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Future Drive Technology Highlighted By VW
Philippe Crowe April 29, 2013
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During the 34th International Vienna Motor Symposium last Friday, Prof. Dr. Martin Winterkorn, chairman of the Board of Management of Volkswagen AG, gave a forecast of the company’s future drive system technologies.
Areas of work being focused on by Volkswagen include the development of a high-performance diesel engine delivering 100 kilowatts per liter of displacement and a new 10-speed dual clutch gearbox that reduces fuel consumption.
Professor Winterkorn said that among the alternative drive systems plug-in hybrids in particular offer great potential.
Winterkorn stressed that over the medium and long-term different drive system technologies would exist side by side. These would range from highly efficient internal combustion engines and natural gas systems all the way to hybrids and electric vehicles.
On this basis the Volkswagen Group is working towards its declared objective of lowering the European new car fleet’s CO2 emission level to 95 gram of CO2/kilometer by 2020.
Winterkorn emphasized that existing internal combustion engines still offer a lot of potential.
“Since the year 2000, we’ve reduced the fuel consumption of our TDI and TSI engines by more than 30 per cent,” said Winterkorn. “I’m convinced that by 2020 we can achieve further increases in efficiency of around 15 per cent.”
Factors making this possible, he said, would include enhancement of the combustion process, intelligent lightweight design, innovative operating strategies and optimization of friction levels and thermal management.
Volkswagen also sees great potential for natural gas drive systems.
“The gas engine is environmentally friendly, economical and suitable for everyday use,” continued Winterkorn. “The technology is fully developed and the vehicles are already on the market.”
Volkswagen stated the best example is the new eco-up! – at 79 gram of CO2/kilometer the world’s most economical natural gas car.
The Volkswagen Group will be systematically rolling out natural gas technology with the Golf TGI BlueMotion and the Audi A3 g-tron.
“We need to make the public even more aware of the benefits of natural gas engines,” said Winterkorn. “Everyone needs to play their part in this: carmakers, politicians and the fuel industry.”
The variety of drive system technologies is growing: the group-wide Volkswagen modular component system and its flexible architecture enable every kind of drive system to be integrated quickly into the new models.
“Over the coming years we will electrify all vehicle classes in this way and help electrically powered motoring to make the breakthrough,” added Winterkorn.
Winterkorn stated that in the medium term the first choice in terms of alternative drive systems is plug-in hybrid technology. This technology enables a purely electric range of up to 50 kilometers (31 miles), a high level of suitability for everyday use by virtue of recharging from a socket at home and also complete flexibility for long journeys thanks to an efficient internal combustion engine.
The Volkswagen Group’s first plug-in hybrids, the Porsche Panamera and Audi A3 e-tron, will shortly be going into full production. They will be followed by the Golf and many other models, such as the Passat, Audi A6 and Porsche Cayenne.
Volkswagen also presented at the symposium new technologies that are finding their way into the modular diesel component system’s future engine generation. These high-performance diesel engines achieve peak power output of 100 kilowatt per liter of displacement and have a variable valve-train assembly, a high-pressure injection system at up to 3,000 bar and combined charging with the innovative e-booster.
Posted in Carmakers, Market & Fleets, Diesel, Fuel Efficiency & Emissions, Hybrid, News, Plug-in Hybrid, Plug-In Hybrids, Related Technologies, Small Car, Volkswagen
Tagged as Diesel, fuel efficiency, Hybrid, Plug-in Hybrid, Volkswagen, VW, winterkorn
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