Mercedes-AMG boss Tobias Moers has confirmed that the Project One’s hybrid set-up will make it into a series-production car by 2020 or 2021.
While he wouldn’t disclose which model, he described the Project One as a “front-runner” for other models, which gives AMG “a lot of options”. Such a model may not use the turbocharged 1.6-litre V6 petrol engine sourced from Mercedes-AMG’s W08 F1, but it would employ four electric motors in the same set-up.
The Mercedes-AMG One has now been fully revealed - click the link to read the full story
In the Project One, one motor is used to drive the turbocharger. A further, larger motor is integrated directly into the driveshaft at the rear in a layout similar to the MGU-K (motor generator unit kinetic) used in the current generation of F1 cars.
The remaining two motors sit within the front axle, providing drive for the front wheels.
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What a bizarre name
for the world's oldest car company to use.
As long as there is an option
Three articles...
...in the same day for this (if not ugly, at least bland) concept??!!
Whose rocket-high price will be interesting only for hyper-rich collectors anyway -- IF there would ever be a small series production.
OK, those tech-gimmicks are worth a complete information... but three in a row?!