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New Mercedes Inline-Six Will Have (Mild) Hybrid As Standard

We have already said about Mercedes plans to bring back the engines straight-6, but after a presentation of future technology of the brand that we can add that all versions of the new six gasoline will be equipped with a meaty 48 volt motor generator unit that, in effect, any car equipped with it a mild hybrid.
New Mercedes Inline-Six Will Have (Mild) Hybrid As Standard

This new M256 engine will be launched in the facelifted S-class which will debut the year coming, though as the USA S-class ships current entry-level with a V-8 six-cylinder variant is unlikely to come here. But Mercedes-Benz says that the new engine will quickly pass to replace almost all the existing V-6 gasoline applications. Although we do not have any figures of power for the internal-combustion Powertrain side, the company says that the Starter generator can provide assistance up to 18 horsepower and harvest up to 20 HP of regenerative braking. It is mounted directly on the crankshaft, it can also be used to start the engine in a fraction of a second, although the lack of any clutch to disconnect means that the system can not provide performance only electric and only can help while the gasoline engine is becoming less than 2000 rpm. Despite the 48-volt with a capacity of 0.9 battery miserable kWh, the manufacturer tells us that the system offers improvements to the economy of between 10 and 15 percent.

It is does not have an official nickname. "We are still seeking a name for him," Jurgen Schenk, the head of transmission of E-class admitted, although he said that vehicles with are unlikely that any type of "hybrid" badging. Tells us that 48V system effectively replace all non-Plug-in hybrid between models of Mercedes oriented from North to South engine, except for the s-class hybrid.

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Six is the second engine of the new modular architecture of Mercedes and is closely related to the four cylinder diesel OM654, which the company recently presented in the Europa-mercado versions of the new class E. A straight-6 diesel will follow, bringing back memories of models immortal 300 d Mercedes sold here in the 1980s, with the same engine generator, although this is unlikely to come to the States. There will also be four-cylinder versions are fitted with an engine generator less complex by band that can also add Help. M256 engine will get a particulate filter, being the first engine to this cleaning technology of diesel, allowing you to meet future ultra emission standards resistant on both sides of the Atlantic.