2024 Mercedes-Benz G 580e Review | First all-electric G-Class is an epic off-road machine

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- The Mercedes G-Wagon has been one of the most capable off-roaders money can buy since 1979.
- It has a facelift of the second-generation version, and for the first time ever, an electric version has been added.
- The electric version has a redesigned front grill and a re-profiled front bumper.
- It has tweaked A-pillars and a spoiler to decrease wind resistance.
- It is powered by a 116 kWh battery.
- The battery is sandwiched in the regular car's ladder-frame chassis and is a stress member to save weight.
- This G-Wagon weighs over three tons.
- The electric powertrain consists of a quad-motor axial flux power train.
- It has four small pancake-shaped motors that are powerful and energy dense.
- The car outputs 463 kilowatts and has a torque figure of 1,164 Newton meters.
- It can accelerate from 0 to 100 km/h in just 4.7 seconds.
- To aid with off-road driving, it has a two-speed gearbox and the lowest speed is like a low-ratio gearbox.
- It is a virtual all-wheel drive.
- It has a G-turn to do a tank turn.
- It has two motors mounted to the front axle and two motors mounted in the back.
- The off-road tech includes a carbon fiber composite plate, that can handle 4 three-ton G-Wagons.
- This car can wade water up to 850 millimeters.
- There is also a piped-in soundtrack.
- On-road, the body roll is an issue.
- The electric G-Wagon offers a range of around 473 kilometers.
- It will arrive in Q4 of 2024 and be priced at the same level as the G63 AMG.
- It can climb the Schöckl mountains near Austria, fourteen times on one charge.

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