Are Hybrid Vehicles Suitable for Long-Distance Highway Driving?
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Hybrid vehicles are suitable for long-distance highway driving. Since highways only require vehicles to be motorized and maintain a certain speed for highway travel, though the fuel efficiency advantage is not as pronounced. Below is relevant information about hybrid vehicles: 1. Concept: Refers to vehicles equipped with more than one power source: storage batteries, fuel cells, solar cells, or generator sets of diesel locomotives. Currently, hybrid vehicles generally refer to those with diesel locomotive generators plus storage batteries. 2. Advantages: With hybrid power, the maximum power of the diesel engine can be determined based on the average required power, operating under optimal conditions of low fuel consumption and minimal pollution. When greater power is needed and the diesel engine's power is insufficient, the battery can supplement it. When the load is light, excess power can generate electricity to charge the battery. Since the diesel engine can operate continuously and the battery can be constantly charged, its range is the same as that of conventional vehicles.
Hybrid cars are perfectly fine for long-distance highway driving, and in fact, they are even more worry-free than in urban areas. I've driven my hybrid on several cross-province highways, and when the engine directly drives the wheels, it's actually more fuel-efficient than the frequent stop-and-go conditions in the city. Especially for hybrids like Toyota's THS, the power battery is basically in a charge-discharge balance state on the highway, so there's absolutely no range anxiety. On one occasion, I drove continuously for four hours with the air conditioning on the whole time, and the fuel consumption was only 5.2 liters per 100 kilometers. The only thing to pay attention to is maintaining the tire pressure at the standard value, since hybrid cars are about 200-300 kilograms heavier than fuel-powered cars.
