The luxurious passenger transport vehicles debut in Italy with an unprecedented powertrain configuration, a 2.5-litre naturally aspirated four-cylinder combined with two electric motors
The Japanese giant Toyota announced the imminent arrival of hybrid versions on the domestic market plugins Of Alphard And Vellfireits luxurious and boxy 6-seater minivans practically “twins” whose fourth generation was unveiled about a year ago. These new ones Phev versions they will be available starting from January 31st only in the very rich set-up Executive Lounge 6-seater and will complement the renewed petrol variants and full hybrid Hev, which will instead be put on sale, again in Japan, starting from January 7th.
the engine
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The powertrain of the new Phev variants is strongly related to that of the variants full hybrid. The heat enginethat is, a 2.5-liter naturally aspirated inline four-cylinder, the e-Cvt transmission and the two electric motorsone for each axis, are practically the same, while the 51 Ah lithium battery is significantly larger than the 5 Ah one of the Hev versions. And this was done to guarantee both of them an autonomy in 100% electric mode up to 73km on the Wltp cycle. Toyota claims that this new package can achieve a peak power of 306 HP, and at the same time guarantee consumption in the order of 16.7 km/l. With fast charging, the battery goes from 0 to 80% in 38 minutes.
the Battery
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The generous on-board batteries of the Alphard and Vellfire in the Phev version can also power other devices thanks to the function vehicle-to-loadcapable of supporting up to 1,500 kW of power. Anyway, with the optional device vehicle-to-home, they can even act as an electricity generator for an entire house. About that Toyota in fact, it specifies that, assuming a fully charged battery, full of petrol and an average daily consumption of 10 kWh, the system can provide sufficient electricity for over 5 days. Which would certainly be useful in case of blackout or similar emergencies.
The prices of the phev versions
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The hybrid versions plugins of Alphard and Vellfire thus become the top of the range and offer different fine details and finishes to distinguish them from the “normal” petrol versions e full hybrid. And for this reason, not surprisingly, they are also the most expensive ones. In Japan, Toyota will offer them respectively at 10.65 million yen (just over 65 thousand euros at current exchange rates) and 10.85 million yen (approx 66,500 euros).
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