RE: Spotted: Mercedes E-cell On The Road
Wednesday 23rd June 2010
The eyes of PH, it seems, get everywhere. No sooner had the webosphere got hold of the official images of Merc's new electric SLS, the E-cell concept, than we got a call from PHer Harsh, currently on the PistonHeads Viking Tour, to say the PH convoy had spotted one live in the 'real world'.
We already know from yesterday's news that the 'leccy Mercedes can sprint to 62mph in 4.0secs, but we're now also told that it can hit 125mph from rest in 11.0secs, on the way to a 186mph top speed.
Spotted: Mercedes E-cell On The Road
PH Viking Tour ambushes the AMG Electric SLS in Norway
It turns out that Merc engineers looking after the E-cell were more than happy to chat to our guys, and let them take these pics.
Apparently, the car has a 160km range currently, and can charge up in just one hour, although its engineers are working to improve both of those figures.
Our travelling super-sleuths also found out that the lithium polymer batteries are bespoke Mercedes efforts, and that the adjustable front splitter and rear diffuser work their high-downforce magic at 70mph.
The only thing our fellows didn't manage to winkle out of the test team were some free AMG fleeces...
(*Pics/vid thanks to PHers verysideways(PetrolHeadNirvana), and NWVT)
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fantastic car, and so fast...
must have a advanced computer to keep all 4 wheels talking the right way to get max grip and safety.
GTRene
another vid here
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2A3e9Nss3o&fea...
must have a advanced computer to keep all 4 wheels talking the right way to get max grip and safety.
GTRene
another vid here
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2A3e9Nss3o&fea...
Edited by GTRene on Wednesday 23 June 10:22
Pleased to see the weather is s
t in Norway now so at least I don't feel quite so p'eed off that I'm not on the Viking Tour this year 
Saw Pete's pics from earlier in the week and the weather was as good as here, that car park by the Atlantic Bridge seems to attract nice cars......wonder where they Merc boys were going to coming from?
t in Norway now so at least I don't feel quite so p'eed off that I'm not on the Viking Tour this year Saw Pete's pics from earlier in the week and the weather was as good as here, that car park by the Atlantic Bridge seems to attract nice cars......wonder where they Merc boys were going to coming from?
Silent but deadly 
I think they should have an all electric F1 season. There is a lot of technology in the average family car that derives from F1 and perhaps by (them) spending billions on R&D it could be a future for the 'normal' electric car.
300 miles on a charge. 8 hour charge period. etc. etc.
I think they should have an all electric F1 season. There is a lot of technology in the average family car that derives from F1 and perhaps by (them) spending billions on R&D it could be a future for the 'normal' electric car.
300 miles on a charge. 8 hour charge period. etc. etc.
robm3 said:
Reload said:
RetroCosworth said:
It's not quite the same is it? A soundless SLS. 
That was my thinking too. Nice looking car, and very well engineered. But it's just not the same without the noise. I reckon it feels odd too, not getting that rumble when you put your foot down.The silence produced by that thing is almost dignified. I was expecting the trodden-on-cat wail of a millk float when it pulled away. Silence is better than that.
I have to say, this is the first time I've really gotten excited over a 'leccy car. Also the first time for a new Merc. One hour charge time and still 2 or 3 years before it hits the public? I think this is a great step towards a truly viable electric car. Soon (maybe) the internal combustion engine will even struggle to keep up a similar level of "bang for your buck", all thoughts of environmentalism aside...
Futuramic said:
robm3 said:
Reload said:
RetroCosworth said:
It's not quite the same is it? A soundless SLS.
That was my thinking too. Nice looking car, and very well engineered. But it's just not the same without the noise. I reckon it feels odd too, not getting that rumble when you put your foot down.The silence produced by that thing is almost dignified. I was expecting the trodden-on-cat wail of a millk float when it pulled away. Silence is better than that.
Review of Nissan Leaf said:
Nissan have got around the problem of potentially running over pedestrians by adding something called “Approaching Vehicle Sound for Pedestrians”. On start up and at low speeds a sine-wave sound system sweeps from 2.5kHz at the high end to a low of 600Hz, loud enough for most people’s hearing range yet not loud enough to be disturbing.
I don't know what it sounds like but why pretend to be something you are not by using ICE noises.whythem said:
I think this "silence" with the new leccy cars is/will be a big problem. 1.People will just walk out in front of you, and 2. Its boring for the owner. Actually Im gonna start a new thread!
I can't see myself ever getting bored with that kind of performance The "noise makers" I've read about for electric cars all seem to be about mimicking classic internal combustion engines, which seems a bit disingenuous and a missed opportunity. Imagine if it sounded like a Tie-Fighter (from Star Wars, for the younger PHers).I would sell the house. I'm not kidding.
Edited by Smartass on Wednesday 23 June 13:08
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