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BMW 7 Series announces hybrid

Wednesday, July 9th, 2008

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After the recent launch of the fifth generation 7 Series, BMW announced that trains and a hybrid version of limuzinei which will be available starting next year. The new hybrid propulsion Bavarian is developed together with Daimler and uses batteries based litium-ion.

Hybrid version of the new 7 Series is a premiere in the range BMW, the manufacturer german concentrandu-up to this point more than the development of propulsion systems based on hydrogen cells or on the most efficient consumption by EfficientDynamics technology.

The new hybrid will not be able to use only in individual electricity hibridele as usual, most likely because of the large mass of limuzinei which can not be propulsata only electric engine. BMW has developed a system to recover energy from braking to be used for filling batteries based litium-ion.

To speed up the process of building an image of environmental auto manufacturer - “green”, BMW has given less importance consumption. Thus, if there will be a hybrid version of the new 750i, limo equipped with the V8 unit 4.4 litre gasoline would not be able to obtain a level of emissions and a consumer version lower than diesel 730d. Most likely, the hybrid solution, which are combined performance of an electric motor with a diesel, most often encountered in hybrid cars last generation, could be materialized in the range BMW 730d hybrid model.
With the new hybrid 7 Series, BMW will have to face competition which has a vast experience much more about hibridelor. Thus, Lexus LS600h will be the main rival of the future BMW 7 Series hybrid with Toyota in the rear group, one of pionerii hybrid models.

Volkswagen will launch the model 1L/100 km in 2010

Tuesday, July 1st, 2008

 

1vw1-litre-green-car.jpgVolkswagen preparing a huge bomb in the next two years. It is the model series, which will consume 1 liter to 100 km.
German producer introduced since 2002 a concept that would consume 1 liter of fuel per 100 km, and since then has been planned as a model series to appear in 2012.
According to the latest rumors, coming from the direction of the manufacturer german, VW engineers are in advance this project, being helped and ieftinirea the price of carbon fiber in recent years. 5vw1-litre-green-car.jpg
Monococa structure of carbon fiber a  vehicle and innovative design are the main reasons for obtaining a model car to have a consumer so small.
To get the same performance with the initial model, Volkswagen will need to keep the design and aerodynamics, which means that a future production version will have a very small width of 1.25 meters and a coefficient of friction force only 0,159. Motorizarea will be a very economical, most likely a small diesel engine with two cylinders litre direct injection will be built of aluminum for a reduced lunch.
Even if the engine power will be very small, thanks to aerodynamic coefficient will be able to reach a maximum speed of 120 km / h. Equipping the model series with the safety systems will lead to weight lifting. Given such news, compared to the version concept, the future model will not be able to observe the border consumption of 1 litre to 100 km, but will be without indoia, the most economical model of the auto world.
About the price can not predict anything concrete, but estimated that the value of future model will not surpass the threshold of 30,000 euros.

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