Toyota invests heavily in modernization drivelines
Posted on 11-10-2013 at 12:55 pm by sir_smokalot – 18 Comments”
Despite the fact that it is the world’s largest automaker, Toyota is not exactly known as a pioneer or forerunner to the latest and most efficient motors and gearboxes. However, this is changing, so let the Japanese know.
Koei Saga, Toyota’s R&D department responsible for the drivelines, late at Automotive News to know that there is invested heavily in turbocharged engines, Atkinson engines with larger engine capacity (a beginning here we see already with the new 2.5-liter four-cylinder in various Lexusmodellen), CVT, and conventional automaatbakken, but also hybridetechnologieën and the fuel cell.
Where it comes to conventional engines , we must think of drukgevulde viercilinders, where the centre of gravity on the gasoline models. Toyota has a dieseldeal with BMW, although here it must be said that Lexus is excluded from this.
A possible example is a 2 litre four-cylinder engine for the larger models. Recently explained to Lexus, the name “NX 2.0 T”, the most logical train of thought in this respect is a 2-literblok for in the upcoming crossover, which is derived from the LF-NX.
Or is it further on this area a lot happens remains to be seen, there seems to be in Japan a greater desire for the Atkinsonengines, where downsizing is being replaced by upsizing, in combination with a more efficient stroke or other technologies as we also at Mazda’s SKYACTIV engines to find. Also, Saga is not convinced turbo-advocate, as he let in clear know.
In Europe the CVT (continuous variable transmission) is probably a lot less established/popular than on the American market, it is the transmission that Toyota, a prominent role is called allocated in its range, especially in combination with the above-mentioned Atkinson engines. In addition, the conventional automatic transmission, however, also exist and is developed.
On hybridarea, Toyota has a prominent role on the world stage, a position that it does not wish to, for example, thanks to a new generation of li-ion batteries. In addition, is seriously invested in hydrogen cars with a fuel cell. What EV’s Toyota is always clearly a lot more cautious. The group believes in hybrid technology than pure electric cars.
EV’s, we see, apart from the iQ, because it needs to be, not at Toyota, and this is a course that (for now) is consistently continued.