All new Volvo models from 2019 will be hybrid or EV

"bhtooefr" (bhtooefr) 07/05/2017 at 07:16 • Filed to: smug alert, volvo, hybrid, Electric Vehicles, polestar

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The !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! has a misleading title, but basically, it boils down to...

Anything launched in 2019 or later will be a 48 volt mild hybrid, a plug-in hybrid, or an EV. And, five EVs will be launched from 2019-2021, two of which will be Polestars.

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pip bip - choose Corrour > bhtooefr 07/05/2017 at 07:19

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booooo!

Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer > bhtooefr 07/05/2017 at 08:11

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I just want to see this make it to production

bhtooefr > Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer 07/05/2017 at 08:19

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Yeah, that’ll never happen - Torotrak’s systems are a joke. And, battery-based systems are now a lot cheaper and lighter than they used to be.

I’m seeing numbers of 0.15 kWh stored in the Torotrak flyhweel system, if it even worked. My guess is that you could get twice that in the same weight in Li-ion batteries today, and without the packaging issues, or massive reliability issues that Torotrak’s system has.

Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer > bhtooefr 07/05/2017 at 08:25

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SHUT UP IT’S COOL AND I WANT IT

bhtooefr > Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer 07/05/2017 at 08:40

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Fun fact of the day: Torotrak’s being shit is why the GT-R LM NISMO was an abject failure.

The hybrid system didn’t actually work at all, and Nissan ended up carrying ballast in place of it. So, no power was going to the rear wheels, massively compromising corner exit.

In addition, the loss of the hybrid system required much larger brakes, which required larger wheels. This meant that there was a lot less sidewall, meaning that the car couldn’t take curbs. They tried to change the suspension geometry to make it work, but they couldn’t get much out of it. This compromised corner entry and mid-corner speeds, to the point that it was holding up GTE cars in the corners.

deprecated account > bhtooefr 07/05/2017 at 10:24

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:(

For Sweden > bhtooefr 07/05/2017 at 11:26

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Volvo to LMP1 confirmed