Jaguar XF hybrid

Jaguar XF hybrid Side View

Jaguar XF hybrid Front Angle View

A few details of the latest hybrid vehicle that Jaguar worked to the Low Carbon Vehicle event at Millbrook light this week, Britain has. Obviously the car is a hybrid flywheel on a 80 bhp hike to 20% lower fuel consumption.

The Jaguar XF was introduced at the event and Autocar sources revealed that the vehicle is equipped with a stop-start mode, the city of the flywheel to store energy lost during braking is generally recognized, is possible. This is the secret behind the extra 80 hp engine can deliver later for seven seconds. The fuel consumption is maintained by the coupling with an engine start-stop system.

Unveiled the prototype of the Jaguar XF shows complete and that the UK engineering specialists Flybrid Systems, Torotrak, Xtrac and Prodrive, Ricardo chipped in with the hybrid functions. Current as the flywheel-hybrid system for premium cars (FHSPV), the £ 3m project funded by the British government synchronized was Technology Strategy Board.

As for the flywheel – it is a Torotrak / Xtrac CVT transmission and is powered with up to 60,000 rpm to a peak of 60 kW (80 PS save). The flywheel can rev up the engine at any place for about seven Seconds, with an integrated computer that controls the flow of energy and heavy bike.