BMW and Luminescence Automotive just unveiled to the world the starting time BMW five Series plug-in hybrid sedan. Due to be unveiled at the Shanghai Car Show in two weeks, the prototype is based on the long wheelbase version of the BMW 5 Serial Sedan.

The concept is powered by a hybrid drive set-upwardly that combines a TwinPower engine with an electrical motor. When running purely on electrical ability, the 5 Serial electric tin travel  upward to 75 kilometers at a abiding speed of 60 km/h. Use of the combustion engine provides a minimum additional range of 400 kilometers. The parallel hybrid set-up consists of a 160 kW combustion engine featuring BMW TwinPower Turbo technology and an electrical motor with a maximum output of lxx kW. The electrical motor draws its energy from a high-voltage battery housed in the luggage compartment which can be charged via the mains power supply.

Further details and photos are expected to be released at the Chinese auto testify.

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Press Release: In the run-upwards to the international automobile trade show Auto Shanghai 2011, BMW Luminescence Automotive presents the concept of a premium-segment plug-in hybrid sedan. In collaboration with its articulation venture partner Brilliance China Automotive Holdings Ltd. BMW Grouping has thus taken the next step of the fashion towards creating the new energy vehicle for Communist china. The prototype is based on the long wheelbase version of the BMW five Serial Sedan, adult exclusively for the Chinese auto market and produced at the Shenyang site.

Information technology is the start vehicle in its segment in China to provide a fully fledged combination of exclusive style and ecology sensation. In this fashion, it closes the gap in the loftier-terminate area while at the same fourth dimension laying the foundation for the hereafter development of a Chinese new energy vehicle in the premium segment. Its drive parallel hybrid drive gear up-up combines a combustion engine featuring BMW TwinPower Turbo engineering science with an electrical motor. The innovative concept as well includes special battery technology which includes the possibility of charging from a mains power supply.

The epitome of a plug-in hybrid sedan is role of the BMW Grouping'due south electromobility strategy for Red china. The road map for a new energy vehicle presented at Auto China 2010 in Beijing includes the consistent expansion of both evolution expertise and value-creation potential in China. The BMW Group is running a number of projects to support the market launch of electrically powered vehicles in Cathay. The very starting time High german-Chinese enquiry project, a co-operative venture with Tongji Academy in Shanghai, saw the development of a purely electrically powered BMW 5 Series in the long wheelbase version. The worldwide MINI E fleet trial was extended to China at the starting time of the year, involving the sites of Peking and Shenzhen. The MINI E is being tested for everyday utilize at these locations by a consortium made up of the energy partners State Grid Corporation and Southern Filigree as well as the China Automotive Technology and Research Corporation (CATARC). This besides applies to field testing of the BMW ActiveE. This purely electrically powered vehicle based on the BMW one Serial Coupé will exist put to use in Prc in the form of this year.

With its all-encompassing field testing in the most important auto markets, the BMW Group is gathering insights into user behaviour and the requirements of local supply infrastructure. The experience thus gained is being fed both into the BMW Group'due south global electromobility strategy and the development of the new energy vehicle for China.

With the plug-in hybrid vehicle based on the BMW 5 Serial Sedan in the long wheelbase version, BMW Brilliance Automotive now has the concrete outcome of this strategy. Serial production of the automobile is to outset in China in 2013.

The backdrop of the plug-in hybrid vehicle are geared closely towards the demands of the Chinese automotive market. The prototype provides ride comfort, luxurious ambience and interior space at the same level as the long wheelbase version of the BMW 5 Series Sedan which has been and then successful in China. When running purely on electric ability, it is possible to travel emission-free for upward to 75 kilometres m/h at a constant speed of sixty km/h. Use of the combustion engine provides a minimum additional range of 400 kilometres, which is in line with the driving profile of Chinese customers in the premium segment.

The parallel hybrid set-up consists of a 160 kW combustion engine featuring BMW TwinPower Turbo technology and an electric motor with a maximum output of 70 kW, thereby ensuring characteristic BMW driving dynamics and basis-breaking efficiency. The electrical motor draws its free energy from a high-voltage bombardment housed in the baggage compartment which can be charged via the mains power supply.

The model-specific components for the plug-in hybrid bulldoze, power electronics and high-volt bombardment were developed in close collaboration between the joint venture partners BMW Group and Luminescence Prc Automotive Holdings Ltd. The projection drew intensively on the drive expertise of the BMW Group too equally the know-how built-up in Mainland china in the field of electromobility and so as to take account of the latest technological innovations and also tap into scientific insights regarding the potential uses of a new energy vehicle.

[Source: BMW ]