Porsche Cayenne S Hybrid, economic and mostly clean
This year, the manufacturing Porsche adds a more muscled version of its Cayenne model majestic to answer we are told, at the request of a Customer whose economic crisis and environmental protection, they seem to go completely above their head and without affect, quite the contrary.
But that does not mean that Porsche does not seek to develop the fuel-efficient vehicles and more ecological, far from it. Moreover, it is preparing to offer on the old continent, a turbo-diesel version common, economic and clean ramp, as developed in conjunction with its 'subsidiaries' Volkswagen and Audi, which he has just to take administrative control . Thus, after the Touareg and Q7 TDI models, it will be the turn of the Cayenne have large, and as a first step on the European chessboard car of this type of engine and maybe one day in North America.
However, the strategists of switching claws Porsche products for the North American market, are well aware that most manufacturers focus specifically on the car has a hybrid powertrain design to meet the environmental standards increasingly severe and especially on the part of American manufacturers to present a better image and proportionally with the help of governments is far from unanimously within the population.
A creative approach
The hybrid technology developed by the engineers of the Research Centre in Weissach Porsche, among others is to place the electric motor between the location of the atmospheric engine and gearbox. According to the engineers, it helps to have a maximum tensile strength and especially to enjoy a better cruising speed, without having to use a gasoline engine. The system 'Hybrid Manager' analysis no less than 20,000 different parameters.
The atmospheric engine uses Audi's sign, and it is the indestructible supercharged 3.0-liter V6, whose power is 333 hp and torque of 324 lb-ft. For the occasion, he is associated has an electric motor that adds 52 horsepower and above 221 lb-ft of additional torque. This impressive training is redistributed to the AWD system, through an automatic box has eight reports. Surprisingly, USED NiMH batteries are not lithium-ion batteries, which seem to be gaining ground.
Efficient, economical and clean
According to the data of the manufacturer, the Porsche Cayenne S Hybrid announces a top speed of only 138 km in electric mode, while reaching 100 km / h in just 6.8 seconds. The odds of CO2 emissions, it shows an improvement of about 20% compared to equivalent registered by a model driven by the atmospheric version of this engine data. According to Porsche, the vehicle should submit a fuel economy of around of 9.0 litres/100 km or close to that of a compact car.
This new declination of the Porsche Cayenne would normally be commercialized in America somewhere in the course of the year 2010. Porsche also announced that its luxury sedan Panamera will also have such a hybrid powertrain.
