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 and to the recharge of the electric energy accumulators. In this case, the heat engine operates at a “fixed point“, that is, at constant rpm and load depending on the energy absorbed by the traction motor. During slowdown and braking, the energy recovered must be stored in the accumulators. During that phase, the generator doesn’t provide it because the… Read the rest