
Mercedes Looks to F1 Tech for Upcoming EVs
Automakers often lean into their motorsports divisions for inspiration and new technologies, but few companies have a Formula 1 team as a resource. Mercedes-Benz’s Mercedes-AMG® Formula 1 team has developed several technologies that will assist the automaker as it works to bring solid-state batteries to the road.
Solid-state batteries offer higher energy density, lower weight, and a safer overall design than lithium-ion batteries, but the technology has not yet reached the production stage. Mercedes is testing the batteries in its new EQS electric sedan, saying that it needed...