First look of the new Mercedes E300 Bluetec Hybrid 2010

Peugeot experiments already with one Diesel-hybrid on 3008-Basis, which is to come 2011 on the market. Now also Mercedes ascends on the Diesel hybrid course and shows on that Geneva autosalon (4. to 14. March 2010) the E 300 BlueTec hybrid.

224 HP of total output

As technical basis the E serves 250 CDI with an output of 204 HP. Its 2,2-Liter-Vierzylinder-Diesel is combined with 15 kilowatts a carrying out E-machine. Energy refers the electric motor from a high volt battery with lithium ion technology. This accumulator is used also in S 400 hybrid. The total output of the E 300 BlueTec hybrid indicates Mercedes as 224 HP, the maximum torque amounts to 580 Newtonmeters.

According to manufacturer necessarily that Diesel-hybrid only 4.1 liters per 100 kilometer, corresponds to a CO2-Ausstoß of 109 gram per kilometer. To the comparison: The E 250 CDI needs on the average 5.3 liters of Diesel and emits 139 gram of CO2 per kilometer.

Purely electrical work possible

The electric motor already supports the Diesel engine at small numbers of revolutions with high torque (Boost effect). With cross-country and autobahn trips electronics recognizes the driving conditions and shifts automatically the Lastpunkt of the combustion engine to a smaller specific consumption. Owing to a separation clutch between engine and E-machine the E 300 BlueTec hybrid can cover short distances covered even purely electrically.

This is possible up to a speed of 35 km/h, which can be sufficient thus for instance with stop and go traffic in the city. During the landing run scolded yourself the combustion engine of the new Diesel Hybrids already below a speed of 80 km/h off. However the electric motor keeps then the speed constant. In the generator operation the E-machine besides for brake energy recovery (recuperation) it is used.