I-Volkswagen Golf GTE izoba eyokuqala ye-hybrid hot hatch emakethe, kanti iVolkswagen ishintsha indawo niche, ihambisana nomlando weGolf GTi kanye neGolf GTD.
Uma sihlukanisa isifinyezo, i-GTE izosho i-GT Electric. Kodwa i-hatch eshisayo eyi-hybrid? Sekuvele kukhona udizili, ngakho kungani kungabi yi-hatch eshisayo enama-electron kule ngxube? Akungabazeki ukuthi siphila ezikhathini ezithakazelisayo. Lokhu kumiswa kwezemidlalo kugcina kudlule umbono ojwayelekile wemakethe wama-hybrids, afana nemishini yasendlini emhlabeni wezimoto. Ukujova enye ye-Golf GTi DNA “ebabayo” esikhathini esizayo i-Golf GTE akumele kulimaze.
Asikazazi izingubo zokugcina (isithombe sibonisa kuphela i-prototype yokuhlola), kodwa sekuvele kunedatha yokusebenza, ekhishwe ku-Plug-in Hybrid prototype eseyethuliwe. Emjahweni osuka ku-0 iye ku-100 km/h, iVolkswagen Golf GTE yakusasa kufanele ikwazi ukuyifeza ngemizuzwana engu-7.6, okulingana neGolf GTD kanti ijubane elikhulu ngu-217 km/h. Iqembu lokushayela liyafana nele- I-Audi A3 e-tron , nayo esevele yethuliwe. Lokhu kusho ukuthi sithola injini kaphethiloli eyaziwayo engu-1.4 TSI enamandla angu-150 hp, ihlanganiswe nenjini kagesi engu-102 hp, lezi zinjini ezimbili zinikeza amandla angu-204 hp kanye ne-torque engu-350Nm. Injini kagesi inikwa amandla yisethi yamabhethri e-lithium angu-8.8 kWh, okuvumela i-Golf GTE ukuthi ikwazi ukuzimela kumodi kagesi efika ku-50km, futhi kule modi, ijubane elikhulu ngu-130km/h.
Ngokunokwenzeka kokususwa kukagesi kuphela, ukusetshenziswa okusemthethweni nokukhipha igesi kuyamangaza: kuphela 1.5 amalitha/100km kanti abanye badabukile 35g CO2/km . Kuyothakazelisa ukuthola ukuthi lezi zinombolo zizonanela kangakanani ekusetshenzisweni kwangempela.
Manje sekusele ukulinda ukuthi unyaka uthuthuke, futhi ngasekupheleni kwawo, sizokwazi, siphile futhi sinemibala, i-hybrid hot hatch yakwaVolkswagen, iGolf GTE.