DanielB-80
Ah okay, jetzt hat es auch mein verbohrtes und störrisches Hirn verstanden.

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Original von DanielB-80 Also heisst das im grossen und ganzen, Bremsregeneration ist dann, wenn ich den Fuss vom Gas nehme und mein Auto rollt und rollt und rollt und rollt. Erst wenn ich auf die Bremse drehte, wird der Generator aktiviert, das Auto abgebremst und die Batterie geladen. Wenn ich fester auf das Bremspedal trete wird die Radbremse mit dazu genommen, was der Generator nicht mehr erzeugen kann und so lange mit voller Leistung geladen, bis das Auto steht? |
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Subaru Maker To Double Hybrid-Vehicle Production TOKYO (Nikkei)--Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd. (7270) said Wednesday that, starting this month, it will double the number of Subaru XV Hybrids made at its Gunma plant to 2,000 units a month in response to brisk sales. The hybrid has been selling well since its release in June, causing buyers to wait five months for delivery, the plant's director, Masahiro Kasai, said during a media tour of the facility. The initial sales target for the XV Hybrid was 550 units a month, but more than 9,000 have been ordered in its first two months on the market. Fuji Heavy currently only sells the vehicle in Japan but plans to release it in North America this fall. Exports of Fuji Heavy's sport utility vehicles to North America are strong, and the automaker expects to see record global sales for the second straight year. The production volume at the Gunma location, its sole domestic assembly site, is projected to reach a record 309,000 vehicles in the fiscal first half and will likely set a full-year record as well. |
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So you want one? It will come in two trims, neither offering any options: XV Crosstrek Hybrid and XV Crosstrek Hybrid Touring. The first will run you $25,995 plus $825 for destination and have all of the standard equipment from the gas-only Crosstrek Premium, plus the extra interior and exterior appointments. The Touring takes you to $29,995 before destination and adds navigation with a 6.1-inch touchscreen, leather seats and a moonroof. If you were to equip a non-hybrid 2.0i Limited as closely as you could to the Hybrid Touring, you're about $2,700 below the hybrid, and you'd never get items like the push-button start, multi-function dash screen and LED taillights. Is it worth it? If it's solely about high mileage and saving money on gas with a hybrid, then this isn't really the thing; if you drive 12,000 miles per year and spend $3.50 per gallon on gas, the difference in fuel spend between the gas-only car and the hybrid is just about $150. That's 18 years of driving it would take to make up for that $2,700 difference in purchase price. |
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7/28 Subaru confirms in a news release that the 2016 Crosstrek Hybrid has been discontinued Subaru stopped accepting new orders for the slow selling Hybrid on March 7, 2016. There was no advance warning. Boom- no more orders accepted. There is still a good supply available nationally so if you're looking for a Crosstrek Hybrid, now is the time. Rambling thoughts on the Crosstrek Hybrid... The Crosstrek is one of Subaru's recent success stores, with June sales of 7658. While Subaru doesn't separate 2.0 and Hybrid models in the published monthly counts, the 2.0 models make up the vast majority of Crosstreks purchased. The Hybrid was a successful car when you consider that it was Subaru's first US hybrid. It got a lot of attention, was new technology, an all wheel drive mini SUV with good ground clearance, and it fit Subaru's practical, and very green, demographics. So what went wrong? One reason the car didn't sell was price. While it was very well equipped (perhaps too much so), the Hybrid cloth model MSRP of $27245 was $1300 more than the top of the line Crosstrek 2.0 Limited's $25945 msrp, and the Hybrid Touring's $30845 sticker price was a whopping $4900 increase over the Limited. The hybrids were better equipped, but still... Yes the Hybrid was zippier with it's secondary battery powered 15hp motor but most Crosstrek buyers weren't expecting a performance car, and yes the Hybrids did ride quieter than the 2.0 versions but Crosstrek buyers weren't necessarily looking for quiet quiet. What the hybrid shoppers looked at was the fuel economy rating and they didn't get past that. They came to see a HYBRID with high fuel economy, an all wheel drive, practical, utility oriented, decent riding Subaru for their family, dog, camping, skiing, gardening, and commute lifestyle. They hoped for 40+mpg, all wheel drive, and a roof rack. The real issue, or at least one of the issues, was that Hybrid fell victim to what I think of as the Tribeca Effect. The Tribeca was initially marketed as a 7 passenger, and while it did have 7 seats it was really a 5+2, and by that, I mean not a true 7 passenger. Back in 06 when the Tribeca was introduced, people came to see Subaru's first 7 seater expecting something similar to a minivan or at least Explorer, Pilot, or 4Runner etc, and they left disappointed with the lack of functional 3rd row access and space. It just wasn't a good 7 passenger, and if the car had been billed as a 5+2 (ie seating for 5, and 2 more in a pinch-so to speak) people would have had much more positive, all important first impressions. They would have known what to expect when they came in. And yes the first Tribeca 3.0L engine was underpowered and took premium gas, and the car was a bit expensive, and the 3 grill look was polarizing (though I liked it). Does anyone miss the BlueConnect bluetooth system? Think Subaru Baja mini truck with a tailgate width of 47" when a sheet of plywood is 48". While Subaru has always made high quality, if somewhat 'different' cars, the Tribeca was just mis-marketed, and the Baja wouldn't sell as a truck with a 47" tailgate width. In hindsight, so was the Hybrid. In an age of 40++ mpg Priuses loudly shouting hybrid hybrid hybrid HYBRID, the Crosstrek was a minnow swimming with whales. It was rated at 1mpg combined more than the Crosstrek 2.0 versions, and just like with the Tribeca, first time viewers looking at Subaru's Hybrid said, 'why'. Why would I spend that much more to get so little. The 2016 2.0 models are currently rated at 26/34 30 combined mpg vs the Hybrid at 30/34 31 combined mpg. Yes the soon-to-be late Hybrid is zippier (sort of), quieter, better equipped and mostly GREEN, but it's not much of a HYBRID. It's just not. Subaru said it was "hybrid assisted" but that didn't go far enough to change expectations. Perhaps if Subaru had named it the Crosstrek 15 (for the useful 15 additional hp), or the Crosstrek Plus (plus mpg, plus quiet, plus extra features etc), or just the Crosstrek Green people would have more receptive. But naming it the Hybrid and Hybrid Touring led first time viewers down the wrong path expecting to find high MPG, and they didn't look a 2nd time because right next to it on car lots was the less expensive, equally capable all wheel drive Crosstrek 2.0, which they bought and still are buying in quantity. (Disclosure- I have had 2 Crosstreks, a 13 and now a 16 and like them). Dropping the Hybrid means Subaru can focus on, and make more, 2.0 models. Thats a good thing. Another good thing is that if you want a Crosstrek Hybrid, its a great car, well equipped, has a roof rack and ground clearance, and it's green, and is still available. Subaru has something planned to replace it (a plug in?) coming, but exactly what that will be, and when, is a question...? And when Subaru comes out with their new 7 passenger in a few years, hopefully there won't be a Tribeca Effect. |