Take a look at list of some of the new hybrid models unveiled at the Frankfurt Auto Show:
1. Mercedes-BMW-GM ML 450 Hybrid — A two-mode rear-drive hybrid, it will be available in North America (Canada, anyway) in 2009.
2. BMW X6 ActiveHybrid — A gasoline-electric hybrid that is billed as the world’s first sport-utility-like coupe, it will go on sale (in Canada) in 2009.
3. GM Flextreme — A plug-in electric hybrid with a lithium-ion battery pack and a 1.3 Liter diesel engine, it is made under the Open and Saturn banners. Cars with this technology should be in production within two or three years.
4. Audi E Concept — A modified A4 sedan, it uses gel batteries to store kinetic energy.
Though not all of these cars will be available in the United States anytime soon, but the point is that these cars demonstrate the innovation taking place in the automaking industry.
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