The company did have to modify the sedan to reach the breakneck pace, tweaking the powertrain, wheels and interior to run safely on that atypical surface, but it isn't known to have bumped the HP output of the gas engine or the 27HP of the electric motor. We have a hunch that VW's title won't last for long, whether or not we see the claim as valid -- there are a few decidedly more performance-oriented hybrids rolling off assembly lines now and in the future.
Still, until there's a more direct challenge, one of the world's more ubiquitous commuter cars is the hybrid speed leader. This is the fastest speed ever achieved by a production-based hybrid car on the famed Bonneville Salt Flats.
The all-new Jetta Hybrid marries a 1. Project integration and other modifications to enable the car to run safely on the salt were handled by A-Salt Racing and Advanced Product Engineering, based in Camarillo, California. The implementation and final calibration of the drivetrain in the car was supported by the engineers from the Volkswagen Test Center California in Oxnard, CA. The Jetta Hybrid Land Speed Record project shows both the sporty nature of our Hybrid offering and the technical excellence of our engineers in Wolfsburg and in the Test Center California.
It's no better for the first five months of this year, with Jetta Hybrids making up only 0. Volkswagen, of course, pulled its new diesel vehicles off sale last October; it is still very much in the midst of dealing with the diesel emission scandal that erupted the previous month.
But at the launch event for the Jetta Hybrid sedan in the fall of , its marketers admitted that despite efforts to point hybrid buyers toward its diesel lineup, buyers for the two cars actually differed considerably. Almost four years later, much has changed for Volkswagen. The company committed last week to launching 30 new battery-electric vehicles globally over the next 10 years.
Oct Even if electric cars make up one-quarter of its sales by , though, we suspect the withdrawal of the Jetta Hybrid is far from the end of hybrid Volkswagens. The company's product planners will need additional electrification to meet increasingly stringent fuel-economy and carbon-emission limits around the world with its remaining combustion-engined vehicles.
Whether they're conventional hybrids like the withdrawn Jetta model or plug-in hybrids like the Audi A3 e-tron whose Golf GTE counterpart isn't yet sold in the U. I agree to receive emails from Green Car Reports. I understand that I can unsubscribe at any time. Privacy Policy. Subaru reveals its electric car, and Kia teases the future of electric SUVs from the brand a bit more. Geely shows its Tesla Semi rival.
And could a new method work for keeping EV charging cables cool? This and more, here at Green Car Reports. The first mass-production electric vehicle from Subaru took a bow last night in prototype form. A Geely brand plans to roll out the sustainability-themed, data-focused electric semi to global markets beginning in A cooling method being explored by Ford and Purdue University is considering using coolant phase changes instead of just circulating liquid; that could introduce packaging advantages and make the system more efficient.
Subaru's new electric SUV, the Solterra, makes its global debut with promising off-road capability and no yoke thank goodness. For reference, the Toyota Prius could get to 60 mph in about As for fuel economy, the Jetta Hybrid achieved 41 in the city and 48 mpg on the highway, 44 mpg combined.
It was still lower than the mileage champion Prius 48 mpg combined , but it did get much better mileage than the gas Jetta 27 combined and the diesel Jetta 32 mpg combined.
In the end, the Jetta Hybrid was a great execution when it came to creating a hybrid that would appeal to just about everyone. Is it worth it?
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