Diesel hybrid powertrains – enabling lowest emissions, minimum CO2 and fun-to-drive

Continuously tightened exhaust emission standards along with very challenging CO2 fleet emission limits represent major challenges for the automotive industry. Electrified powertrain concepts are considered as a major enabler to reduce CO2 emissions and to improve especially inner-city air quality. In this context, the combination of a modern Diesel engine, featuring a high thermal efficiency, with an electric machine represents a very appropriate, but also costly powertrain concept.