{"id":568591,"date":"2010-05-18T13:10:31","date_gmt":"2010-05-18T17:10:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/focusgear.com\/archives\/40939"},"modified":"2010-05-18T13:10:31","modified_gmt":"2010-05-18T17:10:31","slug":"bmw-plans-5-series-hybrid-for-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/568591","title":{"rendered":"BMW plans 5-series hybrid for 2011:"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify\">BMW could launch a hybrid version of the 5-series as early as 2011, CEO Norbert Reithofer told shareholders at the luxury-car maker&#8217;s annual meeting in Munich on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">A 3-series hybrid employing the same technology could also join at some point, according to the Reuters news agency. The hybrid underpinnings come from the 5-series ActiveHybrid concept shown at the Geneva motor show in March.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">These hybrids would join the X6 SUV hybrid, which is considered a full hybrid, in the German luxury maker&#8217;s line. The 7-series hybrid, called the ActiveHybrid 7, is due this spring but is a mild hybrid, <span id=\"more-40939\"><\/span> not capable of being propelled on electric power alone.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">BMW, Ferrari, Porsche and nearly every other luxury-car company is racing to introduce hybrids to comply with stricter emissions standards around the world and in response to consumer demand.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The companies also are attempting to launch models that are green but still remain true to the sporting heritage of their brands.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">For more <\/p>\n<p><span><br \/>\n<span><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/focusgear.com\/files\/2010\/05\/af274582d2aefbd035d175f57f98781b.jpg\" width=\"340\" height=\"204\" border=\"0\" class=\"rss2wordpress_image alignleft\" alt=\"a rear view of the BMW 5-series ActiveHybrid concept.\" \/><\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"rss2wordpress_signature\">Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoweek.com\/\">Car news, reviews and auto show stories<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BMW could launch a hybrid version of the 5-series as early as 2011, CEO Norbert Reithofer told shareholders at the luxury-car maker&#8217;s annual meeting in Munich on Tuesday. A 3-series hybrid employing the same technology could also join at some point, according to the Reuters news agency. The hybrid underpinnings come from the 5-series ActiveHybrid [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-568591","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/568591","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=568591"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/568591\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=568591"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=568591"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=568591"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}