Mercedes E-Scooter: Poorer price/performance than the AMG GT3
Mercedes makes electric scooters. Not very surprising. What is more surprising, however, is that a Mercedes AMG GT3, built in 2019, is more efficient for its money than the small scooter.
This is the Mercedes AMG GT3, built in 2019:
With a 6.3-litre V8 engine, the racetrack-ready car delivers at least 550 hp. From 0 to 100, the GT takes 3.1 seconds. In short: the AMG GT3 is a work of art and looks damn good. The energy efficiency class is of course the red G, as the scale only goes up to G. Price: 399,000 euros
At the other end of the spectrum: The e-scooter from Mercedes. For 1072 euros
How fast will this thing be?
The Mercedes e-scooter has lights at the front. And even at the back. The handlebars can be manually adjusted to suit the rider of the 500 watt motorised scooter. The range is a whopping 25 kilometres at a top speed of 20 kilometres per hour.
Or 21.7 km/h. Because the app, which shows that the scooter was developed in collaboration with Micro, is capable of a speed of at least 21.7. A kind of navigation system is also built into the app. The mini-vehicle can be charged from 0 to 100 in 210 minutes and has 200mm rims at the front and rear. It has a display and Mercedes even proudly answers the question about an app for the scooter with a "Yes". However, this app is not one of Mercedes' own apps, but the Micro Mobility app (Android and Apple iOS).
Mercedes brought the experts from Micro on board for the design and construction of the e-scooter, just as the AMG GT3 is labelled by Mercedes' own tuning company AMG. The two-wheeled vehicle can be unfolded with the foot and both wheels are sprung.
More powerful than the AMG GT3?
So the question arises as to which makes more sense and offers you more power. The €399,000 AMG GT3 or the €1072 scooter?
For the price of an AMG GT3, you can buy 372.2, i.e. 373 scooters. The basic version of the AMG has 550 hp, i.e. 404.524 KW.
A scooter has 500 watts of power, i.e. 0.5 KW. If you extrapolate this to the price of an AMG, you get a power output of 186.5 KW for the price of an AMG. Or, conversely, a price of 2144 euros per KW of power. But the AMG only costs 986.34 euros per KW.
That's why you're better off buying an AMG. It also looks better in the S5 in the morning.
Or wait for the absolutely fantastic-looking Mercedes Vision Avtr.
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