The Mercedes Concept Amg GT XX is the Mercedes C111 of the future. And to demonstrate it, it has turned around 300 km/h

It is difficult that Mercedes’s position regarding the electric car does not mislead us. His Electric Mercedes It promises autonomies and consumption hardly comparable to any of its rivals. His proposal is that of a car with that of forgetting any plug. Your electric Mercedes, which promises Homologge almost 800 kilometers of autonomy with an 85 kWh battery (ridiculous consumption of between 12.2 and 12.5 kWh/100 km), it looks like the direct heir of the Mercedes Vision EQXX. That prototype, which en Xataka We could tryhe directed his efforts to aerodynamics, very high battery energy densities and very low consumption. That is, the bet was not to achieve the maximum possible autonomy “to the gross”, increasing the battery capacity well above 100 kWh. The way was the opposite, having a lot of energy available but taking advantage of it very little. While the electric Mercedes filled headlines (some for worse), the company insisted again that it had to keep investing in combustion engines. His CEO, at the head of acea, He has sent a letter to the European Commission where he asks for this: flexibility in adoption to the electric car. And yet, in Mercedes it seems that something very fat is being cooking. We do not doubt that other laboratories of car manufacturers are handled juicy things but Mercedes has something good: it takes out its theories to walk. And thanks to that we can see cars like the Mercedes Concept Amg GT XX. Why does an electric car have less autonomy than the announcing 25 records of a tacada Just when the 60s died, Mercedes presented in society a groundbreaking prototype: The Mercedes C111. During its four generations it was shown that this car was the perfect basis where to try each and every one of the advances that the company had in hand. Under his body passed from diesel engines to rotary engines. It is no accident that the Mercedes Concept Amg GT XX It will appear in society with the orange color that identified that mythical sports. A little over two months ago, the company made this public 1,360 hp prototypea 360 km/Hy peak speed a soundtrack of a V8 … that, of course, you will not find it under its body. The technical data were surprising. To get this prototype to become the most powerful and fast Mercedes-AMG ever manufactured, use three axial flow engines (one in front and two on the rear axle) with a battery refrigerated by immersion (we will now see the details) with an 800 volt structure that allow loads of up to 850 kW as a maximum peak. According to the brand, they allow you to recover 400 kilometers of autonomy in five minutes. To this is added an aerodynamic coefficient of 0.198, almost matching the Lucid Air (0.197) and completely closed tires that not only prevents creating turbulence, they are also responsible for the front air flow not diluted in the passage of the vehicle and it is not until the rear axle is overcome when it is dismissed from it. With all these incentives, it only was waiting to see What was Mercedes of When he decided to throw himself to a test track. That happened only a few days ago. Mercedes has put his concept AMG GT XX at full performance for eight days in the Italian Nardò test trackknown for its speed and for being the place where for the first time the Mercedes C-111-IV exceeded 400 km/h. This time, the Germans put their heir to turn to the immense 12.68 kilometers ring. The result was waiting … eight days. Because for more than a week, the Mercedes Concept Amg GT XX has been spinning without rest. The result is that at that time it has managed to complete the whole world. That is, 40,075 kilometers (24,901 miles). Specifically in 7 days, 13 hours 24 minutes and 7 seconds. Not happy with it, the car continued to pushing the barrier of 25,000 miles. On the way the Germans broke 25 long distance records. In the first 24 hours they already reached 5,479 kilometers. The figure was overwhelmed: 1,518 kilometers more tours than the previous record. The formula was simple and effective. Mercedes engineers mounted the pilot, he went to the track and put himself at a cruise speed of 300 km/h. When the battery was exhausted, passing through boxes to recharge at 850 kW of power. Thus, day and night. Day and night for eight days. In total, 3,177 turns of the Nardò circuit of 12.68 kilometers. You can consult all kilometer milestones (and also in miles) In this link. Among the keys that have allowed Mercedes get up with these distance recordsThe company ensures that cooling has been key. They say they have an innovative direct cooling system of the battery fluid. As the components have to face different temperature ranges, it has a central refrigerant concentrator that supplies the specific refrigeration that each of one of it needs. It is also connected to the main radiator and two other wheel arc radiators on each side of the front. Working surgically, you can distribute cooling among all components or specifically send it to the one you need most at that time. Thus, the test has been held in Three pillars: cooling, aerodynamics and recharges time. To guarantee the maximum performance, the company came to install its own medium voltage electric lines, transformers and load stations. Thus, they could have their own high -power load concentrator developed entirely by themselves. In fact, works that extended almost three months were necessary. The result: three loaders with a total power of 2.5 MW. The average of the charges was 850 kW but the company does not specify for how long they were carrying or to what percentage of the battery they loaded with each stop. It is impossible, therefore, to really know the battery capacity used. Photos | Mercedes In Xataka | Solid state batteries are the … Read more

Steve Jobs changed his Mercedes-Benz SL55 AMG of $ 120,000 every six months. And everything was due to registration

When Steve Jobs was Apple’s CEO he used to drive from Your home in Palo Alto until The company’s headquarters in Cupertino. It was a trip of about 20 minutes that made several times a week with his Mercedes-Benz SL55 AMG. This car, of approximately $ 120,000It was a whim that many technological entrepreneurs from Silicon Valley could afford without blinking. Jobs’s car, however, was special for a reason. Only. Unlike any other SL55 AMG that could be found out there, the one who handled the co -founder of the apple signature had no registration. If walking on the 1 infinite loop campus you met a silver mercedes in one of its parking spaces, that was your vehicle. Now, for a long time it was not clear how Jobs managed to move in a car that apparently contradicted California’s laws. Leasing. How our Applesfera colleagues collectApple’s leader was not doing anything illegal, but had found a way to use a car without registration over time. To get it, it simply changed Mercedes every six months. This was due to the fact that local regulations allowed new cars without identification for about 180 days. The idea was perfect, right? But there are many other interesting details. Do not buy. While Jobs had a lot of money, fortune that these days is using its widow Laurene Powell JobsI didn’t buy a new car every time I needed it. The technological environment Itwire had the opportunity To interview more than a decade ago to Jon Callas, who was CTO of Entrust and had worked on several positions in Apple. Callas said that Jobs had a leasing agreement that allowed him to renew his car for an identical one every year. Obsession. So why did all this the co -founder of Apple? Apparently, to preserve your privacy. Registing can reveal personal information about the vehicle’s owner, so Jobs wanted to avoid this. An interesting note is that, at least between 2006 and 2010, the businessman committed very few infractions. Wired counts that in that period of time he received two citations, both for speeding in Santa Clara. A peculiar guy. Jobs was a very particular visionary. In some aspects of his life he was very rudimentary. For example, he lived practically without furniture at home because none convinced him, Although he had a “secret room” in Pixar to develop his ideas. In certain areas I did not doubt that when He ordered a yach of 120 million dollars whose lines and minimalism remember an Apple product. Images | Mercedes-Benz Ag | Apple | Joe Ravi In Xataka | It is not Steve Jobs, it is Mustafa Suleyman: Microsoft’s CEO that points to the tendency to dress “Jobs style” *An earlier version of this article was published in August 2024

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