The phrase
"synergy drive" refers to the concept of combining forces or working together in a way that enhances each other's abilities or results. It emphasizes the idea that when people, teams, or elements collaborate effectively, their combined effort produces higher levels of success than what each could achieve individually.
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Although Honda's Integrated Motor Assist (IMA) hybrid system isn't nearly as advanced as the Toyota
Hybrid Synergy Drive full hybrid system, the Honda Insight still achieves 44 mpg on the highway and is also the cheapest hybrid on the market.
N Charlotte hybrid cars have a special power underneath their hood - Toyota Hybrid
Synergy Drive System technology.
The Toyota Auris HSD's 15,000 km service interval maximises component lifetime efficiency, while the latest generation Hybrid
Synergy Drive ® system has been specifically designed for low maintenance and outstanding durability.
The Prius C employs a new version of Toyota's Hybrid
Synergy Drive powertrain with a 73 - hp 1.5 - liter inline - four engine, a 60 - hp AC synchronous motor, and a 144 - volt nickel - metal hydride battery pack.
Consider the mid-size Toyota Camry Hybrid, a well - regarded sedan that was made extraordinarily good when boosted with Hybrid
Synergy Drive technology.
The Camry hybrid on the other hand features the 2.5 - litre Atkinson cycle engine with Hybrid
Synergy Drive mated to an E-CVT transmission.
Driving the Camry Hybrid, one is aware only of the seamlessness with which Hybrid
Synergy Drive combines output from the 2.5 - liter Atkinson cycle four - cylinder engine and a high - torque electric motor through its unique transaxle.
The hybrid gasoline - electric model of the 2013 model year Avalon uses the revised version of Toyota's Hybrid
Synergy Drive power train, similar to the one powering the 2012 model year Camry Hybrid.
«By incorporating design elements from the game into the Toyota Hybrid MONOPOLY Ride Experience, we are able to present the Toyota Hybrid
Synergy Drive experience in a fun and unexpected way,» said Keith Dahl, Toyota's National Engagement Marketing Manager.
The Hybrid
Synergy Drive also features many features unique to hybrids — the added power and efficiency of regenerative braking to four driver - selectable driving options (Normal, Power and Eco plus Electric Vehicle operation for short distances).
Hybrid
Synergy Drive consists of dual gas and electric power sources that are complementary and produce a combined 192 horsepower.
There you'll find concealed under expanses of plastic beauty covers what is essentially Toyota's Hybrid
Synergy Drive full parallel / series hybrid system albeit re-named because this is a Lexus.
A Toyota Hybrid
Synergy Drive vehicle could be technologically superior (maybe no longer nowadays), but with UMW at the helm, all these features will not be seen in Malaysia.
Engine options remain unchanged with Toyota offering a 2.5 - litre four - cylinder or 3.5 - litre V6 gas engines paired with 6 - speed automatic transmissions, or a 2.5 - litre Atkinson Cycle engine with Hybrid
Synergy drive matched to an E-CVT.
The little Toyota produces ninety - nine horsepower from a combined output from a 1.5 - litre gasoline engine and Toyota's Hybrid
Synergy Drive electric system.
Avalon drivers looking to improve on the V - 6 engine's EPA - estimated 25 combined mpg can opt for one of the 2.5 - liter Hybrid
Synergy Drive models that averages an EPA - estimated 40 mpg combined.
We never noticed any pausing or hesitation after pressing the accelerator, nor did we hear the annoying street - railway whine of Toyota's
Synergy Drive under braking.
While the Big H's main competitor has focused on refining its highly efficient but relatively low -
performance synergy drive system in the Toyota Prius, the new Accord Hybrid's Integrated Motor Assist (IMA) system is designed to be the most powerful hybrid system ever built.
If you wish to turn on all of the car systems (A / C, heating, instrument panel) without turning on the Hybrid
Synergy Drive motor, press the «Power» button again.
Toyota makes some of the best hybrids in the business, but I worry that the weight and heft of an SUV may be too much to ask of the Hybrid
Synergy Drive setup.
Toyota's Hybrid
Synergy Drive works so well that this is really a compact car that gets 50 mpg city and, oh by the way, it's a hybrid.
Note also here is another hybrid eschewing a continuously variable transmission (CVT) as made popular on Toyota's formula for more gas - efficient Hybrid
Synergy Drive variants.
The Hybrid
Synergy Drive adds a DC to DC converter boosting the potential of the battery to 500 V or more.
Using a smaller version of the Toyota Hybrid
Synergy Drive found in the larger Prius, the Prius C teams a 73 - horsepower, 1.5 - liter 4 - cylinder gasoline engine with a 60 - horsepower electric motor energized by a compact nickel - metal hydride battery located beneath the rear seat.
Lexus explains: «The new system is based on the electronically controlled planetary continuously variable transmission of Lexus Hybrid
Synergy Drive coupled to an all - new four - speed automatic gear set at the output stage.
The concept of Hybrid
Synergy Drive gives the electric motor a more important role when powering the vehicle both for fuel efficiency or peak performance.
Toyota's intention in developing the Hybrid
Synergy Drive philosophy is to introduce more powerful petrol and electric power sources in order to achieve higher levels of performance.
This said, being part of the Hybrid
Synergy Drive family, the Camry Hybrid was designed to reward sedate drivers, and offers three modes including Toyota's fuel - saving Eco mode and EV mode which allows short stretched of all - electric driving below 25 mph under mild throttle.
Motivating the Prius v is Toyota's Hybrid
Synergy Drive utilizing a 1.8 - liter Atkinson - cycle, four - cylinder engine producing 98 horsepower at 5,200 rpm.
Unlike the Nissan Altima Hybrid which uses the licensed Hybrid
Synergy Drive from Toyota (the exact same T - 110 HSD transaxle as the Camry Hybrid, as a matter of fact, built by Aisin Seiki), Nissan will be putting their own in - house - developed hybrid system in the M35.
Toyota's iconic Hybrid
Synergy Drive logos on the tailgate and both fenders subtly let the world know that this car is ecofriendly and — more important — acts as the ultimate alternative - cosmopolitan status symbol.
Inside the cabin, the 2015 Toyota Camry Hybrid gets the new 3 - spoke steering wheel as well as the revised instrument console that gets equipped with a new colour MID display, which puts the Hybrid
Synergy drive information status on the screen.
Toyota paved the way for hybrid vehicles with the release of the Prius more than 20 years ago, and its Hybrid
Synergy Drive remains the gold standard for green automobiles.
Key to the successful installation of Hybrid
Synergy Drive series / parallel full hybrid system within the Auris front - engined platform is the housing of the electric motor, generator and power split device in one transmission casing the size of a conventional gearbox.
On top of that, Toyota has done a fantastic job tuning and perfecting their Hybrid
Synergy drive over the years, and has delivered on the promise of great fuel economy at a reasonable price.
After making it into the new Yaris, Toyota should take that excellent Mazda2 hatchback chassis and stick some Hybrid
Synergy Drive goodies under the bodywork to make a new - and - improved Prius C.
Starting at $ 32,000 MSRP, the Prius Plug - in comes with heated front seats, 15 inch alloy wheels, Hybrid
Synergy Drive blue accent headlamps and badges as well as Display Audio with Navigation and Entune.
But here we are: With the C's smaller size and lighter weight, Toyota's hybrid
synergy drive finally feels like it's matched with a comparable car rather than overworked and underpowered as it seems to be in pretty much every Toyota hybrid I've driven.
Also, the new NS4 concept offers a glimpse on the next - generation Hybrid
Synergy Drive plug - in system by reducing component size and weight.
The second half of the Hybrid
Synergy Drive equation consists of a small, specially developed electric drive motor that produces 45 horsepower, an ultra-small inverter with a specially designed compact battery and a transaxle to provide the economy and seamless performance hybrid drivers seek.
The powertrain is based on Toyota's Hybrid
Synergy Drive tech, with an added electric motor to drive the rear wheels.
Externally, the new Toyota full hybrid incorporates several unique styling details to improve the car's aerodynamic performance and the fuel efficiency of its Hybrid
Synergy Drive ® powertrain.
The total package is capped off with three powertrain choices: a fuel - efficient four - cylinder engine a powerful V6 with a new six speed transmission that will produce excellent all - around capability, and a V6 - powered Hybrid
Synergy Drive powertrain for enhanced mileage and fewer emissions.
Its time - tested Hybrid
Synergy Drive system combines the output of a 1.8 - liter 4 - cylinder gasoline engine and two motor / generators through an electronically controlled planetary - type continuously variable transmission.