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Bmw (Автосохраненный)
Bmw (Автосохраненный)
For better understanding Bavarian Motor Works today, it is important to know history and
traditions of BMW. The last century gives the “flavor” of today’s BMW cars, the ingredient that
makes them so special. This “special” can be almost seen as the soul of a person. BMW cars
have an unmistakably personality and an obsessive care about the feeling of driving, thus their
slogan "the ultimate driving machine". This creates a bond between the car and the driver that
may last for a lifetime.
The first BMW was oriented on producing aircraft engines. But during the history of the
company BMW had to produce almost everything, starting from kitchen appliances to jet
engines, which was one of the causes of crises in the work of the famous vehicles
manufacturer.
Hybrid Technologies
Hybrid comes from the Latin and describes something of mixed origin or comprising different
elements. So the car can be called “Hybrid” if its "heart" consists not of one, but of two
or more power combustion engines and electric motors. In a mild hybrid, the electric motor only
assists the internal combustion engine. In a full hybrid, an internal combustion engine is
combined with a relatively large electric motor. This motor is powerful enough to drive the car on
its own, at low speeds.
For BMW, the term hybrid represents something more than simply integrating an electric motor.
And that’s why BMW engineers have created a new package of intelligent technologies for
BMW ActiveHybrid, which most effectively controls all the flows of energy vehicle.
The first BMW hybrid was created in 1985. The model was based on the BMW 5 Series. Every
year BMW is trying to perfect its technology and it created not just a hybrid power train, the
company produced the model system of a hybrid drive, which is personally chosen for each type
of vehicle and adapted for different purposes. The model system of BMW ActiveHybrid includes
not only an internal combustion engine and drive unit with one or two electric motors, but also it
has batteries, power electronics and electronic control system.