Hyliion developing hybrid system for semi-trailers
Green Car Congress
NOVEMBER 27, 2016
Hyliion , a start-up founded by a group of graduate students at Carnegie Mellon, has developed an add-on hybrid system for semi-trailers. Combining regenerative braking and power boost for the trailer to reduce on-the-road fuel consumption, the system also functions as an auxiliary power unit to reduce engine-on idling. Their patent application describing the basics of the system was published earlier this month, The Hyliion System —comprising motor, battery and control electronics—c
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