When you think of hybrid vehicles, chances are good something small and practical comes to mind, like the Toyota Prius or Honda Insight. But the fact of the matter is that hybrid vehicles are, in reality, nothing new. Massive dump trucks and other heavy industrial vehicles have used diesel engines working in conjunction with electric motors for years now, and with exceptional results. Providing peak torque right off idle, electric motors are generally used to drive the wheels, in some cases individually, while the massive diesels are used as generators to power the electric motors. One company that produces such hybrid machinery is Mitsubishi Heavy Industry, the big brother to Mitsubishi Motors; so it stands to reason that Mitsubishi Motor’s most recent conceptual hybrid should use a similiar system.
No comments:
Post a Comment