Cars 2025, the braking of electric models drives the advance of hybrids
Scenario. A lot of new models will arrive next year, but the real news is the reshaping of the strategies of almost all the manufacturers, who are putting their faith in those with revitalised Ice engines supported by new technologies.
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The storm that has hit the automotive sector will not affect the number of new models arriving over the next year. In short, there will still be plenty of them (we list them on the Motori24 website), thanks in part to the complicity of Chinese brands. However, the proliferation of electric models will be less numerous than expected, given the difficulty they have in establishing themselves. The impasse benefits cars with hybridised thermal engines and even pulls turbodiesels out of the pit into which they were falling. Moral of the story? The re-evaluated road map of electrified Ice engines also infects brands that had set dates when they would become full-electric only.
In this renewed scenario, there are significant examples such as that of Audi, which leads somewhat that of the entire Volkswagen group, which is also relying on turbodiesels in many of its ranges. The latest confirmation comes from the new seven-seater Volkswagen Tayron SUV. But let's return to Audi which, taking advantage of the debut of the Premium Platform Electric architecture developed with Porsche, on which the Q6 e-tron and A6 e-tron suv ranges are based, has defined the Premium Platform Combustion. The architecture shares the same advanced electronic and digital technologies with the electric one and underpins the new Q5 and A5, heir to the A4.
Instead, with models to be launched in 2025, BMW and Mercedes are focusing on new architectures developed for each type of propulsion. Bmw's Neue Klasse that will debut with the electric Ix3 is also suitable for hydrogen powertrains. On the other hand, Mercedes' Mma, which will debut with the first model of the new generation of compact cars, the Cla, supports the brand's reshaped strategy that has moved away from thermal engines and also envisages new high-efficiency units for hybrid systems and even a 'diesel offensive'.
