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The world’s premier car-manufacturing company, BMW, is now offering S400 BlueHybrid. Besides being powered by 3.5 liter V-6, it has a lithium-ion battery, which Daimler R&D boss Thomas Weber described the hybrid as “a crucial breakthrough.”
The main aim for S400 manufacturing is fuel efficiency and not performance. Its V-6 engine comes encumbered with a 20-hp electric motor. It stands proud of its combustion efficiency: when the car is not moving, the V-6 will turn off and it kicks back on as soon as the driver moves the car. When stationary, the battery will be charging; the electric motor assists in acceleration though it can’t propel the car.
Integrated in the car’s cooling system is the compact lithium-ion battery module, which is a pure Mercedes production initiative. BMW has 25 patents on the battery. It is even more powerful than the usual nickel-metal hydride batteries whose main purpose is to ensure optimal operating temperature.
The S400 can go for a super-speed sprint of 0-to-62 mph in 7.3 seconds with a governed pull of 155 mph. This magnificent product of car-manufacturing ingenuity can produce 295 horsepower and torque of 277 pound-feet; it delivers 30 mpg on the European cycle, all in S-class comfort and class. Having a tight package, the car has all the hybrid equipment under the hood, not causing any space incursion and discomfort on its passengers.
The BlueHybrid has 7.9 liter gasoline consumption per 100 km in the NEDC, resulting to a low CO2 emission, which is only 190 grams per kilometer, very low for its class type.
Car buyers or prospective buyers for luxury cars, sedans in particular, have no environment-friendly alternatives to the V8 models, but with the Blue Hybrid one can enjoy the S-class luxury and comfort with improved fuel economy.
Dr. Thomas Weber, member of the Daimler AG Board of Management and responsible for Group Research and Mercedes-Benz Cars Development has this to say: "What we have here is a groundbreaking key technology that is going to be a decisive factor for the future success of the automotive industry. That is a tribute to our intensive research efforts, which we have been conducting in this area since 1992."
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