Volkswagen Touareg test drive since 2010 SUV
VW Touareg Hybrid without fairy tales about ecology
Touareg Hybrid eats 15 liters per hundred, and its battery has a supply of electricity, equivalent to 200 ml of gasoline ... I am sitting in the hybrid VW Touareg, and this means that I am not interested in anyone. The first hybrids raised at least some questions from the public.
I remember when I tested the Lexus 450n, they asked a million questions. Both men and women tried to find out how this miracle moves and how much gasoline consumes. Now I am going on the German electric-Benzo-Voro-Road, and people generally bypass me. I got to the point that I myself tried to arouse interest among the interlocutors. But the only ones who listened to me without a grin were my children. However, they were exclusively interested in a cartoon on the screen, which continuously conveying the series the journey of energy from the battery and vice versa.
Do not protect, but sell
A thousand times in vain! Everyone who ignored my hybrid has lost a lot. It was this time that I received enough information from the Germans to finally shed light on the true nature of this eco -chimera. Before that, I read only fairy tales sent by zombie marketeologists about the salvation of the planet, and they all looked unconvincing. Today I finally heard the truth. VW does not deceive anyone and does not refer to some kind of electro-revolution there. The Germans openly and honestly declare: for several years we released a Touareg with V8 motor (you remember this beautiful unit with a volume of 4.2 liters), and customers are accustomed to its characteristics (you know these scumbags who love to press the kik-dowan, leaving the parking lot), but today How to tell you ... (here the speech of German comrades becomes confused) in general, it is already difficult for us to pretend that ... in short, well, well ... we do not want to lose customers and profits. Did you understand? In my opinion, everything is frankly said. They make a hybrid, not at all in order to protect greens, but to sell cars with the characteristics of the V8 380 horsepower and 580 Newton meters.
Hybrid Cadillac Escalade, Porsche Cayenne, Lexus 450N and BMW X6 all this is not a step towards clean air and ecology. This is a concession to people who want to stay in the gasoline age and anneal on any free Piglet from the highway to the playground. It is useless to say how much fuel is Touareg, although it is a little less than 15 liters on an on -board computer. It is better to say that its electric motor compensates for the lack of torque of the standard three -liter V6 gasoline V6 in the lower revolutions. Therefore, for its weight class, Touareg with a hybrid engine has unusually high acceleration rates from a place of 6.5 seconds to hundreds.
Off rode.
VW tried that the hybrid does not suffer geometric cross -country ability.
You can't leave on a glass
To move on VW on only one electric trim, you need to comply with a large list of conditions. In particular, the aerodynamic resistance should be small, and the area is even, without rise. In this case, the temperature of the coolant in the internal combustion engine so that it is about 30C ... In other words, this is unlikely. Although in the instructions it is promised that two kilometers at a speed of not higher than 50 km/h you will pass. I could not get.
We love the Germans for accuracy, and here they did not blunder. According to official figures, the high -voltage battery Touareg, or, as it is also called, nickelmetalgidride battery, weighs 85 kg. All the energy that it can develop is approximately 200 ml of fuel. On a glass of gasoline and not before refueling.
Dynamics. Green engineers did everything to maintain excellent acceleration
Diploma of a vegetarian
It is nice to know that in the accident, the Germans guarantee security. The electrolyte in the battery is gel, so that even in the case of the appearance of large holes in its case, nothing follows. However, it is almost impossible to break it off.
To protect the battery when hitting the back of the car, the module is surrounded by a special frame. We took care of cooling. Since the battery is very hot, a couple of electric fans were assigned to it.
Winged metal.
Aluminum inserts go to the Germans much more than a pseudo -breed
Multimedia. The cartoon on the screen shows the flows of energy striving from the engine to the battery and vice versa. It is clearly seen here that the battery loses the charge quite quickly
A fairly safe and reliable trolleybus rides both asphalt and off -road like an ordinary VW. When creating a hybrid version, neither high-speed nor off-decor characteristics were affected. So, V8 fans can not only continue to enjoy their favorite technology in full, but also hang a vegetarian diploma over the table.
Layout. A rather compact electric motor is located between a gasoline engine and a gearbox. Battery under the floor of the trunk
Caution, technical details
Source: Magazine 4x4 [July /2012]
