Mercedes-Benz BlueTEC Hybrid E300 and E400 Hybrid at Detroit Auto Show
Mercedes-Benz BlueTEC Hybrid E300 and Mercedes-Benz E400 Hybrid was first announced in December, and basically serve different markets, E300 BlueTEC Hybrid, available in sedan and wagon variants, combining two liters, turbocharged four-cylinder diesel engine with 20 kilowatt electric motor to deliver fuel economy 67,2 mpg combined.
V6-engined cars that are larger will return 20.1 mpg combined, but Mercedes has yet to publish figures for emissions, these two hybrid E400 new E-Class sedan combines 27-horsepower, 184 pound-feet of torque electric motor with an internal combustion engine to deliver what Mercedes-Benz claims is the most efficient full size sedan in the world-at least in the case of the 4.2-liter per 100 kilometers E300 BlueTEC Hybrid. That means about 47 mpg US.
Hybrid E400 is, however, came to America. Mercedes says that he will begin to be sold in the second half of this year, although the price for the car has not been announced. E400 hybrid, which uses a 302-horsepower 3.5-liter V-6 petrol engine, will be sold in the United States at the beginning of the summer. He got a, appropriated the U.S.-style 27 mpg, it may be combined, which shows the highway fuel economy figures in the range of low-to-mid-30 city mpg, and ranks about 23 mpg.
Given the limited capacity of the on-board 800 watt-hour lithium-ion battery pack, however, we can't imagine the system provides a lot of help on the speed of the Highway before the battery runs out to be, at this time, Mercedes-Benz has not disclosed the price either Hybrid Europe destined E300 BlueTEC Hybrid or US markets E400
