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Thursday, January 10, 2013

what's up with Hybrid Car ?

Hybrid Cars are cars that use two fuels, hybrid cars is simply walk on two sources of power, namely the motor engine oil and engine power with electric power. The goal of course as a solution to make it more environmentally friendly, it also saves fuel consumption.

Various big manufacturers are now aggressively marketing hybrid cars. Toyota have reportedly already has 14 variants, and Ford, Cadillac, Chevrolet, just almost all manufacturers
In fact, hybrid cars have been developed since the beginning of the emergence of four-wheeled machines. Vanguard is Porsche Semper Vivus were introduced in 1900.

Then in 1916 the idea of ​​a Porsche was followed by Woods Dual Power Model 44 Coupe. This car was made ​​by
Clinton Edgar Woods is capable of running 15 mph, and a maximum speed of up to 30 Mph. Woods car's four-cylinder engine combined using a set of batteries. Woods also set up factories Woods Motor Vehicle Co..

Ironic, is not long-life hybrid cars. The reason is the discovery of abundant oil fields in the 1930s to the 1960s. Everyone seemed to be blinded by the 'black gold' because more promising riches galore. Indeed, the oil producing countries of economic surplus. Examples of tangible Arab countries to Brunei.

America has become the most 'dark eyes' when it comes to oil. Invasion of the name of democracy in Arab countries suspected as source of energy. Indonesia may also include countries that have 'cheated' with ease.

Died as a result of hybrid cars. Do not expect daring profitable when selling the product. In addition because of the oil, oblique accusations about hybrid cars are not nimble and have not achieved satisfactory speed be the cause.

After years of the 1990s, when world oil crisis of resources, the technology began to glance back. Toyota became known manufacturer seeks popularize this type of car.
Many people who do not know that the inventor of the technology now used in hybrid cars like the Toyota Prius hybrid and the other a citizen of the United States named Alex Severinsky.

Severinsky is an engineer and entrepreneur who emigrated from the Soviet Union (at that time) to the United States. His discovery was first presented at the James Clarck School of Engineering at the University of Maryland in the 1980s.

The invention also bears his name in the lineup and will be sworn in as the inventor of the Innovation Hall of Fame at the University of Maryland on 30 October.

While the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), achieved at the Institute for Precision Measurements in Radioelectronics and Physics Moscow.

When finding hybrid technology, he concluded that making a car engine that is fully powered by electricity, for the moment, is very difficult because it involves components that are very complex and expensive. While the most realistic is to make car engines run with a combination of electric motor and a conventional combustion engine.

His contribution in creating alternative energy has been started since 1986, joined the team from the Maryland Technology Enterprise Institute (Mtech), he made a source of electrical energy as a power suply diguanakan on the computer. Followed by a different team, but lasih the same campus, creating a technology called Power-Assisted Internal Combustion Engine (Paice), to make a conventional combustion engine that is combined with an electric motor.

In 1992 he patented hybrid technology invention. Then on October 14, 1999, the physical shape of the engine technology that has been used Paice Cadillac Coupe, demonstrated in Detroit. Severinsky proved that the machine could improve fuel efficiency. When tested in the urban fuel consumption is reduced by up to 50 percent.

Seeing the findings, American and Japanese automakers getting interested. But they prefer to develop it independently. When Toyota introduced the Prius began, Severinsky fought to defend patent rights. He had won the case in 2005, but the process is still running hiingga court today.

Toyota is required to pay damages to Severinsky worth USD4, 23 million over patent rights. But the district court in North Texas during the trial some time ago, did not approve if the patent subject to the payment of all Toyota models that have been used hybrid. Finally, Toyota ordered to pay one of three hybrid models, the Prius II, highlander, and Lexus RX400h which have been sold. Of any cars sold, Toyota paid $ 25, or approximately 250,000.

Severinsky expressed satisfaction with the outcome. "I bought my car from Toyota. My wife really liked the car. Several parts of this car, is the result of my discovery," says Severinsky.

1 comment:

  1. Hybrid cars are really interesting. However, many owners of cars in Texas should understand this for their awareness with regards to the matters on their cars.

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