September 1st, 2009
SmartPlanet: New BMW turbodiesel hybrid goes 0-60 mph in 4.8 secs; 75 mpg
A plug-in turbodiesel hybrid car that can go 0 to 60 miles per hour in less than 5 seconds, top out at 155 m.p.h. and get 75 m.p.g. in the process.
That’s what BMW has created, all packed into the skin of a 2+2 gullwing AWD supercar.
Instead of a gas-hogging V8, the car has 98 lithium cells hooked into two electric motors paired with a three-cylinder turbodiesel engine.
Want to know how BMW did it? Read it on SmartPlanet’s Smart Takes blog.
Andrew J. Nusca is an associate editor for ZDNet and SmartPlanet.
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