Mercedes-AMG GT XX concept covered 3,405 miles (5,479 km) in 24 hours, surpassing the previous XPeng P7 mark by 943 miles (1,518 km). The car maintained a constant 186 mph and recharged using 850 kW power, enabling continuous running. A rotation of 17 drivers, including F1 driver George Russell, operated in two-hour shifts across an almost eight-day campaign. Two GT XX vehicles completed the distance, achieving the Earth's circumference of 24,901 miles (40,075 km) in 7 days, 13 hours, 24 minutes and 7 seconds and reaching over 25,000 miles in 7 days, 14 hours, 9 minutes and 52 seconds. The effort produced 25 distance records across multiple time intervals.
The Mercedes-AMG GT XX concept, which previews the German brand's upcoming four-door production EV, just obliterated several distance records for electric cars, chief amongst which is the 24-hour challenge. The sleek electric four-door sedan with Bluetooth-controlled aero wings traveled no fewer than 3,405 miles (5,479 kilometers) in 24 hours. That's 943 miles (1,518 km) more than the previous record set by the XPeng P7 earlier this month.
The car was driven at a constant 186 miles per hour, stopping only to recharge at an equally impressive 850 kilowatts of power. This enabled the electric concept car to power on relentlessly, day after day and night after night. A team of 17 drivers, including F1 driver George Russell, took turns behind the wheel in two-hour shifts, driving for nearly eight days straight.
At the end of the grueling test run this morning, the Mercedes-AMG GT XX managed to drive the equivalent of the circumference of the Earth in record time: 24,901 miles (40,075 km) in 7 days, 13 hours, 24 minutes and 7 seconds. To top it all off, not one but two GT XX EVs finished the task with just two laps between them. But the team kept driving the pair of EVs until it passed the 25,000-mile marker, setting a new benchmark of 7 days, 14 hours, 9 minutes and 52 seconds.
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