Volkswagen engineers will give rise to many hybrid projects Bashny.Net

In a recent interview with the head of the brand Lamborghini Stephan Winkelmann said that his company is not yet ready to join the segment of the hybrid sports car due to the lack of manufacturers of advanced battery storage with appropriate capacity, but not too huge in size.





For such problems has repeatedly hinted in interviews with journalists, representatives of other European brands, including part of the giant Volkswagen AG. Even top managers of Mercedes-Benz with care assess the prospects of their brand in the segment of electric cars – all for the same battery.

And so, the day before, as if in contrast to the pessimistic Chapter summary Lamborghini, reporters edition Auto Evolution, published information in technical circles of the Volkswagen group, which at successful coincidence of circumstances can become the forerunner of sensation in the whole environmental area of the automotive industry.

Engineers environmental division of Volkswagen already closely involved in the development of a completely new type of batteries with an energy density 4 times higher than the current figures. This aspect is particularly important for battery electric vehicles because it significantly increases the car's range per charge in pure electric mode.

With new batteries, made by innovative lithium-air technology will be and the size is quite compact. The reporters of the newspaper has already made the comparison between the electric Volkswagen Golf hatchback and premium sedan Tesla Model S – with the new compact battery e-Golf will overcome the same way as the Model S with the battery weighing half a ton.

If developed by the Volkswagen batteries and really good, the result of the work of engineers will inevitably give impetus to a good dozen or so hybrid and electric projects as the head of the brand and its many sub-brands, including Lamborghini, or Audi. By the way, according to journalists, the work with the new battery in the Volkswagen was initiated by the need to launch a series of electric supercar Audi R8 e-Tron already namozolivshih eyes in the status of "eternal concept".



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