Green Car Congress

MARCH 2, 2011

Making its world debut at the 2011 Geneva Motor Show, the Yaris HSD concept anticipates Toyota’s intention to bring its full hybrid Hybrid Synergy Drive (HSD) technology to the B-segment, the biggest volume segment in Europe. This marks Toyota’s first downsizing of its HSD technology. Earlier post.).

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Prius Downsizing Hybrid Toyota 231

Green Car Congress

MARCH 2, 2010

We contend that potential solutions to the battery problem are not just a matter of technology development and cost reduction, but instead involve a concurrence between battery technology and appropriate PHEV performance goals. They note that other requirements may make NiMH unsuitable for PHEV applications. Source: Axsen et al.

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Davis Commercial PHEV EPRI 210

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 21, 2013

High-rate, high-power capabilities are critical to the performance of 48-volt systems, but cost and complexity of Li-ion battery technologies capable of meeting such requirements pose the biggest challenge to their widespread adoption. Marc Nalbach of HELLA.

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Nickel Cadmium NiCd Hybrid Nickel Metal Hydride 230

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 11, 2009

A five-door hatchback is the best selling type of car in Europe, Toyota notes, and so consequently the installation of HSD in Auris is the logical first step in deploying full hybrid technology across Toyota’s entire European model line-up. Further energy-saving measures include the use of LED technology for the front and rear lights.

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Prius Concept Toyota Hybrid 239

Green Car Congress

MARCH 9, 2011

The hybrid models are equipped with a NiMH battery pack. The Hybrid Adaptive Control System continuously communicates with the Engine Control Unit (ECU) to evaluate driving and road conditions to optimize the truck’s fuel economy and performance. The new truck is Hino’s sixth generation of hybrid technology.

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Diesel Hybrid Market Philadelphia 225

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 22, 2014

Researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the University of Texas at Austin have developed an optimization framework for hybrid-electric and plug-in hybrid-electric vehicles (HEVs and PHEVs) including fuel consumption, motor efficiency, and battery capacity and lifetime. Controls and controllers Fuel Efficiency Hybrids Plug-ins'

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Austin Motor Motors Motoring 199

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 26, 2018

When switching from gear drive to belt drive, the transmission system uses highly responsive gear change control technologies cultivated from AT technology. Toyota’s new Dynamic Force Engine adopts high-speed combustion technologies and a variable control system. Some of the new technologies applied in the 2.0-liter

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 7, 2018

liter gasoline engine that reaps the performance and fuel economy benefits of high thermal efficiency; and a new mid-power, fourth-generation self-charging hybrid system. The powertrain development program focused not just on outstanding fuel economy, but also on a high level of driving appeal. UX 200 with new 2.0-liter

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 28, 2013

Toyota’s next-generation Prius will deliver significantly improved fuel economy in a more compact package that is lighter in weight and lower in cost, according to Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) Managing Officer Satoshi Ogiso. Because consumer adoption of less convenient and higher cost technologies have been slow and will continue so.

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Prius Hydrogen Toyota Plug-in 277

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 9, 2012

It shuts off engine power smoothly when the car is stopped and seamlessly restarts as the driver releases the brake pedal, helping Fusion to reduce fuel consumption and emissions by approximately 3.5%. This powertrain is anticipated to deliver best-in-class fuel economy of 47 mpg (5.0L/100km)

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Fusion Plug-in Hybrid Ford 236

Green Car Congress

APRIL 9, 2009

The system combines a 100 kW AC induction traction motor, power electronics and 288 V NiMH battery pack with the conventional 5.4-liter The Balance hybrid can deliver up to a 40% increase in fuel economy, 30% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions and 30% reduction in maintenance costs. A Collins bus. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 8, 2013

Panasonic Corporation has developed a NiMH-based 12V Energy Recovery System for start-stop systems in vehicles. The system is also designed to supply power to the drive assist motor, improving fuel economy. Concept of the 12V Energy Recovery System for start-stop. Click to enlarge.

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NiMH Fuel Economy Lead Acid Nickel Metal Hydride 225

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 20, 2012

In terms of the status of the three electric-drive technologies, Pike notes that: Hybrid buses are a mature technology, and are generally best suited for lower speed, stop-and-go driving. North America is the leading market for this technology, with hybrids capturing 30% to 40% of annual transit bus sales. Li-ion batteries.

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Clean Fleet Report

AUGUST 25, 2022

MG 1 starts the gasoline engine and charges the nickel-metal hydride (NiMH) battery, while MG2 drives the front wheels and regenerates the battery during braking and coasting, and MGR drives the rear wheels and also regenerates the battery. The EPA rates fuel economy at 31 mpg city/28 highway/30 combined.

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Clean Fleet Report

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Fuel economy numbers reported by Clean Fleet Report are non-scientific and represent the reviewer’s driving experience using the dash gauge computer. The nickel-metal hydride (NiMH) battery is charged when applying the brakes or coasting. Your numbers may differ.

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Clean Fleet Report

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

The trick to getting the highest fuel economy in a hybrid is learning how to drive it efficiently. Fuel economy for the 2022 UX 250h, which runs on 87 octane gasoline, is EPA rated at 41 mpg city/38 highway/39 combined, but in the Eco drive mode our time traversing Southern California highways covered 221 miles at an average of 42.7

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 11, 2010

Volkswagen staged the world premiere of the all-new Touareg—which is up to 200 kg lighter and up to 20% more fuel efficient than the outgoing model—and the new Touareg Hybrid at the Postpalast in Munich. When drivers adopt an anticipatory style of driving, this has a direct and positive impact on fuel economy.

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Plugs and Cars

APRIL 16, 2007

Asked why not Nickel Metal Hydride batteries in the Volt, at least to start, he says "NiMH just doesn't do it." Interestingly, Lutz says GM is being approached by NiMH manufacturers to use this proven battery chemistry in the Volt. And if Lithium proves problematic, he says GM will again consider NiMH. But hold on.

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Volt NiMH EV1 Nickel Metal Hydride 100

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 23, 2011

The 2012 Camry again offers three powertrain choices, all of which have been enhanced for 2012 to provide better fuel economy and more responsive performance: a revised 2.5L, 4-cylinder gasoline engine; an enhanced 3.5-liter The projected city/highway/combined fuel economy for the LE model equates to 5.47, 6.03

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Fuel Economy Camry Hybrid Economy 2012 199

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 13, 2010

seconds; its EPA estimated fuel economy rating is 42 mpg US (5.6 Together, these technologies minimize situations when fuel enrichment is necessary to protect the catalytic converter from overheating damage, thereby improving fuel economy and lowering emissions. The CT 200h’s hybrid system features a 1.8-liter,

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Lexus Hybrid MPG Exhaust 225

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 7, 2011

As a result, government incentives and emissions or fuel economy regulations will continue to play a very important role in promoting hybrids and plug-in trucks. The report provides an assessment of the different drivetrains, battery technologies, and key drivers of market growth.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 2, 2009

This label covers all production-mature or near-production technologies and products that significantly reduce fuel consumption and CO 2 emissions. An integrated stop-start system significantly reduces fuel consumption, especially in urban driving. The NiMH battery pack is located in a space saving area. Click to enlarge.

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Hybrid Emissions Fuel Convert 150

Green Car Congress

JULY 2, 2009

We believe the hybrid-electric bus trial will show how improvements in transport technology can deliver air quality improvements and reduce our carbon emissions. It is estimated this hybrid-electric technology will provide a saving of around 20 per cent on fuel and greenhouse gas emissions compared to a conventional diesel bus.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 23, 2010

Atkinson cycle four-cylinder gas engine with Variable Valve Timing with intelligence (VVT-i) and Lexus Hybrid Drive technology. The CT 200h’s Lexus Hybrid Drive technology features two motor generators. The NiMH battery pack is located under the rear cargo area within the wheelbase for optimized balance. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 19, 2012

The 2013 Honda CR-Z goes on sale 21 November with a number of powertrain, styling and feature upgrades, including a new Li-ion battery pack that replaces the NiMH pack in the MY 2012 CR-Z hybrid and delivers more power and improved fuel economy. The MY 2012 CR-Z hybrid used a 100V NiMH pack.)

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Li-ion Fuel Economy 2013 Honda 244

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 14, 2009

Bubble chart of plausible mainstream PHEV buyers’ battery requirements (light and dark gray circles) and experts’s requirements overlaid on a Ragone plot of NiMH and Li-ion batteries. The Most Plausible Early Market consumers value fuel economy. Our history with alternative fuels has been truly awful.”

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PHEV Fuel Economy San Diego Climate Change 150

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

Despite the new spaciousness, the Prius v will deliver estimated EPA fuel economy ratings of 44 mpg city, 40 mpg highway and 42 mpg combined (5.35, 5.88 The NiMH battery pack is the same as on the third-generation Prius liftback, but with a cooling duct located under the rear seat. L/100km, respectively). Driving modes.

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Prius MPG Sale Toyota 255

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 10, 2010

A National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) project, funded by GM, found that an ultracapacitor-based energy storage system (ESS) in a Saturn VUE BAS (belt alternator starter) mild hybrid performed at least as well or better than the NiMH battery system in the production hybrid. Pesaran, A.; Lustbader, J.; Tataria, H.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 2, 2009

The Gen III Prius offers an EPA-rated combined cycle fuel economy of 50 mpg (now revealed to comprise 50 mpg city and 49 mpg highway). This is about a 10% improvement in EPA-rated combined cycle fuel economy over the older generation. Nominal pack voltage of the nickel-metal hydride (NiMH) battery remains at 201.6

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Prius 2010 Toyota Hybrid 186

Green Car Congress

MARCH 3, 2010

The full hybrid drive system’s electric continuously variable transmission is controlled by shift-by-wire technology, using an electric shift lever system. Combined cycle fuel consumption is calculated to be 3.8 In addition, an Eco Drive Monitor helps drivers maximize the fuel efficiency of Toyota’s Hybrid Synergy Drive system.

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2010 Gasoline Toyota Diesel 199

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 26, 2022

Hybrid MAX produces powerful torque at low RPM for sporty, exhilarating driving and has an EPA-estimated 30 MPG combined city/highway fuel economy rating. The variable range for the valve timings of both the intake and exhaust are set to maximize both fuel consumption and output.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 8, 2012

Ah NiMH battery and a variable-voltage system in which a boost converter boosts the operating voltage of the system to a maximum of 520 V DC. Estimated EPA fuel economy ratings are 53/46/50 mpg US city/highway/combined (4.4/5.1/4.7 The NiMH pack in the Liftback is 201V.) Maximum hybrid system output is 73.6 Battery pack.

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Prius Hybrid Motor Motors 356

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 24, 2012

Lexus’s 2013 GS 450h—the new generation hybrid version of the GS 350, introduced at the 2011 Frankfurt Motor Show ( earlier post )— offers EPA-estimated fuel economy ratings of 29 mpg US city, 34 mpg US highway and 31 mpg US combined (7.7, L/100km, respectively). Total system output is 338 hp (252 kW).

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Plug In Partners

JANUARY 24, 2006

Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles (PHEVs) would combine today’s new gas-electric hybrid technology with larger batteries that could provide an all-electric operating range of 25 to 35 miles or more. The result is an 80+ mile-per-gallon vehicle — with even greater fuel economy possible utilizing bio-fuels. Last year, U.S.

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Nickel Metal Hydride EPRI Plug-in Austin 100

Green Car Congress

JULY 16, 2022

HYBRID MAX has a manufacturer-estimated 28 mpg US combined city/highway fuel economy rating. The variable range for the valve timings of both the intake and exhaust are set to maximize both fuel consumption and output. A combination of technologies works together to ensure enhanced accelerator operation and vehicle response.

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Toyota Hybrid Nickel Metal Hydride Standards 284

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 24, 2012

The overall system sizing and all major components were optimized for class-leading efficiency, with each major subsystem and many new components being redesigned to deliver the gains, said Chuck Gray, Chief Engineer - Ford Electrification Engineering, at the SAE Hybrid Vehicle Technologies Symposium this week in San Diego. Atkinson to a 2.0L

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Hybrid Fusion Li-ion Fuel Economy 275

Green Car Congress

JULY 24, 2015

According to a new technology briefing paper on hybrid system technologies by John German at the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT), the costs of full-function hybrid systems are likely to drop to half the cost of their 2010 counterparts before 2025. —“Hybrid Vehicles: Technology Development and Cost Reduction”.

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