BUZZ AROUND THE TOUAREG.
Byline: Richard Hammond
NEXT year Volkswagen's first hybrid vehicle For other types of "Hybrid Transportation", see .
A hybrid vehicle (HV) is a vehicle that uses two or more distinct power sources to propel the vehicle such as: will go on sale.
It's the Touareg V6 TSi hybrid and it's powered by a 328bhp
supercharged 3.0-litre V6 petrol engine backed up by a 51bhp electric
motor powered by a nickel metal hydride (NiMH) A rechargeable battery technology that has approximately 30-50% more charge per pound than nickel cadmium. Introduced in the early 1990s, it uses nickel and metal hydride plates with potassium hydroxide as the electrolyte. battery. At up to 30mph the car
can run on battery power alone.
It has an eight-speed automatic gearbox and can manage 0-62mph in
6.8sec. Fuel consumption is 31.4mpg - a big improvement over the
conventional Touareg but still pretty poor.
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