Today, let's take a look at the top two Japanese Toyota hybrids and Honda hybrids who are stronger. Who is the king of mixing?
There is no doubt that the hybrid king
Why does Toyota have such a strong position in the hybrid field? The reason is that Toyota's hybrid technology THS is the earliest practical hybrid technology. While major car companies are still worried about improving engine combustion efficiency, Toyota has been very far-sighted in developing hybrid power.
1997 Toyota launches the first generation Prius. As the earliest mass-produced hybrid vehicle, Toyota let the world know the development direction of the future car. Through the success of Prius, Toyota's THS hybrid technology has been recognized all over the world.
What is the principle of Toyota THS hybrid technology? In fact, this hybrid power is mainly built around a planetary gearbox called ECVT, which matches the Atkinson cycle internal combustion engine and motor.
During driving, the principle of hybrid is that two power systems work. When driving at low speed, the power is output by the motor, because the efficiency of the engine is often not released. Long-term low-speed operation is not only easy to form carbon deposits, but also poor fuel economy. The motor makes up for this shortcoming. The working principle of the motor can make the car still have the maximum power output at low speed. Thereby reducing the burden on the engine and indirectly improving the fuel efficiency.
When you need to accelerate quickly, the engine and motor output at the same time, which brings the greatest explosive force. At this time, the computer system will automatically allocate the output time of the motor and engine, so as to achieve the best output effect.
When the cruise starts to a certain speed, the engine can continue to work and charge the motor. Thanks to this special power composition, when the power reaches 40%, the charging program will be started, and only 80% of the power will be charged to prevent overcharging. It is this principle of shallow charging and shallow discharging that makes Toyota's car batteries particularly durable and reliable, which is why THS is called the most stable and reliable hybrid power system.
In fact, you should have noticed carefully that Toyota's motor has been working, which is why the fuel economy of Toyota hybrid models is better than that of urban high-speed.
Both are emerging forces in Japan.
After learning about Toyota's THS hybrid system, let's take a look at Honda's hybrid system.
Take the I-MMD system of the current hybrid Accord as an example. As an engine graduate, Honda is later than Toyota in the field of hybrid start, which can be said to be lost at the starting line. However, Honda, who wants to overtake in corners, found that the fundamental purpose of hybrid is not to make up for the shortage of engines with new energy. So Honda improved its best engine technology, broke the traditional impression that the engine displacement of hybrid vehicles was relatively small, and developed a 2.0L Atkinson engine with hybrid system, which adopted VTEC technology to improve thermal efficiency simultaneously.
Under this system, Honda has embarked on a completely different hybrid road from Toyota. In the hybrid mode, the engine only relies on the motor to generate electricity. The engine does not directly drive the wheels, but acts as a generator to charge the battery pack, and then the battery pack supplies power to the motor to drive the wheels.
In the early days, Honda, like Toyota, also used pure electric output. When the power is less than 30%, the engine will start charging the motor. When more power is needed and the speed exceeds 70km/h, the engine will take over the baton and provide power with all its strength. Therefore, Honda's hybrid can be divided into three stages, pure motor mode, hybrid working mode and pure engine mode, so Honda is superior in high-speed performance.
Who is more fuel efficient?
Having said that, who is more fuel efficient? After all, users are most concerned about which hybrid model is more fuel efficient.
To this end, we compare two most representative B-class cars, Toyota Camry Hybrid VS Honda Accord Hybrid.
Camry 2.5L has a fuel consumption of 4. 1L per 100 kilometers, and Accord 2.0L has a fuel consumption of 4.2L per 100 kilometers. Looking at the data alone, Honda has higher fuel consumption than Toyota, but its high-speed performance should be better than Toyota.
Conclusion:
In fact, whether it is Toyota's hybrid or Honda's hybrid, both have achieved a goal, using cleaner energy and making cars run farther. This is very forward-looking for the future development of the automobile industry.
The change of scientific and technological innovation makes more people pay attention to the environment, and at the same time, compared with pure electric vehicles, they can feel the charm of internal combustion engines better. Toyota has sold more than 8 million hybrid vehicles around the world, and Honda still has a long way to go to catch up.