Mercedes-Benz announced that a Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG Electric Drive set a new electric car record at Nürburgring Nordschleife, once driven by Markus Hofbauer, the electric Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG noted time 7:56.234 taking the record from the Audi R8 E-Tron.
The 7:56.234 classifies Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG Electric Drive flush with the time they have made to Ring the Ferrari California and the Porsche Panamera Turbo.
Let me remind you that the Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG Electric Drive has four electric motors, one at each wheel, the total yield of 750 horses with 1.000 Nm torque. 0-100 km/h makes in 3.9 seconds, just 0.1 seconds later than it does the SLS AMG to a top speed limited to 250 km/h and the autonomy to charge is 250 km.
Each motor weighs 45 pounds and revs to 13,000 rpm while the batteries capacity of 60 kWh weigh 548 pounds. It has two independent boxes and system AMG Torque Dynamics assumes the role of sending torque to anyone who needs the wheel.
Due to the increased weight of the batteries, the Mercedes-Benz had to reduce the overall weight of the electric SLS. Thus, the chassis is made of aluminum and carbon, with the brakes are carbon-ceramic dimensions 402 mm front and 360 mm behind. It stands on 19-inch rims with tire size 265/35 front and 295/30 rear. The production and sales will begin later this month in Germany will start from 416,500 EUR.
