The quest to improve the fuel economy of General Motors passenger cars has led to the investigation of an engine-flywheel hybrid powertrain at the GM Research Laboratories (GMR). An engine-flywheel system was designed for a compact car and its performance was predicted analytically. The sytem was estimated to achieve an improvement in EPA composite fuel economy of 13 per cent ooer a 1984 production compact car. This margin of improvement was judged insuficient to justify the complex drivetrain, and, therefore, a prototype system was not built. However, the current potential of engine-flywheel hybrids for GM passenger car applications has been defined, and the technology areas requiring additional research attention have been identified.


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    Title :

    The Design of an Engine-Flywheel Hybrid Drive System for a Passenger Car


    Contributors:
    Schilke, N A (author) / DeHart, A O (author) / Hewko, L O (author) / Matthews, C C (author) / Pozniak, D J (author) / Rohde, S M (author)


    Publication date :

    1986-10-01


    Size :

    18 pages




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English



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