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Infiniti has confirmed its Hybrid vehicle will form part of its M range of luxury performance sedans.
With its introduction, the Infiniti M35 Hyrbrid will realise the high performance/low emissions promise of the Infiniti Essence concept car.
The luxury automotive brand from Japan is simultaneously upping the stakes in the hybrid world by emphasising fuel efficiency alongside driving pleasure.
On sale at the beginning of Spring 2011, depending on market, the M35 has been designed and engineered to add to the driving experience.
The M35 is the brand's first hybrid in its 20-year existence, as well as the cleanest and most economical car in its history. It is based on the all-new Infiniti M, which itself picks up styling cues from Essence, the show-stopper that made its debut at the Geneva Auto Show early in 2009.
The M35 maintains a high- performance luxury sedan profile, overlaying it with the fuel economy and CO2 emissions of a smaller car while delivering driving flair to please any enthusiast complete with a charismatic V6 engine and rear-wheel drive handling.
Innovatively, the first clutch is installed between the naturally-aspirated 3.5-litre V6 and the electric motor.
The electric motor is both a propulsion unit, boosting the V6 in "power assist" mode when maximum acceleration is required, and is also a generator. As well as charging the battery in the normal way, the motor recovers energy that would otherwise be lost during deceleration and braking.
The M35 can also run solely on its electric motor in certain driving conditions, thus optimising its fuel efficiency.
In this way the M35 can optimise energy usage across the widest range of driving conditions, promising new levels of efficiency for a large sedan.
As the motoring world would expect of Infiniti, new technology has been introduced such as a new "laminated" lithium-ion (Li-ion) battery pack that is the same size as conventional batteries but remarkably offers twice the power.
Lamination enhances the pack's cooling performance while temperature stability is further improved by the use of manganese positive electrodes. An end result of this is exceptional battery reliability.
