Mercedes SLS AMG E-Cell: Already in prototype form

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Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG, the car of the year the Car Guide

After marketing announcement that an electric motor has declination of the seductive Audi R8 and it would be the same for a hybrid powertrain version of the Porsche 918 Spyder, or even a Porsche GT3, here that looks a version of the electric motor's lightning Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG.

To do this, the SLS AMG has set aside its powerful 571 horsepower gasoline to replace four electric motors with a total output of 533 horsepower and 649 lb-ft V8, all of which can rotate up to 12 000 rev / min. These will be coupled to a lithium-ion polymer PLACED just behind the seats two passengers.

Although it is not a so-called "wheel motor" technology, each engine has all the same mission to train each wheel electronically. By consequence, this version can be considered a fireball four wheel drive.

Even without gearbox, the Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG E-Cell takes only four seconds to reach the 100 km / h.

In order to curb his enthusiasm, it can benefit through supplement ceramic brakes 18.5 "in the front and 14.2" in the back. 265/35R19 tire size in the front and 295/30R20 at the rear provide it to offer a very high level of behavior.

It will be unveiled at the next Paris Motor Show in Paris, which will be held from 2 to 17 October next. Estimated at Mercedes to offer this ultra clean fireball and more environmentally somewhere in 2013.