ECO Chevrolet Malibu

Once revealed, the Chevrolet Malibu already has an ecological model, defined with little imagination and Malibu ECO eAssist with hybrid technology. The car, to debut at the show in New York, is capable of an average fuel consumption of 9 litres/100 km in the urban cycle and 6 l/100 km in the extra urban cycle, with a range of nearly 900 km with a full 60-liter .

EAssist The system, already seen on the Buick LaCrosse cousin, include start / stop, regenerative braking, an electric motor of 15 hp with 107 Nm of torque and a lithium-ion batteries, while adding only 29 kg of the total mass of the vehicle , but the changes have been extended to aerodynamics, with the underside of the fairing, front air intakes with grids motorized, operated on the basis of temperature, speed and type of course and tires 17 "low resistance.

Mitsubishi Lancer Evo confirmed the heir But maybe it will be diesel-hybrid

A fact not raining. The Mitsubishi Lancer Evo for as we have known in the guise of civilized counterpart of the bolide Tommi Mäkinen, Gigi Galli and Francois Delecour, will not exist anymore. The Nissan has confirmed plans to make his heir, but specifies that it will not develop the project further along the same road the previous ones.

It was early March and I told her about rumors that the next Evo would take the electric road. Today, new voices have emerged reported by Autocar, under which it seems that the choice could fall on a diesel-hybrid powertrain. It matters little, though: the epochal turning point will in any case.