The ToyotaHybrid System THS / Hybrid Synergy Drive mode of operation with only a single power split device (incorporated as a single 3 shaft planetary gearset) is more generically called Input-Split Hybrid, due to the fact that a fixed amount of torque is transferred via the electrical path from the engine to the wheels.
Hybrid divers also benefit from a discount in their insurance if they are insured with "MORE TH>N" who recently announced a discount for hybrids drivers in the UK of up to 13 per cent.
Diesel-electric locomotives may not always be considered hybrids, not having energy storage on board, unless they are fed with electricity via a collector for short distances (for example, in tunnels with emission limits), in which case they are better classified as dual-modevehicles.
The plug-in hybrid is a modified version of the hybridvehicle, which uses electric motors and battery packs to improve fuel efficiency.
If the vehicles were charged at night, according to Suppes, they would not add to the burden on the nation's electrical power grid.
HybridBuses Operate With Lower Emissions, Greater Fuel Efficiency (August 2, 2002) -- A recently released study by the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE's) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) concludes that hybridbuses operate with lower emissions and greater fuel efficiency...
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