Hybrid Cars Parts Structure

The manufacturers of hybrids list hybrid cars parts structure on their online brochures. Here's how to find the brochures with illustrations for the most popular hybrid cars.

The most important parts in a hybrid car are the electric motor, generator, traction battery, engine, and power split device.

The way these parts are built into a hybrid car car vary greatly depending on the manufacturer.

Static cutaway illustrations of hybrid cars are mainly developed for the off-line world, while for online illustrations, you can mostly find the part structures illustrated as advanced animations.

Most of the online illustrations require specific Internet browser plug-ins, such as MacroMedia Flash player or ViewPoint player. These requirements are listed below, if applicable.

Hybrid Cars Parts Structure Illustrations

Most of the car manufacturers have recognized the need to educate car buyers on how the different car parts in hybrids relate to one another.

Toyota Prius

Toyota has dedicated part of the toyota.com website to demonstrating in-depth the best-selling Toyota Prius hybrid car.

For one, there are illustrations on how Prius parts work together in the Prius Synergy drive system (opens up a new window).

To learn further how the parts work together, there are also illustrations for the 3 Dimensions of Hybrid Synergy Drive (opens up a new window).

Honda Accord Hybrid

Honda has several models and for many of them there are illustrations on the hybrid cars parts structure.

To learn how the hybrid system works in the Accord hybrid, Honda has hybrid car engineering demos (opens up a new window), which require either a Macromedia Flash or Apple Quicktime plug-in.

Honda Civic Hybrid

Similarly to the Accord model, there are also either Flash or Quicktime presentations on how the hybrid car works and where the parts are located.

Here's how to find the illustrations for Honda Civic hybrid car parts (opens up a new window).

Honda Insight

The most popular Honda hybrid car is the Insight.

Part of that popularity is due to the fact that is the highest ranking car for fuel efficiency in America for 2005, according to Environmental Protection Agency's Green Car Guide rankings.

To learn how the Insight's award winning technology works, see Honda's Insight parts structure illustrations (opens up a new window).

Ford Escape Hybrid

Perhaps the best online illustrations for the hybrid cars parts structure are available from Ford Escape Hybrid website.

From the website, you get an view of how the hybrid car parts, especially the batteries, are located (opens up a new window) on the car.

Also, there is an illustration at the technology section of the page about how Ford Escape SUV technology works (opens up a new window).

Lexus RX 400h SUV

The Lexus RX 400h SUV is going to be the wold's first luxury-class hybrid car.

As part of the high-prestige marketing campaign surrounding the RX 400h, Lexus has published nice illustrations on how the hybrid car parts work (opens up a new window) in the car.


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