Monday, August 19, 2013
Land Rover Range e hybrid as strong as 5 0 V8 Supercharged
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At the Geneva Motor Show 2011 Land Rover showed for the first time the Range_e based on Range Rover Sport. Front of that car is a six cylinder diesel coupled to an electric motor and eight-speed ZF automatic transmission. The average CO2 emissions caused by the combined powertrain to a record low 89 g / km to lie. Even in the middle of next year to appear production model - based on the new Range of course - does a similar hybrid powertrain with TDV6 service. But it is not a plug-in hybrid like the concept. "Not yet," says Land Rover about. Sticking to the emissions below 100 g / km is therefore still too much, but with 169 g / km, the final Range_e still extremely clean call.
Pricing
Given that the emissions of a car determines it’s pricing in the Netherlands is likely that the Range_e inherits an attractive pricing. Other hand, the hybrid technique in Range_e been costly to develop and wish Land Rover obviously compensated to see. On expected prices keeps the brands lips so still tightly, not least because of the announcement that the hybrid version in terms of performance at the same height as the 5.0 liter V8 Supercharged, the petrol engine with 510 hp and an acceleration to 100 km / h in 5.4 seconds. How much power is going to supply the Range_e says Land Rover not only a sprint time to hundred. Which is around 7 seconds.
Despite not mentioning the exact specifications we can with the knowledge that the normal TDV6 already generates 285 hp and 600 Nm and 47 hp electric motor and 100 Nm of instant torque own calculation already make the hybrid not an apple and an egg goes on sale. The regular TDV6 is from € 114.600, -.
Off-road
No threshold
Hybrid or not, can Range_e what every other new Range Rover can. Land Rover found no compromises in the development of the hybrid model. Because of the battery pack in the bottom of the vehicle to install the Range_e equally wide as the conventional models. Driving behavior would not feel different and the Range_e through deep water trenches dredging is also no problem. "The electronics are carefully packaged to off-road capabilities of the hybrid is not inferior to the diesel and petrol versions," says Land Rover.
Tuesday, August 13, 2013
BMW i8 plug in hybrid Concept Unveiled at 2011 Frankfurt Motor Show
When we got our Frankfurt tickets, one of main priorities was to get you a glimpse of BMW’s electric car for the future. For more dynamic driving or out-of-town routes, a high-performance three-cylinder petrol engine also comes into play. The sports car has an electronically governed top speed of 250 km/h and space for up to four occupants.
The 349 horsepower hybrid has nearly 80 mpg fuel consumption. A lithium-ion battery pack works simultaneously with the three-pot works in tandem and front-mounted electric motor pulled from the i3 and driving the front wheels. Also the i8 has a perfect 50/50 weight distribution, measuring 4632mm in length, 1955mm in width and 1280mm in height, comparable to the 3 Series coupe in dimensions.
The 349 horsepower hybrid has nearly 80 mpg fuel consumption. BMW says the i8 runs a 0-62mph in just 4.6 sec – 0.3 sec faster than the M3 Coupe. I
BMW i8 measures 4632mm in length, 1955mm in width and 1280mm in height, comparable to the 3 Series coupe in dimensions.
Both the BMW i3 and the BMW i8 will be built at BMW’s Leipzig plant in Germany.
Sunday, August 4, 2013
2014 Nissan Pathfinder Hybrid SUV for U S
With the debut of a Nissan hybrid model at the New York Auto Show hopes for even more success.
The Pathfinder Hybrid is the first of a Nissan hybrid series in the pipeline. This summer, the clean Pathfinder at U.S. dealers. He gets a 2.5-liter turbocharged petrol engine, mated to a 15 kW electric motor. The system output is 250 horsepower, and the hybrid SUV from Nissan has 234 Nm of torque to forgive.
By comparison, the 3.5-liter V6 in the U.S. Pathfinder develops an output of 260 hp and maximum torque of 240 Nm.
The electric motor is coupled to a space lithium-ion battery that Nissan has hidden under the seats of the third row. This allows the seats of the second row; continue scrolling for a good entry to the last row to guarantee.
pure Drive
Visually distinguish the Pathfinder Hybrid itself from his brother by less green LEDs built from taillights and badges on the body with the inscription Pure Drive.
On board display screens with information on the operation of the hybrid powertrain, the difference with the Pathfinder non-hybrid, which obviously must communicate with an instrument without information displays with hybrid information. A spokesman for Nissan Netherlands reports that the U.S. Pathfinder crossing to the European continent is not going to make. Here we do it in the provisional simply on the Pickup Navara Pathfinder based in Barcelona, Spain from the tire rolls.
"We focus here is on the Leaf", the spokesman said. In June of the enhanced version including a larger radius at the dealers.
Friday, June 21, 2013
New Car Review 2011 Kia Optima Hybrid
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| The 2011 Kia Optima Hybrid. |
As impressed as we were with the 2011 Kia Optima just a month ago, nothing could have prepared us for the Kia Optima Hybrid.
Heres the recipe: Take everything that makes the Optima a winner, and add a hybrid powerplant. But make it a hybrid powerplant that delivers the mileage. 24 mpg city/34 highway in the gasoline Optima becomes 35 city/40 highway in the Optima Hybrid...good enough to vault into 7th place on TireKickers Top 10 Fuel Savers, ahead of smaller, lesser-performing cars like the Honda CR-Z and Lexus HS 250h.
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| The 2011 Kia Optima Hybrid rear view. |
Best part of it all? The price spread between gasoline and hybrid is small as such things go...$4,005. Now, admittedly, thats the difference between $22,495 and $26,500. But if your priorities include using less gasoline and putting fewer pollutants into the air, there are higher prices to pay.
Much like the gasoline version from a month ago, this Optima Hybrid was loaded. You might remember the $22,495 wound up being $27,440. Well, in this case, a single option, the $5,000 Premium Technology Package (Nav system with backup camera, Sirius Traffic, an Infinity audio system, panoramic sunroof, auto-dimming rearview mirror with Homelink and compass, upgraded 17-inch tires with alloy wheels, auto-leveling HID headlamps, leather seat trim, drivers seat memory, heated and cooled front seats, heated outboard rear seats, a heated steering wheel and power front passengers seat) ran the price with $750 freight and handling to $32,250.
Yeah, thats a pricey Kia. But again, its less than five grand above the loaded gasoline version.
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| The 2011 Kia Optima Hybrid gauge cluster. |
So...the big question: Hows the mileage? Well, we did 225 miles of purely city street driving over the course of a week, and got 31.0 miles per gallon. Yes, the EPA estimate is 35 city, but the small print under that number says "expected range for most drivers 29 to 41 mpg". So were in the ballpark. As always, your mileage may vary. Id bet on having hit 35 had we done our usual amount of freeway driving...and on a roadtrip, 40s probably realistic.
Bottom line: Kias on a roll, and the Optima is a contender not just among family sedans, but among alternative-energy vehicles as well.
2011 Kia Optima Hybrid
Base price: $26,500
As tested: $32,250
Likes: Styling, smooth power, impressive mileage for its size.
Dislikes: Overly sensitive tire pressure monitoring system.
EPA estimates: 35 mpg city/40 mpg highway.
Wednesday, June 12, 2013
Lexus hybrid six hundred a test drive LS600h L
Now actually have ideals that look simple, but expensive to live modestly, but with taste, value for money and comfort, Ponte despise and condemn the overconsumption, love, and not just sex, more reading and less partying. If hanging out, then with her. Privacy, secrecy, self-sufficiency - key words coming era. Slightly matured new Russian money want to look like old. In an era of credit available Anybody can buy a Bentley. But who wants to look like "everyone"? Indicator of true success is not consumption, and self-expression and the amount of free time you can personally spend on themselves. Nikolai Uskov, editor in chief of GQ magazine twentieth century ended, "Crazy ninetieth" are gone forever. Together with pochivshimi its criminal elements were replaced by value. Lexus LS600h L - the latest Russian "six hundredth and most advanced premium sedan. Avto@Mail.Ru tests long wheelbase Lexus LS with the letter «h», the first representative hybrid car. When designing a new flagship, the Toyota engineers have tried to do neither more nor less than perfect car. But the perfect vehicle should move in a perfect world with perfect roads, adequate neighbors downstream, with a perfect driver, finally! Unfortunately, the machines have not yet learned to travel on closed roads, as in the sci-fi movie Minority Report, where Tom Cruise went to the concept car Lexus. In our reality - early spring, which exposes road defects, awakens "snowdrops" and brings street racing. Can LS600 improve this reality? Frankly, if you really change the reality, then this should be done in the rear seats. Test the long-wheelbase LS need it as a passenger. An ideal place in the perfect car and one is on the back row on the right. Only you must first move the front seat, pressing the button. After fifteen seconds the front seat rests on the dashboard and bows headrest. From knees to him now, good two feet, with electric you can push the leg and throw: "Get on." Look around. Plastic little, some elements of the interior are decorated with veneer. Everywhere light skin other than manufacturing. Very soft and pleasant to the touch. In chairs, in addition to built-in massage, is ventilation. Summer in handy. If you want to take a nap, can be tilted back at a decent angle, turning the place into a sort of lounge chairs. In arm hidden refrigerator and a small table. Sorry, it is convenient to attach to the laptop it will not work. We should also mention entertainment system Mark Levinson. Here full-fledged DVD-cinema with 19 speakers and an LCD monitor on the ceiling. If the monitor glare from the sun, or in traffic "blikuete" you from the outside world can be fenced off with electric shutters. Now peresyadem forward, because even the president, sometimes you want to get behind the wheel. Although the wait, because we have not yet visited our ideal car. External contrast "the six hundredth" of the LS460 in the headlights. Under the caps appeared six LED light sources.