Yet another Tokyo debutant from Suzuki, and though the Swift EV Hybrid is also coming through in concept form, it’s downright conventional when you consider the likes of its Regina and Q-concept siblings. It’s also set to make its way into production form sometime in 2013.
On battery power alone, the car offers a 30 km operating range, though an engine-driven generator, as the company tags it, extends travel distance – by how much, Suzuki hasn’t said. No specific details are mentioned, but it shouldn’t stray too far from the Swift Plug-In Concept that was shown at the 2009 edition of the show.
That one featured a 658cc mill offering 54 hp (or 40 kW), working in tandem with a 74 hp (55 kW) electric motor, powered by lithium-ion batteries. The series hybrid system then offered around 20 km of pure electric mode driving, so this one improves on things by a bit.
Suzuki says that the car – which features a covered front grille, LED lighting and covered wheels among the external revisions – has a smaller battery that’s quicker to charge, weighs less, uses fewer resources and costs less. More undoubtedly, in Tokyo.
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this car is destiny to be hybrid….infact, P1 Savvy shld be the best to convert to Hybrid/EV..
i think thats y most jap car model nowaday not so exciting n boring…..they might be investing heavily on EV/hybrid car as compared with korean car
P1 Savvy is discontinued.
nothing special…why get a hibrid when you can get a fully electric car or REEV car in 2013 that uses less than 1 liter/100km?
fully electric car? where are you going to charge it when power runs low in and you’re far away from home?
agreed, current EV cars have too little range for decent travel.
lets see the price tag of these full EV and REEV 1st, a bomb most likely.
The gear stick look like a manual one.
Nice, clean and awesome interior and exterior designs. If Swift launch in Japan 2013 could be in Malaysia around 2014-2015. Hope this car will excluded from taxation.
Yes, exactly like the one you can buy now. :) Why wait?
and this Swift is the 3rd gen which is bigger than the 1 availble in Malaysia.
not exactly. I like the white dashboard with LCD built in. :-)
All these Green stuff is really making me sick.
No one is forcing you to read or look.
Why dun u buy an H1 or Bentley so u wont b sick….if u can even the road tax in the first place…
seriously… will compete with proton emas which slated in 2013….
Forget about the potong and the potong who call it as the Emas…less people interesting! btw this one looks clean and nice !
Yes.. Support U.. EMAS won’t be come out if Nissan not let them the Leaf platform. Due to P1 no technology of fast charging battery. EMAS interior also damn ugly.. The Italian “G” give them a outdated design which also used by GM..
Old model with new tech..
We knows it’s a hybrid vehicle but does it have to sport that kind of rim?
lagi2 form yang sama… aiya, tukar design barulaa swift.. samaje mcm myvi..edition je banyak macam2 n tukar sikit2 je.. boring gila aku tgk..
Evergreen design with green technology.
I LIKE SWIFT Hy bread