Mercedes-Benz has created a new revenue stream for itself by lending AMG engines to other automakers. The V12 engine in the Pagani Utopia, the V8 engine in several Aston Martin models and a four-cylinder engine in the Lotus Emira are all examples of this.
Did you know that several supercars also borrow their plug-in hybrid technology from Mercedes-Benz; But Mercedes-Benz or AMG have not technically developed this technology.
According to Motor1, Mercedes-Benz has been the owner of Yasa since 2021, and Yasa engines have been installed on both the supercars Lamborghini Revoleto with a V12 engine and Temarario with a V8 engine. The internal combustion engine of these two models was developed by Volkswagen Group; But the two electric motors installed in the front axle are designed by Yasa. The surprising thing is that Mercedes-Benz still doesn’t sell a car with Yasa-developed systems.
Mercedes-Benz and its dedicated tuner, AMG, are working on a dedicated platform called AMG.EA. The company plans to build a replacement for the AMG GT Four-Door Coupe sports sedan and a new SUV on its new platform.
Needless to say, Mercedes-Benz had previously used Yasa electric motor technology in the 2023 Vision One-Eleven concept model. It is said that these electric motors have one-third the weight and one-third the size of a normal electric motor; while it produces twice as much torque.
The Jaguar C-X75 concept model in 2010 used four Yasa electric motors. A few years later, Drayson’s B12/69EV, an electric example of a Le Mans race car, set the electric car land speed record in the race for Cars lighter than 1000 kg broke. Lola-Drayson’s B12/69EV at RAF Elvington in Yorkshire, England broke the previous record of 280 km/h with a speed of 326.4 km/h.
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Yasa engine weighs only 17 kg and provides maximum power of 148 horsepower and 300 Nm in Lamborghini cars. The Yasa engine is only 7 cm thick and 30 cm in diameter. This oil-cooled engine revs up to 10,000 rpm. In the Lamborghini Temarario, a Yasa-produced third engine is mounted in the rear. The Lamborghini Revuelto also has a rear-mounted electric motor manufactured by Mahle.
The two Lamborghini models we mentioned are not the first road cars to use Yasa engines. Koenigsegg Regera, introduced by Koenigsegg in 2016, uses this electric motor. Ferrari SF90 Stradale and 296 GTB also used this electric drive a few years later.
