Hybrid Vehicles Lessons Learned and Future Prospects 2006-21-0027
There exist many environmental and earth resource problems to be solved for the 21st century. Hybridization of both internal combustion powertrains and fuel cell powertrains holds great promise for next generation vehicles. This paper describes the lessons learned during design, development, production and marketing of nearly 700,000 hybrid vehicles to date. We review the evolution of major components with a focus on reducing cost, mass and volume while increasing power and efficiency. We also describe the future prospects for hybrid vehicles.
Author(s):
Dave Hermance, Shinichi Abe
Affiliated:
Toyota Technical Center, Toyota Motor Corporation
Pages: 8
Event:
Convergence 2006
Related Topics:
Hybrid electric vehicles
Fuel cells
Combustion and combustion processes
Powertrains
Technical review
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