BMW Concept X6 ActiveHybrid

The BMW Concept X6 ActiveHybrid is a concept vehicle that previewed the first full hybrid from BMW, able to drive purely electrically at low speed. It had its premiere at the IAA in Frankfurt in September 2007, the production version was presented at the IAA 2009 and went on sale in the autumn of 2009. Its central components are a twin-turbo V8 with petrol direct injection called High Precision Injection and an electric continuously variable transmission made up of three planetary gear sets, the Two-Mode active transmission, which lets the interplay of the electric motors and the combustion engine vary between two operating modes: one for starting off with high traction at low speeds and one optimised for higher speeds. The vehicle widened the BMW X range, then made up of the X1, X3, X5 and X6.