Hybrid 7-series within the next 3 years?
DaimlerChrysler and BMW will be extending their hybrid drive system collaboration, developing a unique hybrid drive module for rear wheel drive cars, with commercialization of the module expected within the next three years. This joint venture is in the interest of saving costs in R&D as well as manufacturing.
Lexus has gone the mild hybrid way for quite some time now, with offerings like the Lexus RX450h luxury SUV, Lexus GS450h mid-sized luxury saloon and the flagship Lexus LS600h. Now when I say mild hybrid, that refers to hybrid powertrains that focus more on helping acceleration, and save a bit of fuel especially in stop and go traffic. Large displacement engines usually prove to be guzzlers in stop and go situations. It is not meant to focus on massive fuel savings like the Toyota Prius and Honda Insight.
Now most of you who have been observing hybrid/electric car specs should have noticed most of them have crazy acceleration times thanks to the electric motor’s perpetually maxed out torque at all RPMs. Imagine a BMW 3-series coupled with a hybrid drivetrain system accelerating out of a corner, now that has got me licking my lips, though this technology will most likely first be used on both Mercedes Benz and BMW’s larger vehicles like the 7-Series (shown above) and S-class, as well as SUVs, as the relatively larger displacement engines in these two classes of vehicles would benefit the most from the fuel savings of an electric motor in stop and go traffic.
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i always wondered when would hybrids be available here.. is it that there is some sort of cap on bringing hybrid cars into msia, or is that there is no demand strong enough to bring these hybrid vehicles into msia? someone once told me is that the reason why we don't get it here, is that the government doesnt know how to tax hybrid vehicles.. don't know if its true..
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org kaya lagi kayalah….save more fuel than my gen2
hybrid cars are taxed according to the exact displacement of the petrol engine it has. Its got nothing to do with the govt whether we will see hybrid cars here or not. "myth busted".
lets say if honda sells the civic at RM115-122,000, and then the a hybrid civic at RM150,000 which would you buy?? basically, the reason why there are no hybrids in malaysia is due to the cost..
but if you do want a hybrid, NGV conversions are available today from local companies.. and NGV are also less polluting than hybrids in the long run. plus you dont have the worry of recycling, or disposing of the battery..etc. NGV cars are also dual fuel, meaning petrol and gas, so you at least have an alternative.