Mercedes may be preparing to build its own electric motor by 2024
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Following the unveiling of the Vision EQXX concept at CES 2022, which featured a motor designed by LG, there are now reports that suggest the German automotive giant may start making its own electric motors from 2024. Already, EV majors like Tesla and Lucid Motors make their own motors, and GM has also launched the Altium brand of electric motors, meaning Daimler’s EVs aren’t fully integrated right now.
Mercedes has MMA and MB. An electric architecture is on the way which will be designed in-house and will also include EV powertrains that will be self-manufactured in 2024. Mercedes wants to achieve the same level of in-house production capacity for its EVs as it does for its internal combustion engine-based vehicles as it seeks to become the first brand of EV by 2030.
“We want to control as much as possible the overall system of the electric motor, battery and power electronics, as is the case with the combustion engine,” Marcus Schaefer, head of development at Daimler, told Automotive News sister publication Automobilwatch. , “So far, electric powertrains have come from outside partners,” he said.
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Of course, the move doesn’t come without massive capital outlay from the German carmaker. Mercedes will manufacture axial-flux electric motors in Berlin, while its Untertückheim plant will be responsible for radial electric motors for smaller vehicles.
“We will certainly have to discuss the expansion potential for electric powertrains globally as we continue to significantly accelerate electromobility, and by 2025 half of our vehicles will already be fully electric or market as plug-in hybrids. Will be in,” Schaefer explained.
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Interestingly, while the Vision EQXX was shown with a lot of LG technology in it – the current in-production EV that makes the ZF on the Mercedes EQC and features motors by Valeo Siemens on the EQS. It should be noted that the EQS is neither the fastest around the block nor the highest range, despite having the highest drag co-efficient of an electric car on the planet.
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