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Mercedes-Benz unveil hybrid concepts Friday 16 September 2005 Mercedes-Benz has revealed two new concept cars designed to dramatically reduce emissions and raise fuel consumption, at the International Motor Show in Frankfurt. Based on the new S-Class platform, the 'Direct Hybrid' and 'Bluetec Hybrid' models that combine optimised petrol and diesel engines with a hybrid system and refined exhaust purification. The German auto giant has called the Bluetec Hybrid the 'cleanest diesel in the world'. Both hybrid variants use an electric motor in the drive-train that allow better fuel efficiency and cut emissions during 'stop-start' urban driving. The new features present in Direct and Bluetec hybrids offer a 25% and 20% drop in fuel consumption compared to their predecessors. "For the drive concepts of the near future the objective is to make petrol cars as efficient as diesels, and diesels as clean as petrol cars," commented Dr. Thomas Weber, Member of the Board of Management of DaimlerChrysler AG. _______________________________________________ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
