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European Vs. North American Hybrids
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<blockquote data-quote="Road-hog123" data-source="post: 136354" data-attributes="member: 4"><p>Having looked into it, your initial description was correct - the key thing being that it is both a parallel and series hybrid so it can be both diesel-only above 40 mph and use the engine as a generator under braking. It's very innovative, and I shall definitely be looking into it further (hopefully I can find a cut-away drawing somewhere).</p><p></p><p>As for why it's not used over here, I have no idea. UK bus manufacturers were very busy failing at being innovative around the time the EP40/50 was introduced, had ADL offered it in their Enviro200, it might well have been widely used here.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Road-hog123, post: 136354, member: 4"] Having looked into it, your initial description was correct - the key thing being that it is both a parallel and series hybrid so it can be both diesel-only above 40 mph and use the engine as a generator under braking. It's very innovative, and I shall definitely be looking into it further (hopefully I can find a cut-away drawing somewhere). As for why it's not used over here, I have no idea. UK bus manufacturers were very busy failing at being innovative around the time the EP40/50 was introduced, had ADL offered it in their Enviro200, it might well have been widely used here. [/QUOTE]
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