AS BMW HYBRID extends the range regarding engines of its brand-new X5 using a plug-in cross version. The X5 forty-five e thus offers the power of about 500 hp without going via the malus. However, that will be essential to get to the checkout along with a the least EUR 82, 900 to cover typically the luxury SUV German.
accelerates in turn in the electric. The Bavarian firm announced last summer its intention to launch 25 electrified models by 2023. "More than half will be entirely electric and the other part will be hybrid," announced the boss of the group, Harald Krüger. The aim is, of course, to provide a new mobility solution for its customers, but above all to escape the ever-tougher taxation in Europe.
Indeed, the times are hard for manufacturers who have to juggle ecological maluses, new pollution standards (WLTP), traffic restrictions in some major cities and the future tax "95 g". Starting in 2021, manufacturers will be subject to a tax based on the average CO2 emissions in their range. The regulations require each brand to sell an average of less than 95 grams of CO2 on the fleet of new vehicles sold. A manufacturer who exceeds this threshold would be exposed to considerable fines (€ 95 for each gram of excess CO2, multiplied by the number of cars sold). That's why BMW, like many manufacturers, is starting mass production of electric vehicles to lower their average emissions figure.
Aboard, the owners will love a neat universe of which skillfully mixes classic and even modern. There is totally digital instrumentation fully custom, coupled with a key touch screen and completely connected. The installation involving the batteries under the particular floor clean this standard rechargeable hybrid version has constrained the break in conditions of livability.
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