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Citroën/Peugeot PSA Hybrid Air Car, 2013
INFORMATION
Peugeot and Citroën have announced that they too are building a car that uses compressed air as an energy source. However, the car they are designing uses a hybrid system which also uses a gasoline engine (which is used for propelling the car over 70 km/h, or when the compressed air tank has been depleted).
How it Works
An 82-hp 1.2-liter gasoline engine provides most of the power, driven through an epicyclic automatic transmission. During deceleration, the wheels' energy drives a hydraulic pump that pushes hydraulic fluid into an accumulator and compresses the nitrogen gas within. When the car needs to accelerate, the system works in the opposite way: The pressurized nitrogen gas pushes the hydraulic fluid, which drives a hydraulic motor connected to the transmission.
Driving Modes
Gas only: Intended for highway driving
Air only: For speeds below 43 mph, where the engine stops and hydraulics power the wheels 80 percent of the time
Combined: Powered by the gas engine and hydraulic motor
For more information refer to: PSA Peugeot/Citroën
SPECIFICATIONS
ENGINE
• Engine : 1.2L, 3 cylinder Petrol / Compressed Air
• Petrol Power: 61 kw (82 BHP)
• Compressed Air Power: 30 kw (40 BHP)
• Combined Power: 91 kw (122 BHP)
• Torque: ???
PERFORMANCE
• 0-70 km/h (0-43 mph) Runs on just compressed air
• 70-175 km/h (43-108 mph) Runs on Petrol & Compressed Air
• 0-100 km/h Time = 10.0 secs
• Top Speed = 175 km/h
TRANSMISSION
• Epicyclic automatic transmission
Range
• 100 - 129 km's of standard driving on Compressed Air
• 1000 - 1290 km's (620 - 800 miles) of standard driving on Combined
• Fuel Consumption 2.9 Litres per 100km (80 mpg)
Based on the Citroen C3 Platform
For other Alternative sources apart from petrol refer to Alternative fuel Sources page.
INFORMATION
Peugeot and Citroën have announced that they too are building a car that uses compressed air as an energy source. However, the car they are designing uses a hybrid system which also uses a gasoline engine (which is used for propelling the car over 70 km/h, or when the compressed air tank has been depleted).
How it Works
An 82-hp 1.2-liter gasoline engine provides most of the power, driven through an epicyclic automatic transmission. During deceleration, the wheels' energy drives a hydraulic pump that pushes hydraulic fluid into an accumulator and compresses the nitrogen gas within. When the car needs to accelerate, the system works in the opposite way: The pressurized nitrogen gas pushes the hydraulic fluid, which drives a hydraulic motor connected to the transmission.
Driving Modes
Gas only: Intended for highway driving
Air only: For speeds below 43 mph, where the engine stops and hydraulics power the wheels 80 percent of the time
Combined: Powered by the gas engine and hydraulic motor
For more information refer to: PSA Peugeot/Citroën
SPECIFICATIONS
ENGINE
• Engine : 1.2L, 3 cylinder Petrol / Compressed Air
• Petrol Power: 61 kw (82 BHP)
• Compressed Air Power: 30 kw (40 BHP)
• Combined Power: 91 kw (122 BHP)
• Torque: ???
PERFORMANCE
• 0-70 km/h (0-43 mph) Runs on just compressed air
• 70-175 km/h (43-108 mph) Runs on Petrol & Compressed Air
• 0-100 km/h Time = 10.0 secs
• Top Speed = 175 km/h
TRANSMISSION
• Epicyclic automatic transmission
Range
• 100 - 129 km's of standard driving on Compressed Air
• 1000 - 1290 km's (620 - 800 miles) of standard driving on Combined
• Fuel Consumption 2.9 Litres per 100km (80 mpg)
Based on the Citroen C3 Platform
For other Alternative sources apart from petrol refer to Alternative fuel Sources page.
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