Chrysler and EPA to partner on hydraulic series hybrid powertrain for light duty vehicles
Green Car Congress
JANUARY 19, 2011
Acting as a pump, the hydraulic drive is used to re-pressurize hydraulic fluid by using the vehicle’s momentum, thereby converting kinetic energy into potential energy. The system produces power with engine torque driving a hydraulic pump that charges the high pressure accumulator of up to 5,000 psi (34.5 Earlier post.)
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