HHV Information

The Environmental Protection Agency has paired up with engineers to create an innovative and extremely efficient method to powering automobiles. After a lot of time and money, they have come up with and released the Hydraulic Hybrid Vehicle. The Hydraulic Hybrid Vehicle is an enormous advancement in automotive technology that is creeping its way into everyday life. These vehicles are driven by two different powers sources, a normal internal combustion engine and a hydraulic motor. Within the hydraulic motor, there are a couple different components that result in the vehicle’s motion. There are high pressure hydraulic pressure vessels called accumulators that are used to store pressurized hydraulic fluids. The other main component of these hydraulic motors is a hydraulic drive pump. Using the movement and momentum of the vehicle, the fluids in the drive pump are pressurized and ultimately result in the turning of the wheels.

Series HHVs
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Parallel HHVs
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