2014 Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG Electric Drive, 2014 Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG Electric Drive Images Review :
Driving a 740-horsepower electric anomaly.
The Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG Electric Drive boasts a 120-mile range and 738 horsepower, but don’t believe for a minute that you can enjoy both at the same time. When pushed to its full potential, the electric SLS won’t make it two laps around the 12.9-mile Nürburgring Nordschleife. This great conundrum—manage the battery range or exercise the car’s muscle—makes the great power of the SLS ED sort of, well, a limp proposition.
But who are we kidding? Those that can afford the $500,000-plus electric SLS will have people to worry about range anxiety for them. When deliveries begin later this year, the Electric Drive will be a very quick, very fun novelty toy—batteries included—for fewer than 200 well-heeled Europeans. (There currently are no plans for U.S. sales.) For Mercedes-Benz and AMG, the electric gullwing is a research test bed exploring the future of electric propulsion and high-performance vehicles.
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VEHICLE TYPE: front- and rear-motor, 4-wheel-drive, 2-passenger, 2-door coupe ESTIMATED BASE PRICE$550,000 ENGINE TYPE: four AC permanent synchronous electric motors, 185 hp, 185 lb-ft; combined power rating, 740 hp, 738 lb-ft; 60-kWh lithium-ion battery pack TRANSMISSION: 1-speed direct drive |
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Awesome review.
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