how hybrid car work with electric and engine?
September 29, 2010 by Mixture Car
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In short, the actual wheels of the car are powered by electric motors which are connected to a battery pack in the car. When the car is out of batteries or is above 30mph a gasoline engine starts running which powers a generator. This generator will either recharge the batteries or directly send power to the electric motors. To add even more efficiency when braking, the electric motors at the wheels flip into generator mode effectively slowing down the car and recharging the batteries.
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Gas Engine -> Generator -> Batteries < -> Electric Motor
A hybrid can be one of two types:
A Parallel hybrid has both engines feed into a coupler. The Toyota Prius is a parallel hybrid. The last cite below has some diagrams.
A Series hybrid has two power sources also but in this case one feeds power to the other. The advantage is that you don’t always have to use both. An electric car with a generator would be a series hybrid. The Volt is designed to be a series hybrid.
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A hybrid car has two power sources–an engine and an electric motor. The hybrid car’s computers decide how much power each source needs to provide to make the car go as fast as you want to go. It also recovers power from the wheels during braking to recharge the batteries