Diesel and Hybrid: Contradiction or Appropriate Alternative?

Authors

Dipl.-Ing. K. Blumenröder, Dipl.-Ing. F. Bunar, Dipl.-Ing. G. Buschmann, Dipl.-Ing. W. Nietschke, Dipl.-Ing. O. Predelli, IAV GmbH, Berlin

Year

2007

Print Info

Fortschritt-Berichte VDI, Reihe 12, Nr. 639

Summary

Having originated in Japan and the US, there is a worldwide trend toward hybrid vehicles with gasoline engine. In Europe, the diesel engine is gaining ground all the time as a means for powering vehicles. Both technologies represent flexible and efficient vehicle drives and are distinguished by low consumption. Seen in the context of a further necessary reduction in CO2, combining diesel and hybrid provides a technically interesting option as long as it can be put into practice cost-effectively. To do this, further technical innovations will be necessary to bring down system costs. In the field of tension between driving fun, fuel consumption, exhaust-gas emissions and costs, it will also probably be possible to produce optimized passenger-car diesel hybrid concepts without complex measures of active DeNOxification.

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