Fuji Heavy introduces first hybrid

- Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd. It will introduce hybrids produced the first batch with the name Subaru XV in Japan this summer.
 
According to company Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd., they will introduce hybrid models are the first mass produced called Subaru XV at the Japanese market this summer.

Sample sport utility vehicle on the 2,000 cc engine used and had been introduced at the New York International Auto Show in late March last. This car has improved in terms of speed and fuel consumption 20km to go a long way with just 1 liter of fuel compared with 15.8 km / liter before.

The cars will be sold in the North American market in the fall.

Fuji Heavy has business relationships with car manufacturers Toyota, the automaker pioneered the hybrid car market, but the company has self-developed hybrid propulsion systems mentioned above.

Speaking at a press conference in Tokyo in the opening ceremony of this prototype model, company president Yasuyuki Yoshinaga said: "Hybrid technology is not special anymore and the car became so popular in the this time. "

The competition in the development of hybrid vehicles is fierce in the context of car buyers increasingly interested in environmentally friendly cars and fuel economy.

For example, Toyota's hybrid sales accounted for nearly 40% of cars sold in the Japanese market and 14% of company sales vehicles sold globally by Toyota.