Title: Toyota Reveals Details Of Prius Plug-in Concept
Description: 10 September 2009
Description: 10 September 2009
Stephen - September 13, 2009 12:25 PM (GMT)
TOYOTA REVEALS DETAILS OF PRIUS PLUG-IN CONCEPT
Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) today revealed details of a Prius Plug-in Hybrid Concept to be displayed next week at the Frankfurt motor show.
The concept model has a targeted electric-vehicle cruising range of approximately 20km on a full charge and its targeted CO2 emissions level is below 60 grams/km*.
Prius Plug-in Hybrid Concept combines the benefits of CO2 emissions-reducing electrical-outlet battery charging and petrol-electric hybrid vehicles.
It is based on third-generation petrol-electric Prius and is equipped with a lithium-ion battery.
A plug-in hybrid vehicle operates as an electric vehicle on short trips and as a conventional hybrid vehicle on longer ones.
Its electric-vehicle attributes mean it has a longer total cruising distance and better overall fuel efficiency than a conventional hybrid.
This means lower fossil fuel consumption and, therefore, reduced CO2 emissions and atmospheric pollution.
Being a hybrid vehicle, it can run regardless of battery charge and is not completely dependent on a battery-charging infrastructure.
TMC is developing a plug-in hybrid vehicle that can be charged using external power sources (such as household electricity), based on its hybrid technology, which it has positioned as a core technology for environmentally considerate vehicles.
TMC believes plug-in hybrid vehicles represent an environmentally considerate solution that can be widely applied to respond to the diversification of energy sources.
As such, TMC intends to introduce approximately 500 plug-in hybrid vehicles globally - 200 in Japan, 150 in the United States and 150 in Europe (including France, the United Kingdom and Germany), primarily to fleet customers - to encourage market acceptance and promote understanding.
TMC will continue its efforts to achieve sustainable mobility by using its hybrid technologies to develop plug-in hybrid vehicles, electric vehicles and fuel-cell hybrid vehicles, which are expected to help reduce fossil fuel consumption, lower CO2 emissions and respond to the diversification of energy sources.
PRIUS PLUG-IN HYBRID CONCEPT SPECIFICATIONS
Dimensions
Length 4460 mm
Width 1745 mm
Height 1490 mm
Engine
Displacement 1797cc
Maximum power 73kW at 5200rpm
Maximum torque 142Nm at 4000rpm
Motor
Type Permanent magnet synchronous motor
Maximum power 60kW
Maximum torque 207Nm
HV battery
Type Lithium-ion
CO2 emissions
Below 60g/km (target), according to the New European Driving Cycle (NEDC)*
EV cruising range
Approx. 20km (target), according to the New European Driving Cycle (NEDC)*
Recharging time
100V Approx. 180 minutes (target)
200V Approx. 100 minutes (target)
*Measured in line with new official international regulations for plug-in hybrid electric powertrains
Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) today revealed details of a Prius Plug-in Hybrid Concept to be displayed next week at the Frankfurt motor show.
The concept model has a targeted electric-vehicle cruising range of approximately 20km on a full charge and its targeted CO2 emissions level is below 60 grams/km*.
Prius Plug-in Hybrid Concept combines the benefits of CO2 emissions-reducing electrical-outlet battery charging and petrol-electric hybrid vehicles.
It is based on third-generation petrol-electric Prius and is equipped with a lithium-ion battery.
A plug-in hybrid vehicle operates as an electric vehicle on short trips and as a conventional hybrid vehicle on longer ones.
Its electric-vehicle attributes mean it has a longer total cruising distance and better overall fuel efficiency than a conventional hybrid.
This means lower fossil fuel consumption and, therefore, reduced CO2 emissions and atmospheric pollution.
Being a hybrid vehicle, it can run regardless of battery charge and is not completely dependent on a battery-charging infrastructure.
TMC is developing a plug-in hybrid vehicle that can be charged using external power sources (such as household electricity), based on its hybrid technology, which it has positioned as a core technology for environmentally considerate vehicles.
TMC believes plug-in hybrid vehicles represent an environmentally considerate solution that can be widely applied to respond to the diversification of energy sources.
As such, TMC intends to introduce approximately 500 plug-in hybrid vehicles globally - 200 in Japan, 150 in the United States and 150 in Europe (including France, the United Kingdom and Germany), primarily to fleet customers - to encourage market acceptance and promote understanding.
TMC will continue its efforts to achieve sustainable mobility by using its hybrid technologies to develop plug-in hybrid vehicles, electric vehicles and fuel-cell hybrid vehicles, which are expected to help reduce fossil fuel consumption, lower CO2 emissions and respond to the diversification of energy sources.
PRIUS PLUG-IN HYBRID CONCEPT SPECIFICATIONS
Dimensions
Length 4460 mm
Width 1745 mm
Height 1490 mm
Engine
Displacement 1797cc
Maximum power 73kW at 5200rpm
Maximum torque 142Nm at 4000rpm
Motor
Type Permanent magnet synchronous motor
Maximum power 60kW
Maximum torque 207Nm
HV battery
Type Lithium-ion
CO2 emissions
Below 60g/km (target), according to the New European Driving Cycle (NEDC)*
EV cruising range
Approx. 20km (target), according to the New European Driving Cycle (NEDC)*
Recharging time
100V Approx. 180 minutes (target)
200V Approx. 100 minutes (target)
*Measured in line with new official international regulations for plug-in hybrid electric powertrains