Peugeot was a few months of the first manufacturers who brought in his 3008 series model with a diesel hybrid on the way. Mercedes takes on the Detroit Motor Show the same – with a hybrid combo for Europe and the United States.
Hybrid models still lead niche
The hybrid models of the German manufacturer has not quite come off the ground. Whatever brands such as Mercedes, Audi, Porsche, Volkswagen and BMW also tried – the demand for the hybrid models is underground on the home market of Germany. At most in the U.S., where there make motorists to fuel-efficient diesel is still a wide arc, can heat customers for the part-time electrician.
BMW 3 Series and 5 hybridized
Really good sales numbers look everywhere but different. While BMW in the coming years with powerful hybrid versions of 3 and 5 will go to international customers Fang, Daimler drives a dual track.
Diesel-electric motor plus
Instead of a 340-horsepower gasoline engine as the BMW combine the Stuttgart economical diesel drive the E 250 CDI with an electric engine. The consumption can be seen. With 4.2 liters of diesel per 100 kilometers, the E 300 Bluetec Hybrid 15 percent less than the already economical E 250 CDI. If you warm up for a diesel engine can not: the Mercedes E 400 hybrid, a gasoline hybrid model comes into the program of the Stuttgart-based luxury class.
Power from 2.2 liters of displacement
The one and the other Mercedes is a sham, because neither one is working under the hood is a 3.0 or 2.5 or even 4.0 liter big engine. The E 300 Bluetec Hybrid, which debut at the Detroit Motor Show in mid-January its official world premiere, is powered by the famous OM-651 diesel with 2.2 liters displacement. The four-cylinder engine develops 204 hp and maximum torque of 500 Newton meters.
Purely electric driving possible
Supports the strong common-rail diesel from a 20 kilowatt electric motor that from the start, a maximum torque of 250 Newton meters is available. The electric motor provides not only a boost when accelerating effect, but also pure electric driving and sailing. The consumption is expected to be at 4.2 liters of diesel.
Extra-Model for USA and Japan
Since heat is not the main U.S. market for diesel hybrid can lead one into the Mercedes E-Class is a second hybrid model, which is intended for the U.S. and later Japan. The E 400 Hybrid makes 306 hp and maximum torque of 370 Nm. The identical electrical module of the E 300 Bluetec hybrid controls also add 20 kilowatts and 250 Newton meters.
In Europe, diesel demand
“With the two E-Class models, we begin a large offensive hybrid. The modular technology opens the way to us, more rapid series of hybrid models to complement,” said Daimler Board of Management Development Professor Dr Thomas Weber, “with a clear focus to the different needs of the markets we can offer exactly the models that our customers demand. For business vehicles in Europe, these are clearly diesel models. “
