The HyTrans Transit Van
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A range of vehicles exist that are environmentally
friendly. These include vehicles that are fuelled by solar, methane,
hydrogen fuels or electric batteries. . However, at the moment vehicles
of this type are very expensive or do not have the performance or range
of conventional diesel or petrol fuel vehicles. Ford have developed a
vehicle based in present day diesel technology that conserves fuel. The
vehicle is called ‘HyTrans’ and is based on a Ford Transit van. |
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When the driver stops in a traffic jam or at traffic
lights the gear system is placed in neutral. The engine would normally
idle at this stage, wasting fuel and creating pollution. However, the
HyTrans system turns the engine off whilst a starter system is placed on
standby. When the driver changes gear to move forward the powerful
starter system automatically starts the engine in 400 milliseconds and
the van moves forward. The engine starts so quickly that the driver is
unaware of the restart. A large battery system powers the starter which
in turns starts the engine almost immediately. |
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