BMW shows 7 Series gentle hybrid

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BMW"S redesigned 7 Series was revealed for the antecedent day in early The middle of summer ahead of its accredited macrocosm debut at the Paris engine display on Oct 2 - and pdq we"ve been inured a sneak preview of the head ever hybrid legend of BMW"s flagship model.
The 7 Series ActiveHybrid testament be revealed as belongings of BMW"s all-new limousine range, including the 750i sedan upon which it is based, at the twin flash Mercedes-Benz will unveil its cardinal S-class mild hybrid - the S400 BlueHybrid, which was developed under a joint-venture programme with BMW and goes on sale in Europe in mid-2009.
BMW is expected to practise a second-generation story of the hydrogen-powered Hydrogen 7, nevertheless the 7 Series mild hybrid is expected to enter industry for the US before it in behind 2009 - though it may not be offered in right-hand operate guise for markets love Australia.
It differs from the Belief X6 ActiveHybrid revealed endure year in that the X6 hybrid idea is a all-inclusive analogue or dual-mode hybrid that, unlike the 7 Series ActiveHybrid, can be driven in electric-only resources and is the product of a joint-venture hybrid program between Daimler and Accepted Motors. Both the BMW and Mercedes-Benz mild hybrid limousines apply a boot-mounted lithium-ion battery pack (in what Benz claims is the ahead series-production utilize of such technology), as hale as regenerative braking and idle-stop technology.
But the 7 Series ActiveHybrid differs from the 3.5-litre V6-powered petrol-electric S400 via its benefit of the brand-new twin-turbocharged direct-injection 4.4-litre V8, which BMW says delivers the duplicate 300kW and 600Nm of torque as offered by the X6 50i.
Combined with the 15kW and 210Nm of top torque produced by an electric motor integrated into the transmission housing, replacing the alternator and starter, the 7 Series hybrid produces a complete of 315kW and 810Nm.
But while the S400 is claimed to deliver combined performance outputs of 220kW and 385Nm with an principles fuel consumption of 7.9L/100km, BMW says lone that the 7 Series hybrid reduces fuel consumption by 15 per cent compared to the 750i.
"In universal BMW style, this virgin thought automobile combines a facund diminution in fuel consumption and emissions with a sample of driving dynamics never seen before all the more in this assemblage of hybrid cars," said the managing employer of BMW Australia Guenther Seemann.

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