Making hybrid technologies possible
With the Detroit Auto Show firing on all cylinders (pardon the pun), everyone seems to be enamored with hybrid vehicle technology. At GE we’ve been in with hybrids for quite some time now, and we thought this would be a great chance to share some of our cool hybrid technology for boats, trains, buses and off-highway vehicles.
Some of our more forward-thinking hybrid technologies include:
- Evolution® Hybrid locomotive (available in 2009)
- Hybrid tugboat in cooperation with the C-MAR Group
- Hybrid off-highway vehicle demonstration, in partnership with the U.S. Department of Energy
- Zero emissions hybrid fuel cell transit bus in partnership with the Federal Transit Administration
GE Global Research also is engaged in two projects with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to speed up the introduction of plug-in hybrid vehicles to market. The first of the two DOE projects is to develop smaller, lower cost, higher performing hybrid drivetrain motors for hybrid electric vehicles. The second is to develop advanced high temperature, high energy density capacitors. Both technologies are critical in the commercialization of plug-in hybrid vehicles.
* More about GE’s investment in battery technology.
