Next Mercedes-AMG GT 63 to become 1000hp EV

The incoming 2025 Mercedes-AMG GT 63 4-Door Coupe is set to be reinvented as a technically advanced quad-motor EV, producing more than 1000hp (746kW) to battle it out with cars like the Porsche Taycan Turbo S and Tesla Model S Plaid.

According to Autocar, engineers will leave nothing on the table when it comes to the next-generation Mercedes-AMG GT 4-Door Coupe, with the flagship super-sedan set to be the first car based on its state-of-the-art AMG.EA architecture.

Insiders say the platform is key to raising the levels of performance well beyond the current car.

As well as enabling a sleek, low-slung look for even more slippery styling, the AMG.EA architecture will allow engineers to roll out the company’s next-generation powertrain technology.

This should include the highly advanced axial flux in-hub motors co-developed with the Benz-owned British firm Yasa.

The four disc-shaped motors should produce an incredible 746kW/1356Nm combined, and offer unmatched torque vectoring for the segment.

Perhaps more astonishingly is each motor weighs just 24kg but can produce a maximum of 358kW/800Nm.

As well as being light and powerful, mounting the motors within the wheel on the outer edges of the front and rear axles brings huge benefits for packaging, meaning more space for occupants and luggage.

According to the Brit mag, AMG will begin rolling out prototypes equipped with the next-gen EV powertrain in the coming months, ahead of the new AMG GT 4-Door’s launch in 2025.

There’s no word on styling but it’s thought that last year’s Vision 2025 concept will be hugely influential, with the sleek coupe thought to preview the incoming hyper-sedan’s size and proportions.

If so, expect the future model to measure around 5100mm long – around the same length as the current car.

Other new tech destined for the AMG GT sedan is a new slimline but energy-dense battery that will use a silicon anode material that’s claimed to offer a 40 per cent higher density over current graphite anodes.

Inside, expect a suitably futuristic cabin with a full-width high-definition screen that has already been previewed by the Concept One-Eleven.

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