Friday, April 8, 2011

BMW 5 Series Plug-in Hybrid by China and China


This we see is a BMW 5 Series, Long platform, which is manufactured exclusively in Shenyang (China) for the local market. It is also a plug-in hybrid to be displayed in the Shanghai Motor Show and that will be sold starting 2013. For now just talking about the sales in that market and not outside.


It is a joint development BMW and Brilliance, and has been designed with Chinese customers. The heat engine of 218 hp Turbo TwinPower combined with a 70 kW electric motor. Only with electric power can shoot up to 60 km / h for 75 kmMore than enough for urban travel.

And on the road, is capable of doing 400 km on petrol, has a small deposit. For day to day the car runs on electricity it takes from the grid, unlike a normal hybrid. The batteries are housed in the trunk. As a parallel hybridBoth engines can participate together or separately in the car drive.

For other markets and we have confirmed a long- BMW 5 Series hybridized, only that will not plug. Has not yet submitted the production model, but a prototype.

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