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Mercedes has used the Geneva Motor Show to introduce the EQ Silver Arrow 01. Set to compete in Formula E, the EQ Silver Arrow 01 is an electric race car that will help to promote electric vehicles such as the EQC crossover. It’s outfitted with a “teaser” livery that features blue horizontal lines and a star motif at the rear. The model also features EQ badging and blue accents on the wheels. According to Chief Design Officer, Gorden Wagener, “The Mercedes-Benz EQ Silver Arrow 01 teaser car gives a foretaste of the first all-electric Silver Arrow from Mercedes-Benz.” He went on to say the teaser livery, with its “subtle contrast between matte and gloss,” conveys the concept of “progressive luxury in electric motorsport.” The EQ Silver Arrow 01 will enter competition later this year and Mercedes will become the only automaker to compete in both Formula 1 and Formula E. The company noted the “parallel commitment to the two racing series will enable Mercedes to transfer the les...

Presented during Monterey Car Week, the Mercedes-Benz EQ Silver Arrow Concept has been created as a homage to the record-breaking Mercedes W125 from 1937. Penned by Mercedes-Benz chief design officer Gorden Wagener, the EQ Silver Arrow Concept epitomizes the firm’s ‘Sensual Purity’ design philosophy and provides seating for just one person. The vehicle’s entire body is made of lightweight carbon fiber and all up, it measures 5.3 meters (17.3 feet) long and is finished in a shade dubbed Alubeam Silver. Up front, you’ll notice a strip of light attaching the two headlights as well as an illuminated EQ badge at the front end. A lighting strip is also found stretching the length of the side skirts where another EQ badge is located. Other intriguing design elements of the vehicle include wheel covers that cover just the front half of the wheels, a rear wing that deploys outwards and upwards like the Mercedes-AMG Project One’s wing, and a large shark fin stretching back from...

Mercedes recently held a design showcase and Wards Auto is reporting the automaker used the event to reveal plans to introduce a new concept at the Pebble Beach Concourse d’Elegance next month. Previewed by the Aesthetics Progressive Luxury sculpture, the concept has been dubbed the “Electric Silver Arrow” and will draw inspiration from iconic racing cars from the 1930s. Little else is known about the concept but the sculpture suggests the model will be a single-seater with an open cockpit. We can also expect a long hood, a massive vertical fin and an aerodynamic rear end. The publication says the concept has been designed to promote the EQ sub-brand and will feature an electric powertrain. Performance is said to be similar to the W125 which set a flying mile average speed of 432.6 km/h (268.7 mph) back in 1938. In order to achieve this impressive performance, the concept will be far more powerful than the SLS AMG E-Cell. That particular model had four electric moto...