As promised earlier, BMW has revealed the ActiveHybrid version of the all-new 2010 5-series for Geneva Motor Show. The car is a concept for now, but after a bit more testing and development, it’ll go into production and will reach the market in 2011. The 5er ActiveHbrid, or should we say ActiveHybrid 5, uses the [...]

Dyno test is usually for sports and supercar and it would be totally pointless for a hybrid car. Unless that hybrid car is a BMW ActiveHybrid X6 which has 480 horsepower and 575 lb-ft of torque, then it makes sense! This power comes from a twin-turbo V8 and two electric motors. Guys at Inside Line [...]

It took BMW a year to come up with a rival for the Mercedes S400 Hybrid, but they finally did, and it’s quite good! The 7-series ActiveHybrid luxury saloon features the new 4.4-liter twin-turbo V8 mated to an 8-speed automatic transmission and working along a hybrid electric motor. The car has been unveiled in America [...]

BMW is taking its EfficientDynamics program to the next level by introducing the advanced ActiveHybrid system for the BMW X6 sport activity vehicle. It is the first vehicle of this type to be equipped with a full hybrid power train. The X6 AH can run solely on the electric power, its gasoline engine or a [...]