Who's got a link to the Hybrid electric e34?

[genphreak]

Hey everyone,

There was a magazone article and some pdfs of it posted some time back. I know I took coies but can't find them...

It was a Prototype 518i, it had CVT and NiCd batteries, but noone in marketing thought it was a good idea (at the time they were all considering hiring Bangle to build better looking BMWs)...

I think it was a German site... bah! Has anyone got a link still?

[Qube]

How about this?

http://www.iisb.fraunhofer.de/de/arb_geb/pub_les/Elektromobilitaet_Lauf_2008_Mz.pdf

Eh?

1995 BMW 518i Hybrid
Die Münchner koppelten den Benzinmotor des modifizierten 518i mit einem Asynchron-Triebwerk mit 26 kW und einem im Heck installierten Nickel-Cadmium-Batteriesatz, der das Leergewicht auf 1730 Kilogramm brachte, aber trotzdem dem Wagen eine Höchstgeschwindigkeit von 182 km/h verlieh – erstaunlich für ein umweltfreundliches Auto.

[E34-520iSE]

Could be a way forward in future - a selection of say 100,200, 300 hp electric motors that couple to existing transmissions, with different battery options to suit the owners budget.......

Regards,

Shaun M

[632 Regal]

poke around in here:

http://www.nedra.com/

http://www.plasmaboyracing.com/videos.php

[genphreak]

Class efforts on those EV monsters. A burnout with no noise, the coppers around where I am would be foxed for a while...

No Bimmers but, thanks all the same Jeff- I've never even heard of an EV drag car ;)

[genphreak]

Hey everyone,

There was a magazone article and some pdfs of it posted some time back. I know I took coies but can't find them...

It was a Prototype 518i, it had CVT and NiCd batteries, but noone in marketing thought it was a good idea (at the time they were all considering hiring Bangle to build better looking BMWs)...

I think it was a German site... bah! Has anyone got a link still?

After 5 years, here's the answer....

The first hybrid BMW was a 518i parallel hybrid, followed by a 316i as a serial hybrid.



M43B18 115Ps/168Nm
26kW/158Nm electric motor (asynchronous), connected by additional parallel coupling in the drive train between the combustion engine and manual transmission; purely electric driving mode possible (within 30km using the battery tech available at the time).
370kg weight stimulating, 1730kg curb weight
Intelligent Alternator Control with recuperation (IGR), which is now marketed in each EfficientDynamics model.
9.1 l/100km consumption (+ 1l to base station)


Here's the actual publication: mot 4/1995 (https://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?depth=1&hl=en&ie=UTF8&prev=_t&rurl=translate.google.com&sl=de&tl=en&u=http://www.metricmind.com/data/bmw.pdf&usg=ALkJrhhgjcqsBCEKaaLvxaEnwEoP30nc_g) (in German)

Anyone else thinking of hybridising their e34? I've always thought the 'AK-47 storage box' is an ideal location for the batteries, nicely accessible from the trunk by removing the rear carpet- and is right above the rear axle. Just need to mount a brake-force retardation unit in the bell-housing...

Imagine the improvements you could make! Here are a few others that have already taken the plunge (http://www.evalbum.com/type/BMW) to go full EV.

A hybrid M62 powered e34 with some a DCmotor feeding the final drive or the gearbox... now there's a worthwhile mod. Might as well make it LPG at the same time, removing the petrol tank would be possible as increased range from the electric drive would mean a small LKG tank, and retention of the 50/50 weight distribution without adding much overall mass.

I.e. This is not the only way ;-)
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Pic courtesy of Thad Thigpen, Dallas, TX and http://www.evalbum.com/