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Tokyo '09: Suzuki Swift Plug-in Hybrid with a Volt-like Drivetrain

Attending the Tokyo Motor Show, or any worldwide car display for that depend, while not having at least one hybrid prototype version at your stand is almost unthinkable nowadays for any mainstream automaker. The Suzuki emblem will display a plug-in hybrid concept version of its a hit MINI Swift supermini that features a pressure machine that works in a similar way to the one used on GM's Chevy Volt.

The hybrid drivetrain of the Suzuki Swift Concept combines a small displacement gas engine with an electric powered motor and a lithium-ion battery %. The idea automobile is designed by and large to be driven handiest on electric power.

For quick distances, the electrical motor is powered through the battery it truly is charged from a family mains socket. If the battery runs low, then the gas engine kicks in not to move the vehicle but to energy a generator that in flip prices the battery.

Being a idea an all, Suzuki touched up the Swift Plug-in Hybrid with a different headlight treatment and new wheels at the outdoor, and a hard and fast of light-weight the front seats with net-like surfacing and special trim at the inside.

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