Hybrid drive solutions have a clear advantage when purely battery-electric solutions are still economically justifiable but do not provide the required range in terms of kilometers or working hours.
Parallel hybrids require overall minor modifications to the vehicle compared to pure combustion engine solutions. In addition, depending on the system design, these also offer the advantage of increased redundancy. Depending on the application, this can be a key factor.
Serial hybrids tend to have better overall efficiencies than parallel hybrids but require fully electrified drives for propulsion, traction, and functional drives. Due to our multi-energy concept, it is relatively easy to develop serial hybrids further into hydrogen-based solutions in a later step.
In addition to charging the built-in battery in the hybrid vehicle via the internal combustion engine, a possible charging function from the public power grid can also be added as an option.