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The following is a list of vehicles with Hybrid Synergy Drive and related technologies (Toyota Hybrid System): Toyota Prius. Generation 1: December 1997–October 2003; Generation 2: October 2003–late 2009; Generation 3: Late 2009–late 2015; Generation 4: Late 2015–2022; Generation 5: Early 2023-current; Toyota Estima Hybrid. June 2001 ...
The Toyota Hybrid System THS / Hybrid Synergy Drive has a single power-split device (incorporated as a single three-shaft planetary gearset) and can be classified as an Input-Split, since the power of the engine is split at the input to the transmission. This in turn makes this setup very simple in mechanical terms, but has drawbacks of its own.
By the end of 2006 there were about 15 hybrid vehicles from various car makers available in the U.S. [1] By May 2007 Toyota sold its first million hybrids and had sold a total of two million hybrids at the end of August 2009. [2]
It’s a regular hybrid—and it's also an electric car with no more than 60 miles of range. Not surprisingly, that can confuse a lot of car shoppers.
E-Four (short for Electrical 4WD System), [1] eFour, AWD-i, or AWD-e was developed by Toyota. Front wheels are powered directly by the hybrid powertrain, rear wheels are powered by a dedicated electric motor with its own power control unit, reduction gear and differential. Amount of torque transferred to the rear wheels is automatically ...
The system does not use air motors to drive the vehicle, being directly driven by a hybrid engine. The engine uses a mixture of compressed air and gasoline injected into the cylinders. [ 37 ] A key aspect of the hybrid engine is the "active chamber", which is a compartment heating air via fuel doubling the energy output. [ 38 ]
In the sedan, the setup uses a 2.5-liter inline-four gas engine and produces a total output of 225 hp with front-wheel drive and 232 hp with the optional all-wheel-drive system that adds an ...
The FCV concept also uses portions of Toyota's Hybrid Synergy Drive technology including the electric motor, power control unit and other parts and components from its hybrid vehicles to improve reliability and minimize cost. [23] The hybrid technology is also used to work together with the fuel cell.