Create an HP program

[Chr Yoko]

(08-09-2020 09:33 PM)pinkman Wrote:  Combining optimization and miniaturisation leaded to hybrid vehicles which are a good transition to cleaner forms of energy. I think there is still a lot to do.

Correct !
MHEV ; HEV and PHEV are a great piece of engineering :
All major OEMs have their own versions in production or soon to be within a couple years.
They achieved some great fuel economies and emission reduction.
However, those require some additionnal system complexity to make the electric machines work seemlessly together with an ICE, and it has a cost.
Also the exhaust line and its "gas plant" is still needed.
With a special mention to diesel with their urea injection requirements that keeps growing so much that next generation will require an additionnal process to remove amoniac from tail pipe...
In parrallel, you get BEV that keeps improving in cost and efficiency.
Battery cells are now contracted bellow $100/kWh , meaning that soon or late , an hybrid ICE will cost more than its BEV equivalent.
As a consequence, OEMs are now freezing all new developments on ICE, just completing actual projects still in the [/u]pipeline if they don't require huge production investments.

History is just accelerating in front of us ! Great time to be an engineer ;-)