The hidden car behind the picture is ofcourse the unique
Lexus Hybrid RX 450H
This article is about the Lexus Hybrid RX 450H. In itself it is a very elegant car, with an intriguing design and full of innovative technologies, which produce a unique and sophisticated in it's own genre, car.
The reason for me introducing a hybrid vehicle is simply because i wanted to demonstrate even though that the car runs mostly on electrical power generators, it is very performant, and reaches outstanding performances compared to other SUV's and Hybrid vehicles.
As you can see on the close up of the dashboard here, the car has 3 different stages.
Since the introduction of the first crossover hybrid this model puts into perspective Lexus with it's competitors. The new RX is situated in between the futuristic line of cars and the Japanese passion for incomparable vehicles. It offers the typical amount of space of a relatively big SUV, and it has 5 seats. This car is said to be at the leading edge of todays modern day cars.
The New RX 450H represents a important step towards a reduction to the impact on the environment and the significant increase in the share pleasure of driving. The reduction of the impact on the environment was possible due to Lexus's second generation two electric motors and one V6 3,5 litre fuel combustion engine. Altogether the car combined with it's threee different power sources creates a maximal horse power of over 299 hp. The RX accelerates from 0 to 100 km/h in little less than 7,9 sec. Equivalent to a standard 5,5 litre GL Mercedes. Another very amazing aspect of the car is that even though it is equivalent ti the acceleration of that of a vehicle equipped with a V8 engine, this vehicles innovative Hybrid system permits it to release less than 148 g/km. A little more than the Smart Car Brabus Xclusive which tail pipe emissions reach 127 g/km.
It is equipped with an entirely hybrid system which can due to it's two electric motors can be driven with Zero Emissions. This car can be driven at 100% electrical mode which is a brake through in lexus's technology. The secret of the vehicle lies in it's amazing efficiency. To recharge the batteries it is done by both the fuel engine and the time when the vehicle is undergoing a braking process or simply when it is at a relatively high speed and the conductor is not applying any force on the gas pedal.
This car can be driven either with a SUV 4 wheel drive or a standard 2 front wheel drive. It has one electrical engine in the front and one in the back, as well as a fuel combustion engine in the front. Firstly the front electrical engine is always in use as it is the power source with which the vehicle is permitted to start. Then we have incase of necessity the fuel engine which comes into play incase of demand. Whilst the secondary electrical engine at the back starts at the time when the vehicle is either driven in SUV mode or at a time of peek demand in acceleration, or low charge of the front electrical engine.
The RX presents itself with aerodynamic characteristics which present themselves as the best of cars of the same category. This is very important as a more slick and friction less exterior will diminish the penetration of air, which will in consequence diminish consumption and emissions of fuel. To perfect it's aerodynamic system the engineers have equipped this car with a a hydraulic system which permits the car to level down 10 mm at great speed.
The previous article was about the GL a car which in it's peak performances consumed over 26l per 100 k/m, this car in it's peak performance with the constant acceleration consumes no more than 11l per 100 k/m. This is less then half than that of the GL.
As you can see on the close up of the dashboard here, the car has 3 different stages.- Green- representing that the car is driving in ECO mode, essentially with electric power only
- Blue-representing when the car is charging, at a time of deceleration, and an applied force on the brakes
- White- representing the time which the fuel combustion engine is being used and the extent to which
It is also available in a array of different exterior aswell as interior colours, ranging from grey metalized anthracite to white metalized quartz.
This is the innovative mouse is one of many unique features this car contains . This mouse permits the user to control the car with a simple click.
At the time of driving the vehicle, in itself it proved to have purely excellent response to commands. It was a very comfortable simple and fluid drive. Amazingly when starting the vehicle not a sound or vibration was made unlike on any standard fuel driven vehicle, only the dashboard came to light. Another feature which i found very useful was that the speed we could not only see on the dashboard but also on the HUD display which is reflected on the front glass, as well we could see a simplified version of the GPS. These additional tools permit the conductor to always stay on focus and not be distracted. I found this tool very useful for manual vehicles which would permit us drivers to be more precise when changing gears if we can't hear the engine when listening to very loud music or when the RPM meter is placed inadequately like in the Smart Car. Unlike on the GL Mercedes with it's automatically controlled folding seats, this car uses a very useful tool, a release handle which would immediately fold the seat and permits a large amount of space to be cleared at a very fast rate, at the rear bagagge compartment of the car. Once again i emphasize i found it very useful and handy. For people which have difficulty parking i noticed that the car contained a back end camera which showed the angles at which you're going in reverse corresponding to the current wheel position, the new feature which i've seen only i this car is the adjustable right side lateral camera (for EU vehicles, inverse for UK). The maximum speed which we were be able to attain was round a bouts 200 km/h equivalent to the manufacturer's tech specs.
