As you might keep in mind, the Mercedes-AMG ONE was topped the quickest manufacturing automotive on the Nürburgring-Nordschleife again in October 2022, with driver Maro Engel piloting the hypercar across the notorious monitor in a blistering 6 minutes 35.183 seconds.
However now, Maro Engel has overwhelmed his earlier finest time within the AMG hypercar by over 5 seconds, with an formally measured and notarized time of 6:29.090 minutes for the 12.944-mile monitor. This makes the Mercedes‑AMG ONE the primary highway automotive to beat the magic mark of 6:half-hour.
“We’ve held the document for highway autos for nearly two years now. However at AMG, we at all times need to push the boundaries of what’s potential to the utmost and even push them a bit of additional. That’s why now we have as soon as once more demonstrated what is feasible with the distinctive AMG ONE. Your complete workforce has been rewarded for its efforts and dedication. I’m pleased with this decided workforce effort and of this incredible document time. As soon as once more, we’ve impressively demonstrated the spirit and experience of AMG,” mentioned Michael Schiebe, Chairman of the Board of Administration of Mercedes‑AMG GmbH and Head of the Mercedes‑Benz G‑Class & Mercedes‑Maybach divisions.
With the intention to obtain the lofty targets that they had set for themselves, meticulous preparation was crucial. As well as, the monitor situations needed to be best to be able to beat the 6:30-minute goal. On September 23, 2024, at 6:56pm, on his third timed lap, Maro Engel achieved the brand new document. With temperatures of 59 levels Fahrenheit (air) and 68 levels Fahrenheit (asphalt), the legendary Nordschleife was dry all through and supplied excellent grip.
“Two years in the past, the situations weren’t best, and a few sections of the monitor had been nonetheless a bit of damp. We knew we may do extra and needed to point out that. Now we had been in a position to reveal the utmost potential of the AMG ONE. Many because of the entire workforce from Affalterbach for the belief they’ve positioned in me. It was an ideal pleasure and honor to have the ability to drive this document lap with such a novel automotive,” mentioned Maro Engel, Mercedes‑AMG model ambassador.
The Mercedes-AMG ONE is a relatively distinctive hypercar, because it’s primarily a street-legal F1 automotive, utilizing a lot of the identical expertise from their racing efforts. Hold studying to study extra about the way it all works in painstaking element:
Quickest street-legal manufacturing car
The Mercedes‑AMG ONE brings Components 1 hybrid drive expertise from the racetrack to the highway for the primary time. With 1 combustion engine and 4 electrical motors, the E PERFORMANCE hybrid delivers a complete of 1,049 horsepower, with the highest velocity capped at 218 mph. The opposite motorsport applied sciences vary from the carbon monocoque and carbon physique to the engine / transmission unit as a harassed member and lively aerodynamics to the pushrod chassis. With its advanced expertise, the two-seater Mercedes‑AMG ONE presents much more than a Components 1 racing automotive in some instances. It options the absolutely variable AMG Efficiency 4MATIC+ all-wheel drive with a hybrid-driven rear axle and electrically pushed entrance axle with torque vectoring.
For the document drive, the utmost camber values inside the supply tolerance had been chosen. Maro Engel chosen the “Race Plus” drive program. This ends in lively, most potential aerodynamics, tight chassis tuning, car decreasing by 1.5 inches on the entrance axle and 1.2 inches on the rear axle and, after all, full energy from all motors. The Drag Discount System (DRS) is activated by the motive force by urgent a button on the steering wheel. This retracts the louvers on the entrance fenders in addition to the higher aero aspect of the two-stage rear wing.
This technique reduces drag, which ensures larger speeds on the quick sections of the monitor. In twisty sections, the aero parts lengthen once more at lightning velocity, which supplies much more downforce. Engel additionally discovered additional potential within the operation of the DRS system in comparison with his first document drive, to be able to notice the capabilities of the AMG ONE much more completely.
AMG ONE clients can benefit from all these variation choices. This additionally applies to the MICHELIN Pilot Sport Cup 2 R MO tires, that are customary and had been specifically developed for the AMG ONE in collaboration with Michelin. The usual AMG ceramic excessive efficiency composite braking system ensures the best potential deceleration and stability.
E PERFORMANCE hybrid drive from Components 1
The E PERFORMANCE hybrid drive of the Mercedes‑AMG ONE comes instantly from Components 1 and has been realized in shut cooperation with Mercedes‑AMG Excessive Efficiency Powertrains in Brixworth. It consists of a extremely built-in and intelligently networked unit comprising one hybrid, turbocharged combustion engine with a complete of 4 electrical motors. One has been built-in into the turbocharger, one other has been put in instantly on the combustion engine with a hyperlink to the crankshaft and the 2 remaining motors drive the entrance wheels.
The 1.6-liter V6 hybrid gasoline engine with electrically assisted single-turbocharging corresponds in its expertise to the present Components 1 energy unit. The 4 overhead camshafts are pushed by spur gears. To attain excessive engine speeds, the mechanical valve springs have been changed by pneumatic valve springs. The engine, mounted in mid-engine place in entrance of the rear axle, revs as much as 11,000 rpm. Nevertheless, for longer sturdiness and the usage of industrial tremendous plus gasoline, it intentionally stays under the F1 rev restrict.
Lightning-fast response with electrical turbocharger
The high-revving energy unit is boosted by a high-tech turbocharger. The exhaust gasoline turbine and compressor turbine are positioned at a distance from one another and linked by a shaft. This permits a decrease set up place for the turbocharger. On the shaft is an approx. 121-hp (90-kW) electrical motor. Electronically managed, this drives the turbocharger shaft instantly, accelerating the compressor wheel as much as 100,000 rpm earlier than the exhaust gasoline stream takes over. The Components 1 designation for this unit is MGU-H (Motor Generator Unit Warmth).
This improves response considerably, instantly from idle velocity (when the exhaust stream continues to be weak) throughout your complete rpm vary. The 1.6L V6 engine responds much more spontaneously to accelerator pedal instructions, whereas the general driving expertise is extremely dynamic. As well as, the electrification of the exhaust gasoline turbocharger permits larger torque at low engine speeds. This additionally will increase agility and optimizes acceleration. Even when the motive force takes their foot off the accelerator or brakes, the expertise is ready to keep enhance strain always. This ensures a constantly direct response.
Turbocharger acts as generator
The electrical exhaust gasoline turbocharger within the Mercedes‑AMG ONE has one more benefit: it makes use of a part of the excess power from the exhaust gasoline stream to generate electrical power. That is both saved within the high-voltage lithium-ion battery or fed to the electrical entrance axle or the electrical motor (MGU‑Okay= Motor Generator Unit Kinetic) on the combustion engine. The MGU-Okay has an output of 161 hp (120 kW), is positioned instantly on the combustion engine and is linked to the crankshaft by way of a spur gear system – tech that ensures most effectivity and efficiency in Components 1.
Turbocharging and direct injection with spray-guided combustion not solely allow excessive energy output, but in addition improve thermodynamic effectivity, decreasing gasoline consumption and exhaust emissions. The excessive efficiency 6-cylinder engine has two injection techniques. Direct injection delivers gasoline into the combustion chambers at pressures as much as 3,916 psi. This can be a a number of course of at occasions and is managed by the engine administration system as required. The extra port injection is required to realize the excessive particular energy of the engine and on the identical time adjust to the exhaust emission limits.
Totally variable all-wheel drive with electrically pushed entrance axle
Every of the 2 161-hp (120-kW) electrical motors on the entrance axle attain rotor speeds of as much as 50,000 rpm. They’re every linked to the entrance wheels by way of a discount gear. The entrance axle, which is pushed purely electrically, operates wheel-selectively in every case and thus permits particular person torque distribution for notably excessive driving dynamics (“torque vectoring”). As well as, the 2 electrical motors additionally enable the braking power to be optimally used for recuperation – as much as 80 % underneath on a regular basis driving situations. This power is saved within the battery and is offered for an extended electrical vary or for extra drive efficiency. Every electrical motor is managed by its personal energy electronics situated in shut proximity to the electrical motors within the flooring meeting.
Excessive efficiency battery with Components 1 expertise
The lithium-ion power storage system can also be a particular Mercedes‑AMG growth, utilizing expertise that has already confirmed itself within the Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 Group’s Components 1 hybrid race automobiles underneath the hardest situations. The AMG Excessive Efficiency Battery combines excessive energy that may be referred to as up regularly in succession with low weight to extend general efficiency. Added to this are the quick power draw and the excessive energy density. Which means throughout a brisk drive over hilly terrain, for instance, drivers can instantly name on the complete energy potential on uphill stretches, whereas recuperation is powerful when driving downhill.
The association of the battery cells and the cell cooling mirror the Mercedes‑AMG Components 1 race automotive. For on a regular basis use, nevertheless, their quantity is many occasions better within the AMG ONE. The capability of 8.4 kWh is adequate for a purely electrical vary of 11.2 miles. Charging is by way of the built-in 3.7-kW AC on-board charger. As well as, the battery may be provided with recent power by way of recuperation or from the combustion engine. The lithium-ion, high-voltage battery and the DC/DC converter supporting and charging the 12-volt onboard electrical system are accommodated in space-saving configuration within the car flooring behind the entrance axle.
Progressive direct cooling of the high-voltage battery
The premise for the excessive efficiency of the battery is the revolutionary direct cooling. A high-tech coolant flows round all of the cells and cools them individually. Each battery wants an outlined temperature for optimum energy supply. If the battery turns into too chilly or too sizzling, it noticeably loses energy at occasions, or needs to be regulated to keep away from injury if the warmth turns into extreme. The even temperature of the battery due to this fact has a decisive affect on its efficiency, service life and security.
The coolant circulates from prime to backside by way of your complete battery previous every cell with the assistance of a excessive efficiency electrical pump and likewise flows by way of a warmth exchanger connected on to the battery. The system is designed to make sure even warmth distribution within the battery. The result’s that the battery is at all times in a constant, optimum working temperature window of roughly 113 levels Fahrenheit – irrespective of how usually it’s charged or discharged. It could be that the common temperature is exceeded when driving at excessive speeds. The safety mechanisms are due to this fact configured in order that the utmost efficiency may be obtained from the battery, with the temperature degree subsequently lowered by direct cooling.
Solely direct cooling makes it potential to make use of cells with very excessive energy density. Due to this particular person answer, the battery system is especially mild and compact. The low weight can also be as a result of material-saving busbar idea and the light-weight but sturdy crash construction of the aluminum housing. It ensures the best degree of security. One other function is the excessive voltage of the drive system, which operates at 800 volts as an alternative of the standard 400 volts. Due to the upper voltage ranges it’s potential to considerably cut back the cable diameters, for instance, thereby saving design area and weight.
Clever working methods for optimum output and effectivity
All in all, the Excessive Efficiency Plug-in Hybrid Drive System presents quite a few clever working methods which are optimally tailored to completely different utility eventualities. The drive packages vary from purely electrical operation to a extremely dynamic mode (Strat 2), which corresponds to a setting utilized in Components 1 qualifying for the very best lap occasions. Regardless of the excessive system complexity, the motive force will at all times obtain the optimum mixture of efficiency and effectivity, relying on the present requirement.
Congrats to Mercedes-AMG for this large achievement, it’s going to be onerous to beat!