The latest add-on to the BMW hybrid family, 5 Series ActiveHybrid, kept the headlines of many automotive publications at the Geneva Motor Show. Joining the X6 and seven Series Hybrid models, the BMW 5 Series ActiveHybrid will be available to consumers in the second one-half of 2011.

The BMW Concept 5 Series ActiveHybrid offers the combination of a BMW straight-half-dozen with electrical drive. The bulldoze arrangement featured in the BMW Concept v Series ActiveHybrid consists of a straight-six gasoline engine with TwinPower Turbo technology, eight-speed automatic transmission, and electric bulldoze. The electrical motor offers a boost office, supporting the gasoline engine in generating particularly dynamic drive ability for an even more than sporting driving feel in the car.

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The drivetrain hybrid is said to reduce the fuel consumption of the base model by more than 10 percent.

The drivetrain technology featured in the BMW Concept 5 Series ActiveHybrid allows all-electrical, nothing-emission motoring in city traffic. At the aforementioned time a special hybrid-based Machine Start Stop function offers boosted efficiency by consistently switching off the combustion engine when stopping at the traffic lights, a road junction, or in congested traffic.

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The combustion engine is supported in the BMW Concept five Series ActiveHybrid by an electrical bulldoze system adult specifically for this model and arranged in compact dimensions betwixt the straight-six combustion engine and the automated transmission. Drawing its free energy from a high-voltage battery at the back of the car, the electrical motor develops maximum output of 40 kW.

In overrun and when applying the brakes, the electric bulldoze systems acts every bit a generator developing electric power fed into the high-voltage battery. This converts kinetic energy otherwise wasted as heat in the restriction arrangement into electric ability saved for subsequent use.

Savour the photos and stay tuned for an interview with the BMW five Series ActiveHybrid Project Managing director.