For Schwarzenegger built the all-electric G-Class

Austrian firm Kreisel built-to-order Arnold Schwarzenegger's all-electric Mercedes-Benz G-Class. SUV prepared in a single instance, received two electric motors.





Bodybuilder, actor and politician Arnold Schwarzenegger quite a long time deals with the problems of environmental pollution and global climate change. However, he has been criticized for collecting cars. In the framework of the campaign before his appointment to the post of Governor of California, he promised to translate one of his "hammer" on the hydrogen project cost him 21 thousand dollars.





The Kreisel company already known for several projects of electric cars on the basis of various German cars. For example, before the Austrians built an electric VW Golf, Porsche Panamera, universal BMW 3-Series and other models. Kreisel is developing its own battery and builds in Austria, the plant is designed to produce batteries with a total capacity of 800 thousand kWh per year.

In the case of the G-class Schwarzenegger Austrians used two battery pack weight 510 kg and a capacity of 80 kWh, as well as motors with a capacity of 490 horsepower. This is enough to accelerate the SUV from zero to 100 kilometers per hour in 5.6 seconds and a top speed of 183 kilometers per hour. The reserve is more than 300 kilometers.



Externally, the car differs from the normal G-class emblems Kreisel. Outlet for charging batteries installed in place of the filler cap of the fuel tank. However in the lounge there is another dashboard, where now there is no tachometer, and the icon of the gas station at the former scale the amount of fuel replaced by the image of the battery.





Plans for the serial production of the electric SUV the developers there. published

 

Source: motor.ru/news/2017/01/23/arniegclass/