Hybrid Electric Vehicle Design

A hybrid electric vehicle (HEV) is a hybrid vehicle which combines a conventional propulsion system with a rechargeable energy storage system (RESS) to achieve better fuel economy than a conventional vehicle. Modern mass-produced HEVs prolong the charge on their batteries by capturing kinetic energy via regenerative braking, and some HEVs can use the internal combustion engine to generate electricity by spinning an electrical generator (often a motor-generator) to either recharge the battery or directly feed power to an electric motor that drives the vehicle. Citation: Sakthivel C, JCT College of Engineering and Technology, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu; Dr. Jayaprakash M ,JCT College of Engineering and Technology, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu; Abner Leo N ,JCT College of Engineering and Technology, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu; Madheswari J ,JCT College of Engineering and Technology, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu; Anbuchandran S ,JCT College of Engineering and Technology, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu. "Hybrid Electric Vehicle Design." Global Research and Development Journal For Engineering : 286 - 292.