An old car with diesel engine got Its rattling engine can be heard from a mile away as the driver must downshift to climb a hill with clouds of black smoke in atmosphere. A diesel engine we say its Noisy, dirty, unreliable and often under powered.
But, Modern diesel engines are cleaner, more powerful, and more reliable than ever before. In fact, some offer incredible mileage.
Can automakers make diesel-hybrid?
A diesel engine and a gasoline engine are both are internal combustion engines. They both burn fuel to drive pistons, and they both have the same result. They provide the power that eventually turns the vehicle’s wheels.
However, diesel engines are typically more efficient than gasoline. There are a few mechanical differences between the two. Firstly, diesel engines do not have spark plugs, they got air compressed within the combustion chamber at high pressure. Today’s diesel engines use direct injection which means the fuel is injected directly into the cylinder.
Compared to gasoline, diesels are more fuel efficient, produce more torque and they tend to be more durable. On the other hand, they are often noisier, harder to start in cold weather and are more expensive than gasoline engines.
Hybrid vehicles, which is the combination of the attributes of a gasoline vehicle with an electric vehicle to achieve higher levels of fuel economy than a combustion engine.
The two power sources in a hybrid car come together in different ways.
Series hybrid: Gasoline engine is responsible only for charging the batteries. It is not directly responsible for turning the wheels of the vehicle. The engine turns a generator, the generator charges the batteries and the batteries power the vehicle’s electric motor to make the wheels turn.
Parallel hybrid: The vehicle can be powered by either one of the two power sources. The power source uses either the gas-powered engine or the electric powered motor and is dependent upon the current conditions, or rather what the driver is asking the vehicle to do.
If you want more information on Hybrid vehicles, you will get more data of hybrid technology in my upcoming articles.
“Hybrid technology can be applied to any sort of powertrain. From the perspective of a hybrid, it makes no difference.” – Dave Buchko from BMW.
A Hybrid with a diesel engine wouldn’t be all that different from one with a gasoline engine. Although diesel engines have higher compression ratios and generate more torque than gasoline engines. However, cost may be a discouraging factor. Both hybrid cars and diesel cars are more expensive than the same vehicles with gas engines.
since many diesel engines get similar fuel economy to some hybrids, a clean diesel makes a hybrid unnecessary. Few automakers say “If you got a diesel with a particulate filter, why would you need a hybrid?”.
Diesel – Hybrid Working:
A diesel already achieves fuel economy superior to a gasoline engine. Also, it is easy to see that adding a hybrid component to it can significantly boost mileage. Both diesel engines and electric motors have reputations for generating enormous amounts of torque.
The electric motor provides enough power to get the vehicle moving from a standing start. Once the vehicle is in motion, the diesel engine will only engage at higher speeds, or if extra acceleration is required. To further improve fuel economy.
All things considered, this concept provide excellent performance, durability of Diesel-Hybrids, and great fuel economy. However, automakers are not ready to produce diesel-hybrid vehicles because of their higher cost factor, but as fuel prices climb, a diesel hybrid just may be in your future.
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