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BMW wins overall International Engine of Year 2015 for hybrid drive system in i8 PHEV

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The BMW i8 TwinPower Turbo three-cylinder gasoline engine was voted class winner in the 1.4-liter The combination of electric motor and gasoline engine also earned it overall victory. kWh of electricity. liter three-cylinder electric-gasoline hybrid. Tesla full-electric powertrain (Model S).

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Hybrid hype: types, tech, and the road ahead

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A hybrid vehicle is powered by at least one electric motor and a gasoline engine, and its system recovers energy through regenerative braking. Sometimes the electric motor does all of the work, other times the combustion engine does, and sometimes both work together. This generally occurs at slower city speeds.

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Shell, Gordon Murray and Osamu Goto to develop new ultra-compact ICE city car

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The car, intended to be a simple, practical global city car leveraging light-weight engineering, streamlining, and driveline efficiency, is scheduled to be unveiled in November 2015. Together with the all-electric T.27 People will be able to follow the development of the car through the website, shell.com/Projectm. Why a petrol car?

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