Not exact matches
The
hybrid could make use of the 3.0 - liter with a supercharger as it did
before, but I would put my money on a bigger
battery pack and even a more powerful electric motor.
The Intelligent power unit (IPU) that has the
hybrid battery pack and control systems for the
battery pack will be directly placed underneath the rear floor unlike
before where it was placed in the trunk.
With the
battery pack sufficiently charged, there's enough juice available to reliably lay into about 40 % throttle
before the gas engine wakes — providing far more electric - only grunt than most
hybrids muster.
It is a plug - in
hybrid with a
battery pack under the rear load floor that is good for up to 30 kilometers (19 miles)
before switching from electric power to the four - cylinder engine under the hood.
The Ford C - Max Energi also offers a lithium - ion
battery pack, putting it at an advantage when compared to the standard C - Max
hybrid, and it offers 21 miles of all - electric driving
before it needs to be recharged (a process that takes less than three hours at 240 - volts).
It is, however, worth noting that Honda CR - Z models produced
before the end of 2012 have less power, and use a less sophisticated nickel metal -
hybrid battery pack instead of the lithium cells in the current model.
The 2013 Optima
Hybrid benefits from greater trunk space than
before, thanks to the repackaging of the vehicle's
battery pack.
An improved electric motor, going from 30 kW to 35 kW, a substantially more powerful 47 kW Lithium Polymer
battery pack, replacing the 34 kW
pack in the 2012 model, and thanks to all this fuel economy is improved across the board: 36 MPG in the city vs. 34 MPG
before, 40 MPG on the highway vs. 39 MPG, and a combined rating of 38 MPG vs. 36 for the 2012 Sonata
hybrid.