The era of ultra-high performance Mercedes EVs has arrived. The German automaker finally revealed its new super sedan, the AMG GT 4-door coupe, which features technology borrowed from the automaker’s XX concept, which made history last year by covering 24,901 miles in 8 days at the Nardo Ring in southern Italy.
With the production model, Mercedes reconsidered its approach to motors and batteries in the hopes of delivering a high-performance vehicle that could even compete with some hypercars. The new AMG GT uses three axial flux motors developed by Mercedes subsidiary YASA, delivering 1,153 horsepower and 1,475 lb-ft of torque. Mercedes claims to be the first company to use these types of motors, which weigh a fraction of a traditional radial motor due to their thinner disc size and still deliver huge horsepower.
Meanwhile, high-performance batteries use long, ultra-thin cylindrical cells that are only 1 inch in diameter, allowing heat to travel from the core to the outer surface almost instantly. In addition, Mercedes has developed a special, high-tech oil that is non-conductive so that there is no loss of power. Oil flows directly around each individual cell for direct cooling. Inspired by Formula 1, this system provides 20 kW of cooling power, or approximately four times the cooling capacity of a standard EQS battery. You can drag race it over and over again, and it theoretically won’t overheat.
The AMG GT 4-door coupe is built on an 800-volt architecture capable of handling up to 600 kW of ultra-fast charging. Mercedes says that apart from this, the innovative cooling system enables charging from 10-80 percent in just 11 minutes. The nickel-cobalt-manganese-aluminium cathode, combined with a silicon-containing anode, can achieve an energy density of more than 298 Wh-per-kilogram. The EV can also switch from 800V to 400V when required and supports five global DC charging standards (including NACS and CCS2).
Of course, all of this translates into an absolute monster-level track car. But of course, like most automakers, Mercedes is concerned about how race enthusiasts will embrace a completely silent electric motor. That’s why the AMG GT 4-Door Coupe will also feature more than 1,600 sound files derived from the AMG GT R to simulate engine notes, exhaust burbles and traction interruptions during virtual gear changes. It also has different sounds for unlocking, entering and charging the vehicle.
But it’s not just a fast car that makes fake sounds. The AMG GT 4-Door Coupe also has plenty of computing power. Mercedes centralized the vehicle’s brain in the AMG Race Engineered Core, running the automaker’s brand-new MB.OS operating system. Instead of a dozen tiny chips arguing with each other, an ultra-advanced master chip sits at the center of the car and simultaneously controls everything from driving, charging, suspension and battery cooling.
Inside you’ll find not one, not two, but three screens, all housed under a continuous glass surface. It includes a 10.2-inch driver display, a 14-inch angled central multimedia screen and a 14-inch passenger display running MB.OS. Owners can track all their metrics including air, heat and energy usage in real time.
Mercedes has not yet released official pricing, but has said that the GT55 version will be available in late 2026, followed by the GT63 in early 2027.
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