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Audi showed a small crossover
June 05, 2013
Audi showed a small crossover

Audi at the Paris motor show demonstrated its vision of what the future has to be a crossover. And it should be a cheerful, aggressive, sporty, technological and economic hell.

Basis crosslane coupe - spatial structure Multimaterial Space Frame, which consists of an aluminum alloy, carbon fiber-reinforced and reinforced polymer GFRP. Protecting passengers 'cell' of welded aluminum profiles, front and rear zones, taking a blow in the accident, as well as the central tunnel, carbon fiber floor and sills. Plumage - polymer. Because of this, a lot of conceptual hybrid managed to hold at 1390 kg, despite the fact that it has on-board lithium-ion traction battery.

Audi crosslane coupe - this plug-in hybrid battery which can be recharged from a household electrical outlet or toll-phase 380-volt terminals. The power plant consists of a 1.5-liter supercharged three-cylinder TFSI engine with direct injection (130 hp and 200 N • m), and the motor-generator (68 hp and 210 N • m). Hybrid combined cycle best economy of 1.1 liters per 100 kilometers and CO 2  it emits only 26 grams per kilometer.

It can not be called a wimp, acceleration to 100 km / h - 8.6 seconds in mixed mode and 9.8 - in electric. The electric Crosslane coupe can move at speeds up to 130 km / h After that, turn the main source of mechanical energy becomes three-cylinder engine, but during intense acceleration motor could still be included in the work.


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