What do I have to expect if I choose a hydrogen-powered car?
We have come to the end of my overview of alternative fuels, compared to the “classic” petrol and diesel, which we can currently find available in the lists of the main OEMs.
Today I would like to talk about hydrogen as fuel, which has only recently hit the headlines as the most ecological fuel ever!
You will find, at the end of this post, the links to the other posts concerning the other...
What do I have to expect if I choose an electric car?
We have finally reached the third type of “alternative” power source, currently offered by OEMs on the market.
After the well known sources, that is LPG and CNG, I examined the various type of “hybrid power source“, in three specific posts whose links you will find at the end of this article.
In this new post I tried to outline the characteristic elements of power supply in...
What do I have to expect if I choose a hybrid car? (Parallel/series)
The last post about cars with hybrid engine will focus on one of my projects, but never place on the market, when I worked at the Fiat planning department.
The only vehicle with a parallel/series hybrid propulsion, produced and tested on the road, was the Fiat Multipla Hybrid.
Produced in ten copies, and destined for the City of Naples in the context of the Atena Project (The Telematic Traffic Environment...
What do I have to expect if I choose a hybrid car? (Hybrid series)
In this search for the perfect engine for our daily needs, we will now focus on the second type of hybrid; the hybrid series.
Also in the hybrid series we have two motors, thermal and electric but, unlike the parallel, it is the electric motor that is always connected to the driving wheels; the thermal engine connected to a generator produces energy wich will go both to the electric traction motor...
What do I have to expect if I choose a hybrid car? (Parallel hybrid)
After the posts about the CNG and LPG engines, let’s focus on the hybrid cars and their advantages.
Hybrid vehicles use multiple traction energy generation systems (they normally combine a thermal and an electric power unit), combined with a system to recover energy during slowing down and braking.
Hybrid cars can be classified into three types:
PARALLEL HYBRID
Thermal engine and electric motor...
What do I have to expect if I choose a LPG car?
The second post of the series that wants to clarify which fuels can respond more appropriately to the needs of each of us is focused on one of the most widespread fuel at the time, an alternative to the petrol and diesel.
In the last 40 years its diffusion has given origin to an intense planning activity that has let some of our companies become world leaders of the transformation kits.
LPG is a fuel,...
What do I have to expect if I choose a CNG car?
The OEM has commercialised dual-fuel models for about 20 years: petrol and methane or single-fuel that is only methane.
At the beginning the production of these cars didn’t directly take place from the same car manufacturer, but the transformation was entrusted to external fitters, who installed the system on the car with the original petrol version.
Basically they were solutions very similar...
LPG systems, layout and security
One of the most known indicator that gives us an immediate idea about the safety level provided by a vehicle is the number of stars rated during the Euro NCAP test.
The stars are rated to the shock tests passed and to the presence of security – related contents.
Thanks to the tightening up both of the tests and the calculation method, today we have on our vehicles an infinitive of electronic devices,...
