No, no, no, no, NO!

The term “gamechanger” is grossly overused in the motoring journalism world. A car that uses impulse energy to replace the humble wheel—that would be a real gamechanger. In his review of the Mercedes CLA EV, Mat Watson claimed it was “”gamechanging”, but wasn’t the arrival of the Tesla Model S already gamechanging?

After the Dieselgate scandal, Mercedes was forced—against its corporate will—by the EU to develop truly game-changing EVs or face massive fines. Meanwhile, the company continues lobbying to roll back EV mandates, all while constructing a false facade of environmental responsibility.

Let’s be honest: when high-flying Mercedes executives need to attend far-flung conferences, they don’t sail—they fly in private corporate jets.

But anyway, Mercedes may have created a genuinely groundbreaking EV powertrain—or rather, a few years ago, they acquired a tech company in Cambridgeshire that has developed an electric motor weighing just 13 kg and producing 750 horsepower. That’s not just gamechanging—it’s groundbreaking.

The implications are profound. No modern combustion engine will ever match that kind of power-to-weight ratio. However, as with all cutting-edge technologies, there are limits: this motor isn’t scalable for mass production just yet, as reported by YouTuber The Electric Viking.

Still, expect to see a future AMG EV version utilizing this high-performance motor. And that might actually deserve the “gamechanger” label.