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Officially, official: BMW X6 Hybrid to be world's most powerful gas-electric vehicle

High performance hybrid – an oxymoron? Not according to BMW, which has two new hybrids scheduled for an unveiling at the upcoming Frankfurt Motor Show. One of those two vehicles, the ActiveHybrid X6, promises to be the most powerful hybrid vehicle ever offered for sale at 480 horsepower and 575 lb-ft of torque from its twin electric motors and 4.4-liter V8 engine combined. The ActiveHybrid X6 will scoot to 60 in about 5.5 seconds while returning a 20-percent fuel mileage improvement over the standard X6 with its twin-turbo V8. To ... Read more →

Spy Shots: BMW 755ih spotted undisguised Jeremy Korzeniewski

BMW is expected to roll out the production version of its new 755ih hybrid luxury sedan later this year at the Frankfurt Motor Show. With little to differentiate the new gas-saving 7 Series from the ...

BMW X6 and 7 Series hybrids expected this fall Jeremy Korzeniewski

As part of his statement on the company's first-quarter financial results, Dr. Norbert Reithofer, Chairman of the Board for the BMW Group, has confirmed that hybrid versions of both the X6 Sports ...

REPORT: Production BMW 7-series hybrid expected to debut in Frankfurt Sam Abuelsamid

With Mercedes-Benz launching its first hybrid this summer in the form of the S400 hybrid, it's only a matter of time until BMW rolls out its own equivalent. Last year in Paris, BMW debuted a ...

BMW 7 Series ActiveHybrid to use batteries from Johnson Controls-Saft Jeremy Korzeniewski

BMW's upcoming 7 Series ActiveHybrid (where do they come up with these names, anyway?) will use a 120 volt lithium ion battery pack that will be supplied by Johnson Controls-Saft. That battery will ...

Paris Preview: BMW releases more details on 7-series active hybrid 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

BMW has released more details on the 7-Series Activehybrid that will be debuting in Paris next month. We now know a few elements that differ from the Mercedes-Benz S400 BlueHybrid. While the Mercedes has the lithium ion battery mounted in the engine compartment, the BMW has its battery in the ...

New BMW 7-series hybrid uses lithium, still won't match efficiency of diesel 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

When BMW launches a hybrid version of the new 7-series sedan next year it looks like it will probably use the same Two-Mode hybrid system going into the X6 crossover. That configuration mates the hybrid transmission with the twin-turbocharged 4.4L V-8 that also debuted this spring in the X6. If ...


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