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In order to achieve "Carbon Neutral" in the automotive industry, I expected that each car company would work on the development for unique next generation vehicles. Many companies focused on an electric car[EV] in the beginning, but it sounds like some of them pivoted their strategies to develop a hybrid electric car[HV] because EVs have several issues such as the price, travel distance and infrastructure. I saw the news that Honda, which is very famous car maker in Japan, has developed its unique two motor hybrid system called "e:HEV". They decided to install the new system in their cars in the future and their global sales plan shoots for 1.3 million cars per year by 2030. According to their comment, the new system has three kinds of modes such as "EV Drive Move" which runs by batteries only, "Hybrid Drive Mode" which generates power by an engine and runs by a motor and "Engine Drive Mode" which connects a clutch to an engine directly and drives tires. These modes can be changed seamless and automatically. That's why the system enables cars to run efficiently in every situation. On top of that, they also aims to improve a fuel efficiency by over 10%. They have been pursuing decrease of the cost and is striving to lower it on the same models in 2027 as ones sold in 2018 by below 50%. I haven't gotten a hybrid car ever, but I'd love to consider a hybrid car when I have an opportunity to replace my current car with another one in the future.
Jun 21, 2025 8:03 AM
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In order to achieve "Carbon Neutral" in the automotive industry, I expected that each car company would work on the development of unique next generation vehicles. Many companies focused on an electric car[EV] in the beginning, but it sounds like some of them pivoted their strategies to develop a hybrid electric car[HV] instead because EVs have several issues such as the price, travel distance and infrastructure. I saw in the news that Honda, which is a very famous car maker in Japan, has developed its unique two motor hybrid system called "e:HEV". They decided to install the new system in their cars in the future and their global sales plan shoots/aims for 1.3 million cars per year by 2030. According to their comment/report, the new system has three kinds of modes such as "EV Drive Mode" which runs by batteries only; "Hybrid Drive Mode" which generates power by an engine and by a motor; and finally, "Engine Drive Mode" which connects a clutch to an engine directly and drives the tires. These modes can be changed seamless and automatically. That's why the system enables cars to run efficiently in every situation. On top of that, they also aim to improve fuel efficiency by over 10%. They have been pursuing a lowering of the cost and are striving to lower it on the same models in 2027 as ones sold in 2018 by below 50%. I have never had a hybrid car before, but I'd love to consider a hybrid car when I have an opportunity to replace my current car with another one in the future.
Difficult topic, well done.
Jun 22, 2025 2:30 AM
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