PSA stated that it will market a “Hybrid-Air” car from 2016 on
- PSA will present a Citroën C3 Air Hybrid at Geneva motorshow.
Equipped with this technology, a C3 VTI 82 car does emit only 69 grams of CO2/km and a 2.9 l/100 km is expected. The consumption would be 30% lower than a thermal model and even 45% lower in a city driving.
Equipped with this technology, a C3 VTI 82 car does emit only 69 grams of CO2/km and a 2.9 l/100 km is expected. The consumption would be 30% lower than a thermal model and even 45% lower in a city driving.
- The Hybrid Air will likely be offered on PSA standard vehicles in PSA from 2016 on. Developed with Bosch, it combines a gasoline engine and an energy compressed air storage system which are connected by two hydraulic pump-motors and an automatic transmission.
- Equipped so, a model can run in three modes: Mode "Air", which allows compressed air to be transmitted to the wheels via hydraulic motors and the gearbox; Mode “Thermal", which transmits power to the wheels without interaction from the air (this mode is mainly interesting for an use outside of urban areas) and then the mode "Combined", which combines the power of the engine and compressed air, especially useful for accelerations.
- This hybrid compressed air (compatible with the EMP2 platform ) can be actually used instead of an electric motor . But the model weighs 100 kg more than a thermal model, i.e. 20kg more than an electric model. However the cost should be half the cost of an hybrid-electric solution.
