The hybrid engine – this unit consisting of the internal combustion engine and electric motor, and it was invented in the late 19th century. At the time this technology has not acquired for development. But the motor was reliable and had a high efficiency. Batteries were then very cumbersome and weak, and the cost is very expensive, because of this invention to mass production was not horrible. In addition, the environmental issue was not as prevalent as it is now and invest in this project is not considered reasonable. Exactly 110 years later concern Toyota, following the global trend of caring about the environment, produces the first car with a hybrid Prius.
The proliferation and popularity in recent years with the hybrid car plant only grows. In advertising campaigns hybrid cars focuses mainly on their environmental friendliness, which makes exaggerate their ability to do so. Last year's roller Toyota Prius led the company to sanctions ASA, The Council is the British Advertising Standards. The advertisement stated that the annual CO2 emissions reduced by a ton. But in fact the car did not issue statements.
According to the review conducted by request ASA, compared with similar vehicles of carbon dioxide in Prius is really less. Despite this, expert opinion was that the company overstated the Toyota these values in their favor. ICE Car Prius has a capacity of 1, 5 liters. A comparative tests were carried out Toyotoysredi 1, 8-liter cars. Thus, the CO2 content in the exhaust was not as low relative to a half-liter engine. The use of such claims in advertising of Toyota in the future, representatives of the banned ASA. The staff of the Division 7 'SPE' Kvant'vot more than 50 years the main field activities of the development, production and maintenance of traction variable frequency drives for various applications. Our products have proven themselves in such areas as: – Passenger Vehicles – Electric vehicles. – Hybrid vehicles. – Technological transport.