Posted on 02/15/2006 8:07:01 AM PST by Ben Mugged
Ford is reportedly developing a "new form of automotive propulsion," which could dramatically change the automotive landscape.
Ford is said to be developing a "Hydraulic Hybrid" for implementation in it's F-150 series truck.
According to NewTechSpy, "the hydraulic hybrid could be the greatest innovation since the internal combustion engine itself."
The new engine differs from the conventional hybrid design. Currently a "hybrid" engine's main energy comes from gasoline which recharges batteries that move the car at low speeds.
In hydraulic systems, excess energy is stored in hydraulic cylinders, which have 3 times the capacity of a nickel metal hydride battery.
Ford is set to launch the hydraulic hybrid F-150 in August, 2008.
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If true, this could be the technology that saves the American auto industry. I really hope it is true.
F stock still near a 52 week low...but pays a nice dividend (getting paid well to wait and see)
Finally someone in that ******* company wakes up.
Vaporware...
"If true, this could be the technology that saves the American auto industry. I really hope it is true."
They better get on it because Toyota will if they don't.
Bout time propulsion technology starts catching up with the electronic technology in vehicles.
But can I tow my toys with the truck?
I have always loved Ford trucks.
I haven't owned one for 10 years, but I have wanted one.
I will buy this truck, the timing is perfect for replacing my current truck.
Don't think so. Visit this link. http://www.iags.org/n033104t3.htm
An F-150 which gets 60 mpg, that would be awesome!!! It would also really piss off the enviro retards.
horsepower, torque and weight ratings please
Technology is our friend - big government do-gooders are the enemy.
Once upon a time a majored in Mechanical Engineering. Ended up with a degree in something else, but that's another story.
I had a professor who told us about a vehicle efficiency competition in which the winner was a vehicle using a hydraulic motor as the engine.
It wasn't very fast, but it converted the most energy to useful work.
Details are a little sketchy on this Ford Hybrid. Storing "hydraulic energy" seems to imply that they would use a hydraulic motor to tap into that energy - perhaps a combination pump/motor. Curious what sort of pressures would be required to store significant energy. Liquid's aren't all that compressible either (or hydraulic brakes wouldn't work all that well), perhaps they use a gas cylinder with a membrane.
How do you figure?
This kind of advancement would give ford at best a five year margin on the competition.
Unless they have something else in the pipeline in five years they will be right back where they are today.
".....a continuously variable transmission...."
THERE is the only free mileage increase for ANY type of combustion engine.....all this nonsense about fuels other than gasoline is extremely expensive and/or inefficient.
At what operating pressure? If they're talking about a >2000 psi system, you're getting into a serious safety hazard.
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