The World Best Car Committee (World Car of the Year) has been selecting candidates the world's best cars, best luxury cars of the world, and the world's best performance cars. There is one more category which has been declared the best environmentally friendly cars.
3 Nominations best green cars are all derived from the German. The cars are the Audi A3 Sportback g-Tron which has a fuel gas, the BMW i3 electric car, and the car is very economical VW XL1 BBW.
Winner of eco-friendly cars in the world will be announced in the New York International Auto Show, on 17 April 2014. Like what third profile of this green car? Let us discuss one by one.
1. The Audi A3 Sportback g-tron
The new cars sold in Germany for about 26,000 euros has 1,400 cc TFSI engine that produces up to 110 ps.
In addition to using gasoline cars could also use a fuel gas. Surely if using fuel gas, carbon dioxide emissions will be free.
To make this car run, Audi has prepared about 650 gas charging infrastructure SPBGs units in Germany.
Society could buy gas with a special e-card gas. Costs required to fill this car is estimated around 3.50 euro per 100 km, or Rp 55,000 for 100 miles. Pretty good economical for the size of the German cars.
2. Volkswagen XL1
Since its emergence, this car is astounding. Just imagine a car only requires 1 liter of fuel to run as far as 100 miles per.
But unfortunately, since the technology is still new cars must be redeemed at a great price. XL1 priced at no less than U.S. $ 1.62 billion.
The car has two seats and carrying the hybrid system is said to be able to walk up to 50 miles of electric only using the power that is in the battery.
Initially VW XL1 was first shown at the event Qatar Auto Show in Doha in 2011 and the concept version of the car comes with a body made of carbon fiber material that is lightweight yet strong with major advantages in fuel efficiency.
Because that's not surprising when the car was dubbed 'one-liter car' thanks to a hybrid system that juxtaposing two-cylinder diesel engine with a capacity of 800 cc with electric motors that power stored in lithium ion batteries.
3. BMW i3
BMW i3 is an electric car that BMW still maintaining the robustness typical of BMW.
Where the electric vehicle has integrated an aluminum subframe that is capable of having great power by being able to reach 170 horsepower and has a synchronous electric motor torque to 184 lb-ft of torque that sends power to the rear wheels.
With a 22 kWh lithium ion battery the BMW i3 can run up to 130 miles up to 160 miles with a single charge.
Even the i3 only has a single speed transmission to be able to move the power.
One aspect that really sets the i3 is different from other electric cars are the features of extended range.
In addition to electric motor car is also equipped with
A two-cylinder gas engine capable of producing 34 horsepower can also be provided to act as a generator to keep the battery to keep it charged.
Unlike hybrid or like the Chevrolet Volt, in which the motor (engine) of gas they can not provide power directly to the wheels, while the BMW i3 up to it.
So the battery and gas engine BMW i3 can run up to 300 miles if both were to have full power.
IN Germany i3 standard cars sold for 34 950 euros. However, additional Range Extender for consumers to spend their money amounting to 39 450 euros.
