With Mercedes-AMG's first plug-in hybrid coming to market in the limited-edition F1-based Project One hypercar, the performance brand's chief expects to move to plug-in hybrids across the lineup over the long term. AMG has dubbed its plug-in technology EQ Power+, and the name showed up on the AMG GT four-door concept unveiled in March at the Geneva auto show. A production version of the four-door GT is expected in 2018. That will join the production version of the mid-engine hypercar due at the end of 2018.
The GT "is the next level because the hypercar is a very dedicated layout," said Tobias Moers, chairman of Mercedes-AMG. "With the GT concept, it gives you an understanding of how we define the future of performance in our standard platforms -- in our so-to-speak more normal cars."
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