The German car manufacturer presented its maxi SUV with a plug-in hybrid engine and 300 horsepower. Electric range up to 59 km. Let's find out together.

The German carmaker Opel has decided to expand the forms of power supply for the larger SUV. We are talking about the Grandland-X, which is now present with a 300 horsepower plug-in hybrid system combined with an all-wheel drive and double electric motor.

The petrol engine on which the whole structure is created is a 1.6 liter petrol engine and 200 horsepower . All this allows the maxi SUV to have polluting emissions to a minimum, at just 41 grams per kilometer of CO2 and 2.2 liters of consumption per 100 km in the WLTP homologation cycle.


Going into details, we must state that there are two electric motors of 130 and 113 horsepower , as well as a 13 kWh lithium-ion battery. The front electric motor is 110 horsepower, while the one positioned at the rear of the car is 113 horsepower. This allows you to immediately download the traction to the nearest wheels. In this way the front electric motor unloads the power on the front wheels, while the rear one on the rear axle.

In this way we have a permanent all-wheel drive inside that car. Obviously, at medium-high speeds the use is almost purely that of a petrol engine, but for city driving the electric motor is mainly used.

The latter can be used, as stated by the German car manufacturer, by the cars for all trips in the city, which concern the vast majority of everyday trips. Normally if we do a local mind for a moment, our usual movement is within the city and this allows us to have significant savings thanks to the use of a hybrid car.

According to the German car manufacturer, this car is able to travel 59 km in a fully electric mode and is rechargeable on plug. We therefore have to recharge our car as soon as we returned home using a 3.3 kw charger or even use the 7.6 kW wallbox to have a full recharge in about 2 hours.

Considering for a moment the daily behaviors, recharging our car in 2 hours during the night is certainly something that could significantly reduce the total cost of refueling of this reading.

The Grandland X also features intelligent regenerative braking, which captures the kinetic energy produced during deceleration or braking. The driver also has the option of deciding which recovery mode to use.

This car does not show any changes in visual characteristics on the exterior and interior, compared to the other Grandlands with thermal traction only.

To bring home this beautiful car you need around 43,000 euros which can even reach 49,000 euros for the top-of-the-range version. However, we must consider all the tax incentives, in order to have a reduction that can even reach € 31,000 or paradoxically even lower in the event that there are extra regional contributions or concessionaires.

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