Companies BMW, General Motors and DaimlerChrysler intends to invest over a billion dollars to develop a new hybrid powertrain, which will then be used on different models of these brands. It is expected that each member of this alliance will provide for this purpose from its budget of approximately $ 300 million. Several tens of millions of dollars BMW, GM and DC will be spent on adapting the new powertrain to its own platforms. The new transmission is designed for use with the already developed a hybrid. As previously reported, over its construction work of a group of 500 engineers, established three avtoproizvodietlyami specifically for this project. Development of a hybrid setup, the alliance has taken almost 18 months. The new hybrid powertrain will be developed in two versions - for rear-wheel drive vehicles and front-to, but then it can be adapted to the requirements of each of the automakers. Himself unit is electronically controlled CVT with ECVT. It can not automatically choose to use multiple modes and four fixed transmission, which allows each of the three engines of the hybrid power plant to work at optimum speed, both in acceleration mode or in braking mode when the car's kinetic energy is converted into electricity and stored in the accumulator batteries. As expected, the application of a new hybrid system will begin in late 2007. The first to market will be released hybrid versions of SUVs Chevrolet Tahoe and Yukon. A little later, in 2008, will be a hybrid Dodge Durango. When the first BMW car with a hybrid setup - it is not known. However, it is possible that after a while it gets a new generation of BMW X5, which will premiere this fall at the Paris Motor Show.
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