USA debut of the Mercedes-AMG Showcar Project ONE - News Scoop

The Mercedes-AMG Project ONE celebrated its premiere at 2017 Los Angeles Auto Show: for the first time, the two-seater supersports show car brings the very latest and efficient, fully-fledged Formula 1 hybrid technology from the race track to the road almost par for par to represent the highlight of AMG’s 50th anniversary. This high-performance hybrid is said to produce over 1,000 PS and reach top speeds beyond 350 km/h. The show car combines outstanding race track performance and day-to-day suitable Formula 1 hybrid technology with exemplary efficiency. This is a world first. The high-performance plug-in hybrid drive system of the Mercedes-AMG Project ONE comes directly from Formula 1, and was realised in close cooperation with the motorsport experts of Mercedes-AMG High Performance Powertrains in Brixworth. It consists of a highly integrated and intelligently networked unit comprising one hybrid, turbocharged combustion engine with a total of four electric motors. One has been integrated into the turbocharger, another has been installed directly on the combustion engine with a link to the crankcase and the two remaining motors drive the front wheels.<br /><br />Follow us @AutoMotoTV - http://www.twitter.com/AutoMotoTV<br />Like us on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/CarVideosOnline<br />AutoMotoTV - http://www.youtube.com/AutoMotoTV<br /><br />AutoMotoTV Deutsch: http://bit.ly/2w3J1Bn