Hybrid Car Motors

Hybrid car motors include the Toyota's Hybrid Synergy Drive and Honda IMA Hybrid System.

Toyota's Hybrid Synergy Drive THS II
www.toyota.co.jp/en/tech/environment/ths2/index.html

The THS hybrid system was announced in March of 1997.

This power train combines a gasoline engine and an electric motor, and it does not require external charging.

Instead, the system works within existing infrastructures such as fueling facilities.

This system also achieves nearly twice the fuel efficiency of conventional gasoline engines.

First THS system was installed in the Prius, which was introduced in December 1997 in the Japanese market as the first mass-produced hybrid passenger vehicle in the world.

Honda IMA Hybrid System
world.honda.com/news/2005/4050705_b.html

The Honda IMA system for hybrids was introduced back in 2005.

The system features a 3-stage i-VTEC engine that employs Honda’s intelligent VTEC (Variable Valve Timing and Lift Electronic Control) system to provide three stages of valve timing (low-rpm, high-rpm, and cylinder idle mode), combined with Honda’s IMA (Integrated Motor Assist) system.

The first hybrid car to use the new system was the Civic Hybrid, first launched in the Fall of 2005.


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