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GETRAG to Exhibit Boosted Range Extender at METAV; Electric and Mechanical Drive - 18 February 2010
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The GETRAG Corporate Group will present its newly developed Boosted Range Extender at this year’s METAV, the international trade fair for manufacturing technology and automation, in Düsseldorf.
The Boosted Range Extender combines a two-cylinder combustion engine with an electric motor, alternator and power-shiftable two-speed transmission. When driving, the electric drive takes over the major portion of the dynamic driving conditions so that the internal combustion engine is only used for a small portion of the total characteristics map. Optimization of the system is therefore possible with regard to degree of efficiency, costs and installation space.
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The design of the Boosted Range Extender requires no revolutionary changes to the infrastructure and can go on the market for use with existing systems. So it should be possible to go for a fast market launch. It offers a solution that the market needs now and will be more than adequate to cope with tighter requirements in future. That has led to a great deal of interest in this product and we are currently in talks with a lot of interested potential customers. — Rolf Najork, Executive Vice President for Research & Development
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