Best Hybrid Cars

As known the Japanese automobile industry has long tried to catch up and if possible leave behind western and American companies. This race has been a mixed until, finally was not found a new direction. The development and production of cars with mixed traction, or simply hybrid cars. And it is precisely in this area for the first time Japan has been unusual for itself in the role of world leader. Below we will try to determine a nutshell, what different positions of the two pioneers companies, Toyota and Honda, in the production of hybrid cars. Then appropriate to refer to the question, but that soon may take in response to the Japanese challenge to Western competitors, which, of course, does not have this segment of the car market just so. And finally, what is ultimately dependent or not receive global recognition and dissemination of the so-called clean riding in a car.

Toyota versus Honda

Mixed propulsion system used in automobiles brand Toyota denoted by the acronym THS-II. It is based on the principle of internal combustion engine should operate only in this mode, when the ratio of its biggest steps useful. If a horse runs under such conditions, when efficiency Engine falls, then incorporated into the work of an electric motor. In other words, the power management system device programmed to turn off the engine when it is not needed and works on the empty-products and include it as soon as the situation changes and it becomes fit. This is achieved fuel savings. However, forced to reduce speed actively used the so-called regenerative braking, which turns the kinetic energy into electrical, which accumulates in the battery. Such an approach to solving technical challenges engineers have achieved such a high rate of efficiency that, for example, in test mode (mixed city-highway) fuel consumption is almost twice lower than that of ordinary gasoline cars.

If the hybridization is carried out under the scheme THS-II, then the potential of the car depends on how qualified the internal combustion engine power and battery capacity. Conditionally speaking, the first step is to achieve absolute fuel economy, as is done in the Toyota Prius car. And then just increase the engine power compared with a capacity of the battery, and at the outlet will turn out machine with a powerful thrust, and relatively low fuel consumption, such as the Lexus GS450h or Toyota Harrier Hybrid cars.

From all of this can be concluded that Toyota engineers are considering internal combustion engine as a source of traction power, along with an electric motor. A Honda designers company formed a different approach in defining the role of petrol engine in a mixed propulsion system. For them it still is the main engine of the machine. Thus came into being hybrid system of another type, which is denoted by a combination of letters IMA. It provides, first of all, the creation of petrol engine with a sharp increase efficiency. And only when the engine becomes difficult electric motor comes to help it. In this case the system does not require complex and expensive power control unit, such that the THS-II system provides. And, consequently, the cost of such a car is lower. In other words, achieved the same, in principle, fuel economy, but only company that provides such a cost car, it costs much cheaper. This has its own logic, because "Why pay extra money if result is the same".

So in the process of hybridization at the moment there are two trunk lines. One direction in which the company is moving Toyota provides that in the hybrid cars should be two electric motor and complex focal (manager) bloc, which would have connected these engines into a single power line. Then, according to its creators thought, could be without limiting the total power of the car making it the most economical. Let's call this type of hybrid car strong hybrid. But there is another way that the Honda company goes. They believe that the entire hybrid system should be as simple as possible, and better, and if it will involve only one electric with a single purpose to help the internal combustion engine to save fuel as much as possible. Such a hybrid could be called light.