of 12 months can drop as little as -40 levels.

A teaser sketch launched alongside AMG’s authentic affirmation of the car hints at a modern, nearly fastback-like design with highly effective haunches. The most recent spy photographs reveal further particulars, together with carbon-ceramic brake rotors and a rear finish that carefully resembles the design of the Imaginative and prescient AMG idea unveiled in 2022. The general form bears some similarity to Aston Martin’s DBX.

Mercedes-Benz Imaginative and prescient AMG idea

The Imaginative and prescient AMG idea extra carefully previews an electrical four-door liftback that may function a zero-emissions various to the present GT 4-Door Coupe. The electrical liftback can be present process testing and is slated to reach subsequent 12 months, seemingly as a 2027 mannequin for the U.S. The electrical SUV is anticipated to comply with in 2027, arriving as a 2028 mannequin.

Each autos shall be based mostly on the new AMG.EA platform, which debuts within the liftback and might also assist gasoline engines, together with a brand new electrified V-8 that AMG is growing. AMG has beforehand confirmed that the AMG.EA platform will introduce a brand new high-performance battery idea and reap the benefits of axial-flux electrical motor expertise. The battery is anticipated to leverage AMG’s Method 1 experience, significantly in power discharge, restoration, and probably cooling.

The axial-flux motors are prone to profit from insights from Yasa, a British agency specializing in high-performance electrical motors that Mercedes acquired in 2021. Axial-flux motors are lighter and extra compact than typical radial-flux motors of comparable output. For instance, a motor weighing simply over 50 kilos can produce roughly 480 hp, and a number of models may be put in. With one motor at every axle, complete output may method 1,000 hp. Nonetheless, manufacturing these motors is extra advanced than conventional radial-flux motors, making them considerably dearer.

There isn’t a indication but of what the brand new electrical AMGs shall be known as, however Mercedes is shifting to a brand new naming technique by which electrical fashions function a “with EQ Expertise” descriptor, whereas hybrid fashions use “with EQ Hybrid Expertise.” EQ is taken from Mercedes’ sub-brand for EVs, which the automaker is phasing out for its subsequent technology of EVs. The brand new naming conference has already been launched on the electrical model of the G-Class SUV, although it stays unclear whether or not AMG will undertake the identical observe. In that case, the brand new SUV could possibly be named one thing just like the AMG GT SUV with EQ Expertise.