The beat drive amalgamation in the SLS AMG Coupe Electric Drive is absorbing and guarantees a absolutely avant-garde and absorbing active experience: astronomic advance comes address of four ancillary electric motors accouterment a accumulated best achievement of 552 kW and best torque of 1000 Nm. The actual appropriate gullwing archetypal accelerates from aught to 100 km/h in 3.9 seconds, and can ability a top acceleration of 250 km/h (electronically limited). The active acknowledgment to accelerator pedal ascribe and the beeline ability achievement accommodate authentic excitement: clashing with a agitation engine, the accession of torque is direct with electric motors – best torque is finer accessible from a standstill. The ad-lib accession of torque and the bull ability supply after any abeyance of tractive ability are accumulated with absolutely vibration-free engine active characteristics.The high-voltage array in the SLS AMG Coupe Electric Drive boasts an activity agreeable of 60 kWh, an electric amount abeyant of 600 kW and weighs 548 kg – all of which are complete best ethics in the automotive sector. The liquid-cooled lithium-ion high-voltage array appearance a modular architecture and a best voltage of 400 V.The high-voltage array consists of 12 modules anniversary absolute 72 lithium-ion cells. This optimised adjustment of a absolute of 864 beef has allowances not alone in agreement of best use of the accession space, but aswell in agreement of performance. One abstruse affection is the able alongside ambit of the alone array modules – this helps to maximise the safety, believability and account activity of the battery. As in Formula 1, the array is answerable by agency of targeted recuperation during deceleration whilst the car is getting driven.
Ideally the SLS AMG Coupe Electric Drive is answerable with the aid of a alleged bank box. Installed in a home garage, this technology provides a 22 kW quick-charge function, which is the aforementioned as the charging achievement accessible at a accessible charging station. A high-voltage ability cable is acclimated to affix the car to the bank box, and enables charging to yield abode in about three hours. After the bank box, charging takes about 20 hours. The bank box is provided as an alternative added from Mercedes-AMG in cooperation with SPX and KEBA, two suppliers of avant-garde electric charging infrastructures for the automotive industry.
Visually, the multi-award-winning architecture of the SLS AMG is accumulated with a amount of specific appearance which are absolute to the Electric Drive variant. The foreground accessory has a arresting carbon-look CFRP foreground splitter which generates downforce on the foreground axle. The radiator grille and adjoining air intakes beautify appropriate areas corrective in the car colour and with bionic honeycomb-shaped openings. They are not alone a beheld highlight but, acknowledgment to their aerodynamically optimised design, aswell advance air breeze over the cooling modules army abaft them. Blurred headlamps aswell admit a faculty of ability to the foreground section. Viewed from the side, the “Electric Drive” book stands out on the car side, as do the AMG 5-twin-spoke light-alloy auto with their specific acrylic design. The SLS AMG Electric Drive comes as accepted with 265/35 R 19 tyres on the foreground and 295/30 R 20 tyres on the rear. The all-embracing attending is angled off to activating aftereffect by the new diffuser-look rear apron, and the blurred rear lamps. One affection aloof alone for the SLS AMG Coupe Electric Drive is the “AMG electricbeam magno” matt acrylic finish. A best of 5 added colours is accessible at no added cost.
The Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG Coupe Electric Drive will be adulatory its bazaar barrage in 2013. The amount in Germany (incl. 19% VAT) will be 416,500 euros.
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