Mercedes goes hybrid in 2009
Mercedes-Benz development head Thomas Weber announced today at the Geneva Motor Show that the Stuttgart brand will produce it's first hybrid vehicles in 2009. Parent company DaimlerChrysler has two separate joint development projects in process for hybrids. They just announced a project with BMW to create a mild hybrid system have been working with BMW and General Motors on the full two-mode hybrid system.
Weber didn't reveal which Mercedes platform, or which system would hit the streets in '09, although BMW said they will have the mild hybrid in production in the same time frame. The Chrysler side of the business will introduce a two-mode hybrid in the Durango in 2008.
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MikeW 12:44AM (3/08/2007)
Where is the direct injection for the V6s?
The 3.5 without is 268hp, 258ft-lbs
The 3.5 with is 288hp, 269ft-lbs
MB can just leave off the lean burn for the US market until we get our sulfur act together.
The 2.5 V6 (short stroke 88x68.4) already matches Toyota 4gr-fse
201hp@6200 & 181ft-lbs@2700-5000 compared to 204hp@6400 & 185ft-lbs@4800, and would get better with piezo injection.
The 3.0 V6 (88x82, 228hp@6000, 221ft-lbs@2700-5000) is competitive with BMW's stripper N52 (230hp@6500, 200ft-lbs@2750) and BMW has decided to make direct injection and ValveTronic mutually exclusive.
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