hybrid automobile![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Car powered by an internal combustion engine and an electric motor, reducing gasoline consumption and polluting emissions.
electric cable ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Cable enabling the batteries to supply the electric motor and recover energy during deceleration and braking.
gas tank ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Reservoir containing the fuel that supplies the gasoline engine.
gasoline engine ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Engine in which a mixture of air and gasoline is compressed and ignited to produce an explosion whose energy is converted into mechanical energy.
electric motor/generator ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
The electric motor allows the vehicle to start and move at low speed. It also recovers the energy generated by deceleration and braking to recharge the battery.
transmission ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Mechanism transferring to the wheels the rotational motion of the gasoline engine and the electric motor.
battery condition module ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Electronic device equipped with sensors, which calculate the state of the battery’s charge and its temperature.
motor control module ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Electronic device controlling the operation of the electric motor (assisting the gasoline engine or recharging the battery).
gas conduit ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Tubes connecting the tank with the engine and supplying it with fuel by means of a pump.
battery ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
The battery is composed of cells providing the energy required by the electric motor, which in turn recharges the battery.
cell ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
The battery is composed of numerous interrelated electric cells, each one accumulating an electric reserve.
power control module ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Device modifying the direction and output of the electric current between the battery and the electric motor.