You’ve heard of regenerative braking in electric vehicles – you know, how the battery recovers some energy every time you use the brakes, but I have a feeling you’ll love the new mid-journey charging solution that Mercedes has developed for its AMG Hybrid: the drift.
The company kept this little Easter egg hidden in the initial release of its own AMG hybrid line which has been inspired by Formula 1 technology. You can check it out in the hybrid strategy section of a new Mercedes video. The drift regenerative bit arrives at 12:17, but the whole video is great if you had some unanswered questions about the technology:
It is important to note here that we are not yet fully clear on all the details of exactly how this technology works. Or cap of the hybrid technology that is introduced in these cars. For now, Mercedes has kept everything within reach, and instead has chosen to release some details of information. So let’s talk about what the guys in the video are talking about and pair it with the information from Merc’s initial press releases.
“An Easter egg out of software development: when it is derived, it can also be recovered, ”said Jochen Schmitz, developer of Mercedes hybrid strategies. “We use the electrical system to brake or remove the charge from the ICE, putting it in the battery. And then, when the slippery situation ends, the ICE is already fully loaded and can be accelerated much faster ”.
So you can recharge adrift or lose some control in other ways.
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Of course, the details on how this will work, including all the specific Mercedes technology and systems involved, are still unclear. Which you will probably understand by the fact that Mercedes posted a whole video in the style of questions and answers to clarify some of the more complex features of technology. But the whole concept? Pretty damn cool.