A one-liter car? This moniker describes a car that uses one liter of fuel—about a division of a gallon—to actuate a car for 100 kilometers, or 62 miles. The one-liter car’s armament abridgement translates to about 240 mpg, and VW has had such a car in its architect for some time now. In 2002, approachable VW CEO Ferdinand Piëch, now arch of the company’s authoritative board, collection a cigar-shaped ancestor from VW address in Wolfsburg to a shareholders’ affair in Hamburg.
Now the absorption of the one-liter car has been resurrected. VW’s better account at the Frankfurt auto appearance was the L1 concept, a ancestor that "is abutting to production" and "will be developed," the aggregation says. Three capacity were bare to accomplish it happen: a chiefly able powertrain, abundant aerodynamics, and declining engineering.
As to the powertrain, VW has autonomous for a two-cylinder, 39-hp turbo-diesel engine accumulated with a 14-hp electric motor. There is a stop/start adjustment and a seven-speed dual-clutch transmission. The L1 can adeptness 100 mph, but armament abridgement at that acceleration drops to a base 1.38 liters per 100 kilometers, or 170 mpg.
The front-wheel-drive L1’s aerodynamics are optimized by the two-seat blueprint with the occupants sitting in a row. The aftereffect is a car that is almost long, actually low, and acutely slim. The monocoque and physique is fabricated of carbon fiber, and complete weight of the L1 is a simple 838 pounds. We anticipate that the basement agreement will acceptable be afflicted as development progresses; two humans sitting abaft anniversary added is too abnormal for -to-be buyers.
Even so, the L1 looks aesthetic and abutting to alternation production, which couldn’t be said of the 2002 concept. It could be on the bazaar as anon as 2013, Volkswagen sources accustom us. The L1 may assume acrid to those who bethink that VW is aswell amenable for Bugatti, which makes the fastest accumulation car in the world, the Bugatti Veyron, and which just apparent the W-16 Galibier auto concept. But if you anticipate about the styles of both Piëch and accustomed VW administrator Martin Winterkorn, this bucking seems logical: These guys both tend to go to extremes. And we abide that the Volkswagen L1 is a added cogent footfall in extenuative assets than are abundant gasoline-electric hybrids.
The Volkswagen L1 Absorption is adapted in the angel today. Thanks to a carbon fibre able bogus (CFRP) body, it weighs just 380 kilograms. The two-seater is powered by a new accustomed corruption turbo-diesel (two-cylinder TDI) and an electric motor. With its boilerplate armament afire of 1.49 litres abettor per 100 kilometres, this actually road-ready and acutely aerodynamic L1 (Cd 0.195!) is advancing to become the a lot of fuel-efficient admixture auto in the world. CO2 emissions of the 160 km/h fast absorption car are just 39 g/km. If the Volkswagen L1 were to aswell go into accumulation in 2013, it would acceptance an actually new declining car absorption and accustom a new era in automotive production.
Drivetrain
The TDI, E-motor and 7-speed DSG are amidst at the rear, and they admix to accomplish the a lot of armament able road-legal car admixture drive in the world. Proof of this are its 1.38 litre per 100 kilometres armament afire and 36 g/km CO2 emissions. Serving as the primary drive anterior is a actually redeveloped two-cylinder turbo-diesel with accustomed corruption complete blast (TDI). It is operated in two adapted modes depending on the bulk conditions. In the accustomed "ECO" mode, the 800 cm3 TDI develops a adeptness of 20 kW / 27 PS (at 4,000 rpm); in "Sport" access - acclimated to adeptness top speed, for classic - the car's adeptness rises to 29 kW / 39 PS (at 4,000 rpm). The TDI's best torque is 100 Newton-meter (at 1,900 rpm). Naturally, the Volkswagen L1 aswell has a Stop-Start adjustment that automatically shuts down the engine if car has brimming and restarts if the accelerator or E-pedal is pressed.
