Land Rover biodiesel-electric hybrid LRX concept achieves 60 mpg, 1 tonne CO2 per 5,000 miles

March 3, 2008

Land Rover will debut a new version of the LRX concept car that will achieve up to 60 miles per gallon and extremely low emissions ratings of 1 tonne of CO2 per five thousand miles. the electric-diesel hybrid is in the concept stage but is expected to be a springboard for a new Land Rover model.

The recent Detroit Internaional Auto Show played host to a wide variety of concept cars related to biofuels.

Among the concept car hybrids debuted at the show, Chrysler unveiled a hybrid diesel-electric Jeep Renegade dune buggy. The Jeep can travel 40 miles on its lithium battery before switching to a cleantech diesel engine that can extend range to 400 miles and achieve 110 mpg.

Chrysler also debuted a Dodge Zeo electric sports car with a range of 250 miles, and a Chrysler ecoVoyager powered by a plug-in battery and hydrogen fuel cells that has a total range of 300 miles with water vapor as the only emission.

Among new technologies on display, a new Two-Mode hybrid system was shown that would allow cars to operate simultaneously on both electricity and gasoline.

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Written by Jim Lane · Filed Under Consumers & Fleets