Transition to zero-pollution transport through optimal hybrid power trains

向零污染交通的过渡需要创新的动力总成设计，能够满足减少排放和提高热效率的双重要求。丰田可以说是混合动力总成设计的世界领先者，拟议中的项目是与丰田汽车欧洲公司(TME)合作的结果。除了先进的国防和赛车运动应用，燃料的性质通常是独立于能量转换设备的设计而处理的。该公司与JXTG Nippon Oil&Energy Corporation合作，通过一项研究计划找到了消除这一限制的机会，该计划包括确定可提供实际性能优势的最佳燃料分子。燃料和发动机技术的结合标志着运输部门的重大转变。它有可能大幅减少传统、混合动力电动汽车(HEV)和插电式混合动力汽车(PHEV)的排放，并提高燃油经济性。这是一项关键的发展，消除了隔离设计方法施加的限制。

The transition to zero-pollution transportation requires innovative powertrain designs that can meet the twin requirements of reduced emissions and increased thermal efficiency. Toyota is arguably the world-leader in hybrid powertrain design and the proposed project is the result of work performed with Toyota Motor Europe (TME). Apart from advanced defence and motorsport applications, the properties of a fuel have typically been treated independently of the design of the energy conversion device. Working jointly with the JXTG Nippon Oil & Energy Corporation, the Company has identified an opportunity to remove this limitation through a research programme that includes the determination of optimal fuel molecules that offer practical performance advantages. The combination of fuel and engine technologies marks a major shift in the transportation sector. It has the potential of leading to significant reductions in emissions and improved fuel economy for conventional, hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs) and plug-in HEVs (PHEVs). It is a key development that removes limitations imposed by segregated design methods.