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Time to slip on the Top Gear lab coat and get a bit sciencey.
Lotus Engineering will reveal a new ‘range extender' engine at the Frankfurt show. It's a teeny 1.2-litre, three-cylinder with 47bhp and it's designed to slot into a petrol-electric hybrid alongside a bigger engine. The 56kg range extender will then power the electric motor directly or charge the battery packs, so the main, much bigger petrol engine can be rested for longer.
It's being developed with Jaguar and some other important people with the
target of producing a ‘large, prestigious exec saloon with CO2 emissions below
120g/km'.
With various rumours bouncing around about a hybrid XJ, anyone with some basic
logic would assume this is the tech it will carry.
A Lotus-developed Jag with a 1.2-litre and a V8 and electric motor and
batteries? With CO2 below 120g/km?
If only Jeremy's Switzerland-to-Blackpool car had that...
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carczar519 commented on this article
at 02:33 pm on 08 September 2009
A Jag with three motors, how much would that car weigh?
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nogginthenog commented on this article
at 03:53 pm on 08 September 2009
3 engines per car will never be 'environmentally friendly' no matter what the CO2 emissions data says, simply makind and disposing of it will negate all the apparent savings. Seems to me that its all about getting around the EU mandates for car manufacturers car range emissions stuff, rather than a benfit to the environment or the drivers of the things.
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Mikeado commented on this article
at 05:57 pm on 08 September 2009
So it could be employed in an XJ (which frankly could be powered by burning cats and I'd still want one) to bring ownership costs down - yes, yes and CO2 - but could it also be employed in an Exige as a kind of petrol KERS?
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Mikeado commented on this article
at 05:57 pm on 08 September 2009
carczar519, not too much, because modern Jags are aluminium, making them the lightest in their respective classes.
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JOHNJOE commented on this article
at 06:21 pm on 08 September 2009
my fiat panda 1.1l engine had 60bhp. i now have a clio 1.2 it has 75bhp and its a 2002 model with 50000 miles. this is a joke only 47bhp, lawnmowers develop more power than that per dispalcement. and then even more of a joke a 3 engined hybird with a v8. that sounds like something from a horror movie of cars. 'its not the 3 eyed monster, its the 3 engined car' another thing if you want to reduce emissions and get better fuel economy dont use a v8 they are big engines that guzzle fuel (not a good thing on a hybird, good on a range rover). finally to all companies talking about hybirds. be quiet, dont talk any more if you can make a hybird make it sell it and if its a sales failure dont make any more, if you cant make a hybird just dont talk about hybirds. and whoever is talking about a diesel hybird make it quick because petrol electrics are a waste of time when regular diseasels can beat their fuel economy
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