How Mercedes F1 boffins are rewriting the EV battery rule book

Mercedes is trialling battery tech from its Mercedes AMG HPP F1 teamWhen Mario Illien and the late Paul Morgan founded Ilmor Engineering in 1983, neither could have dreamed what part of their company would be doing 40 years later.
Based at Brixworth, the firm was formed to develop methanol-fuel Indycar engines but soon branched into Formula 1 and eventually sold its F1 division to Mercedes-Benz.
Today, as Mercedes AMG High Performance Powertrains (HPP), it’s playing a major part in develop