The new "Technikum" facility comes with a total area of 5,000sq m on three levels and will be located between Benz- and Maybachstrasse here by 2022.
It is a new, highly automated test area for the development of electrified high-performance powertrains and electrical components.
With all-wheel test stands and a high-voltage test stand for batteries, AMG is gearing itself towards the future.
The all-wheel test stand allows the four wheel hubs of a vehicle to be connected to the four machines of a test stand to reflect realistic driving resistances to reproduce street-like handling characteristics.
It also comes with a climatic/altitude chamber that uses a vacuum to reproduce an altitude of up 5,000m above sea level at a temperature as low as -30°C to simulate severe environmental conditions.
If needed, the building allows for further expansion stages.
Mercedes-AMG chairman of the board Philipp Schiemer said: "With the construction of the technology centre, we as AMG are underlining our clear commitment to the Affalterbach location and continue to gear ourselves towards the future.”
Its member of executive board and chief technology officer Jochen Hermann said: “Our new test centre will enable us to test vehicle components and prototypes under realistic conditions and put them to the acid test at an early development stage. In this way, we not only save time in the development process, but also improve the quality of the results."
