Advanced Automotive Technology: Visions of a Super-Efficient Family Car

TABLE 4-14: Potential Parallel Hybrid

Configurations for 1995 Mid-size Vehicle

Case 1:

Parallel hybrid

Case 2:

Base Parallel hybrid

Curb weight (lbs) 3,130 -3,400 3,250

Engine

Size (L) 3.0

140

165

2.0

120

125

1.0

49

58

Power (HP)

Torque (newton-

meters)

Motor

HP 0 26.8 60

Torque 0 40 90

Electric Storage

Weight (lbs)

N/A

o

Flywheel

64

Bipolar lead acid

400

Power (HP) o 60 60

Energy (kWh) o (^1) 7.5
SOURCE: Energy and Environmental Analysis, Inc., “Automotive Technologies To Improve Fuel
Economy to 2015,” prepared for the Office of Technology Assessment, June 1995, p. 10-76.