HYBRID VEHICLE POTENTIAL ASSESSMENT. VOLUME 7: HYBRID VEHICLE REVIEW

Review of hybrid vehicles built during the past ten years or planned to be built in the near future is presented. An attempt is made to classify and analyze these vehicles to get an overall picture of their key characteristics. The review includes onroad hybrid passenger cars, trucks, vans, and buses.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Sponosred by NASA.
• Corporate Authors:

  Jet Propulsion Laboratory

  California Institute of Technology, 4800 Oak Grove Drive
  Pasadena, CA  United States  91103

  National Aeronautics and Space Administration

  Flight Research Center
  Edwards AFB, CA  United States  93523
• Authors:
  • Leschly, K O
• Publication Date: 1979-9-30

Media Info

• Pagination: 44 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Electric automobiles; Electric buses; Energy consumption; Engines; Hybrid automobiles; Hybrid vehicles; Reviews; Structural design; Technology assessment; Trucks; Vans; Vehicle characteristics; Vehicle design; Vehicle power plants
• Old TRIS Terms: Automobile engines; Engine design; Propulsion system configurations
• Subject Areas: Design; Energy; Highways; Motor Carriers; Public Transportation; Vehicles and Equipment; I96: Vehicle Operating Costs;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00318696
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: NASA-CR-163298, CONS-4209-T1-V-7
• Contract Numbers: EM-78-I-01-4209
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 27 1981 12:00AM