Hybrid car's history

  • The first hybrid car

    The first hybrid car
    The first hybrid car had an electric motor to supplement an engine.The electricity was generated by an engine. This car was made by Ferdinant Porsche.
  • air pollution

    air pollution
    From 1970, Cars spred all over the world. However, the problem of air polution became more serious in every big city. Many makers of cars needed a car which isn't polute air so much.
  • The peak of the oil crisis

    The peak of the oil crisis
    The oil crisis reached its peak. Many car makers were trouble with this problem.
  • Advancing of developing hybrid car

    Because air pollution of car's exhaust was becoming serious, people hope car which doesn't pollute air. Many car campanys started thinking about hybrid car more.
  • The TOYOTA PRIUS

    The TOYOTA PRIUS
    The TOYOTA PRIUS was shown in TOKYO MOTOR SHOW in 1995. This was the first hybrid car which placed in the market.
  • PRIUS sell

    PRIUS sell
    In 1997, The PRIUS started sellimg on the market.
  • Mercedes diesel hybrid travels from Africa to the UK on the tank

    Mercedes diesel hybrid travels from Africa to the UK on the tank
    Link Summary A Mercedes-Beaz E300 Blue Tec Hybrid drove all the way from Africa to the U.K. without lubricate.The drivers are Andrew Frankel and relief driver. The distance was over 1200 miles. When arrived at U.K, the E 300 Blue Tec Hybrid still remained range of about 100 miles. On this journy, the team encounted traffic jams, heavy rain, and very intense heat throughout. reflection
    This is a great event of the history of hybrid car. I hope that the technolagy of this field develops.
  • New Volvo XC90 plug-in hybrid

    New Volvo XC90 plug-in hybrid
    LINK Summary Volvo new XC90 will be more high quality when starting to sell it later this year. This new car has 400 housepower and corbon dioxide emissions of this car will be 60 g/km. This new XC90 is can be campete with Mitsubishi Outlandar PHEV recently launched. The Mitsubishi car has 161 housepower with official carbon dioxide emissions of 44g/km. reflection
    I think competing hybrid car's technology among every car campany all over the the world is good for development hybrid car.
  • Has china 'Messed Up' Its Electric-Car Charging Standards?

    Has china 'Messed Up' Its Electric-Car Charging Standards?
    Link Summery Standerd AC out put of China is different from Europe on U.S. Every automaker needs to standardize to develop electric-car's
    market in China, and China need to adopt the a combined plug standard like Eulope and the U.S. Reflection
    China has a big market. I want China to adopt the combined plug of the standard to improve enviroment problems.