Did Mercedes-AMG Just Build A Better Porsche Taycan?

The Mercedes-AMG GT 4-Door electric fastback is positioned as a serious rival to the Porsche Taycan, aiming to feel like a true driver’s car. It features a tri-motor layout with axial-flux motors: one motor drives the front axle and two motors power the rear wheels independently. This setup enables finer torque control than conventional dual-motor systems, helping manage tire wear while deploying over 1,100 horsepower. Software can vary rear-axle torque to rotate the car, hold a slide, and accelerate out of corners with precise rear-wheel behavior. The car rides on a bespoke 800-volt EV platform with up to 600 kW charging, achieving 10-80% in 11 minutes. Its battery pack acts as a structural chassis member to lower the center of gravity and maintain high torsional rigidity.

"The AMG's most important trick is its tri-motor layout with axial-flux motors. One motor drives the front axle, while two more sit at the rear, each controlling one wheel independently. That gives the car a much finer degree of torque control than a conventional dual-motor setup, especially when it is trying to deploy over a 1,100 horsepower without shredding its tires. This fine torque vectoring should also make the car really playful."

"By varying torque across the rear axle, AMG can rely on software to get the car to rotate, hold a slide, and then claw its way out of a corner with both rear wheels doing exactly what the electronic brain wants. This should be one of the most fun EVs to drive ever."

"Just like the Porsche, it rides on a bespoke 800-volt EV platform. The new platform makes it the fastest-charging electric car ever made by a Western automakerit charges at up to 600 kilowatts, good for 10-80% in 11 minutes, assuming you can find such a monstrous charger. The Mercedes' battery pack is also a structural member of the chassis, which not only lowers the car's center of gravity but also helps it maintain very high torsional rigidity."

"On paper, the GT 4-Door EV is very similar to the Taycan, clearly showing that AMG benchmarked the Porsche during its creation. Interestingly, even though Mercedes uses a two-speed gearbox on the rear motor in many of its other new EVs, the new four-door AMG doesn't have one, likely because of its two separate rear motors."

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