COST AND EMISSION STUDIES OF A HEAT ENGINE/BATTERY HYBRID FAMILY CAR

AN EXPERIMENTAL AND ANALYTICAL STUDY WAS CONDUCTED. THE BROAD OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDIES WERE AS FOLLOWS: TO SELECT AND ANALYZE THE PERFORMANCE OF SERIES AND PARALLEL CONFIGURED HEAT ENGINE/BATTERY HYBRID FAMILY CARS; TO DEFINE THE RELATIVE EFFICIENCIES, WEIGHT AND COSTS OF HYBRID POWER TRAINS; TO GENERATE DATA CHARACTERISTICS OF SELECTED THREE-COMPONENT CATALYSTS; TO PERFORM PRELIMINARY MATERIALS SCREENING AND DEVELOPMENT OF A HYDROCABON EMISSION TRAP (HYDROCARBON ACCUMULATOR); AND TO DEMONSTRATE THAT A HYBRID CAR WITH AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE COULD MEET THE 1975/76 EMISSION GOALS. THE DOCUMENT DESCRIBES THE WORK DONE AND PRESENTS THE RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS. /AUTHOR/

• Corporate Authors:

  Trw Inc, Redondo Beach

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• Publication Date: 1972-4

Media Info

• Pagination: 267 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Air quality management; Electric batteries; Engines; Hybrid vehicles; Pollutants; Weight
• Subject Areas: Energy; Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00224248
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 8 1973 12:00AM