Comments on: Initial details on BMW ActiveHybrid 7 and BMW X6 ActiveHybrid unveiled!

By: Black Dog

Black Dog — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 12:52:40 +0000

The next generation of cars will be powered by Electric, Solar, Hydrogen, Salt Water etc or a combination of them.

All moving away from dirty and blood-stained Oil.

Welcum to the future!

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By: iceblended

iceblended — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 12:35:50 +0000

While everyone is targetting smaller

and lower cost cars, BMW seems to be

taking the lead in its luxury car segment.

The hybrid + elec cars tech looks promising

however will hv2 wait for another year or so b4

it becomes a reality.

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By: jamsbong

jamsbong — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 12:27:17 +0000

goto:

http://green.autoblog.com/gallery/2010-bmw-x6-act…

for bigger images.

The batteries they use is Ni-MH, same as Prius. We know Lithium batteries work because notebooks, mobiles and the Tesla sportcar uses it. So I imagine, it is just not economical yet.

Whats interesting is that the two electric motor are small enough to fit into a gearbox and yet powerful enough to drive at 60km/h with 280Nm of torque each!

Also, they try to keep the front:rear balance by placing the batteries at the back. probably still nose heavy though…

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By: Diablo

Diablo — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 10:58:44 +0000

I wonder how much more weight the system adds to the car

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By: nic

nic — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 09:48:03 +0000

tat's y i said hybrid are for rich fella only.

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By: lan

lan — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 07:53:15 +0000

nice engine cover…

just like a shield

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By: Abdul Qayyum

Abdul Qayyum — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 05:19:43 +0000

Cool!!!

just wondering the price of this car in Malaysia

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By: nabil

nabil — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 02:51:38 +0000

man , im finding it hard to keep up with bmw's innovations nowadays…very impressive

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