If you have a Passat GTE on your company - car shortlist, you'll find that its low CO2 output contributes to a far lower Benefit - in - Kind (BiK) company - car tax rating than
its conventional petrol and diesel rivals.
Now Toyota has reached that level as an average for its entire model range, including
its conventional petrol and diesel engine models.
Initially, both the Range Rover and Range Rover Sport will come with
a conventional petrol and diesel powertrain but, from the middle of 2018, the two SUVs will be offered with the option of Jaguar Land Rover's all - new P400e plug - in powertrain.
The CLAR architecture can accommodate
conventional petrol and diesel powertrains, plus plug - in hybrid and full electric drivetrains.
As with its Ford Focus Electric rival, the uninitiated will find a Volkswagen e-Golf tricky to tell apart from
its conventional petrol and diesel counterparts.
Hyundai offers it with a wide range of
conventional petrol and diesel engines with displacements ranging from 1.0 - to 2.0 - litre, A 6 - speed manual transmission or a 7 - speed dual - clutch automatic transmission sends drive to the front wheels.
Not exact matches
Hong Kong - based Hybrid Kinetic Group does specialise in turbine systems however,
and its website makes claims that its turbine generators are as little as a half to a third the size of a
conventional piston engine, runs 20,000 hours maintenance free
and can run on virtually any fuel - from
petrol and diesel to hydrogen, or propane.
Battery powered cars have environmentally unfriendly mining processes for the battery precious metals,
and taking into account the shipping of the various components
and the huge battery weight it makes it laughable really they'll never handle as well as a
conventional petrol or
diesel car until battery tech either comes a huge way or the fuel cell tech moves forward.
It is still to be confirmed whether the hybrid will be sold in Europe, alongside more
conventional 158bhp 2.0 - litre
diesel and 165bhp 2.4 - litre
petrol models.
In what's claimed to be the «hardest Range Rover Sport challenge» ever filmed, Land Rover engineers were keen to prove the plug - in version of the large, luxurious full - size Range Rover is equally capable off - road as its
conventional diesel and petrol - powered siblings.
A six - speed manual gearbox is standard, but a seven - speed dual - clutch transmission can be fitted to the 1.6 - litre turbo
petrol and a
conventional six - speed automatic is available with the 2.0 - litre
diesels.
All are impressive in their own way, but only the Ioniq
and Prius were designed from the ground up as hybrids,
and so are less compromised than those based on
conventional petrol or
diesel cars.
In combination, the Hybrid Synergy Drive ® system's 1.8 litre VVT - i
petrol engine
and electric motor generate a maximum power output of 136 DIN hp, equipping the Auris HSD with a 0 - 100 km / h acceleration time of 11.4 seconds
and a maximum speed of 180 km / h - performance to match any
conventional 2.0 litre
diesel or
petrol hatchback.
Capable of operating both independently
and in combination, the Hybrid Synergy Drive ® system's 1.8 litre VVT - i
petrol engine
and electric motor generate a maximum power output of 136 DIN hp, equipping the Toyota Auris HSD with a 0 - 100 km / h acceleration time of 11.4 seconds
and a maximum speed of 180 km / h - performance to match any
conventional 2.0 litre
diesel or
petrol hatchback.
BMW announced pricing for the
petrol - electric 7s ahead of the late November debut of the
conventional petrol and turbo -
diesel 7s.
Far from having a substantial impact on reducing net emissions of GHG, Wolf says, European rapeseed oil - based
diesel and U.S. corn - based ethanol have in fact only made small contributions - 13 % less than
conventional diesel and 18 % less than
petrol, respectively.