Volkswagen has developed a new diesel engine with an electric turbine

At the headquarters of Volkswagen in Wolfsburg, a technical presentation of the new highly efficient diesel engine with an electric turbine. The engine is developed in the light of increasingly stringent requirements in 2020 for their carbon emissions.

The new 4-cylinder turbocharged engine, which is designed on the basis of the diesel unit family EA288, has a capacity of 270hp During the presentation, the representatives of the engine, “Volkswagen” reported that the new power plant with variable valve timing mechanism and direct fuel injection technology consumes 14% less fuel compared with demonstrated on the basis of the latest generation Volkswagen Passat 240-horsepower diesel engine with an electric turbine. The company has so far silent on the maximum torque of the new 2.0-liter unit, but assured that he will be at 500 nm, as in engine capacity of 240hp

Volkswagen has developed a new diesel engine with an electric turbine

At Volkswagen has a strong 2.0-liter diesel “four” (240hp), which is included in the range of engines of the latest generation “Passat”.

Engine, whose power is 10hp more than the 3.0-liter turbocharged V-shaped “six” restyled crossover Volkswagen Touareg, will be paired with a new robotized transmission, numbering ten speeds. Gearbox with two clutches, created on the basis of a six-speed transmission DSG, can withstand peak torque of 550 Nm. New “robot”, which will be overrun, debuts on production cars Volkswagen in 2016.

It is assumed that one of the first models of the new diesel engine with an electric turbine and transmission production version will test seven-seat crossover CrossBlue. Car, major markets which will become the United States, Canada, China and Russia, will enter the market in two years. In the United States to buy a car with three rows of seats will be around $ 35,000.

Volkswagen has developed a new diesel engine with an electric turbine