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Two-Mode hybrid may be a one hit wonder for Daimler, BMW

What started as a very promising collaboration between General Motors, DaimlerChrysler and BMW is looking increasingly like a technological dead end. The two-mode hybrid system originally developed by General Motors' former Allison division for transit buses was to be adapted to light-duty applications by the three (later four after the DCX divorce) automakers. The system, which was designed to provide efficiency benefits at highway speeds as well as in urban stop and go driving, is mechanically complex and very expensive to build. GM has ... Read more →

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Two-Mode hybrid may be a one hit wonder for Daimler, BMW

Two-Mode hybrid may be a one hit wonder for Daimler, BMW 5 months ago on Autoblog Green

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