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Research and Markets: Hybrid Vehicles and Components Report - 3rd Edition

DUBLIN--Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/cd2abb/hybrid_vehicles_an) has announced the addition of the "Hybrid Vehicles and Components Report - 3rd Edition" report to their offering.

One of the primary driving forces behind the production of hybrid vehicles has been the tightening of global emission regulations. The need for fuel efficiency has moved from being a consumer based motivation to an environmental concern that requires regulation, not only to combat pollution from noxious gases, but to limit the transport contribution to CO2 output C partly responsible for global warming C and to provide a route to moving away from strategic dependence on oil.

Hybrid vehicles as we know them today were launched on the market by Toyota in Japan in 1997 and this was followed quickly by the arrival of the Honda Insight into the US. Since then gasoline electric hybrid vehicles have become a part of the automotive landscape with virtually all the major OEMs in either the market or working towards model launch. At the end of 2008 there had been some 34 models ranging from the full hybrid Prius to the mild hybrid Mercedes S Class. Total hybrid global sales are now estimated at around 500,000 (not including stop\start micro hybrids), with more than 350,000 hybrids sold during 2007 in the US alone before the market fell to just over 300,000 units in 2008.

Key Topics Covered:

Executive Summary

Introduction

  • History
  • Drivers of hybrid vehicle development

Hybrid Technology

  • Types of hybrid vehicle
  • Micro Hybrids
  • Electronic components
  • Series hybrids
  • Parallel hybrids
  • Series/Parallel hybrids
  • Full Hybrid
  • Mild or Assist Hybrids
  • Plug-In or Dual-Mode hybrids
  • Hybrid transmissions
  • One-Mode and Two-Mode Hybrids
  • Regenerative braking
  • Electric motors
  • AC Motors
  • DC Motors
  • Synchronous motors
  • Switch reluctance machines
  • Battery Technology
  • Lead acid
  • Nickel-metal hydride (NiMH)
  • Sodium nickel chloride (NaNiCl)
  • Lithium-ion
  • Li-ion technology improvements
  • Supercapacitors and ultracapacitors

OEM Strategies

Incentives

  • Fuel Economy
  • Hybrid Incentives and Taxation
  • North America
  • Europe
  • Japan
  • The global light vehicle market

The hybrid market

Some Company Profiles

  • Aisin AW
  • Axeon Holdings
  • Azure Dynamics
  • Cobasys
  • Continental
  • Denso
  • Eaton
  • Hitachi

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