Hybrid Vehicle Aerodynamics

Drivers want more miles per gallon!  With the huge increase in the price of gasoline the rush is on to hybrid cars.  Improved hybrid vehicle aerodynamics promise extra miles per gallon.

Hybrid cars promise to make travel more economical through a combination of gas and electric power, as well as other revolutionary types of propulsion.

The easiest way to improve a vehicle's fuel economy is to make it smaller and lighter and give it a smaller engine. Drivers will accept that to a point... but they also want some degree of performance.

Along with hybrid power a new wave of auto design will become important to consumers.  Automanufacters are predicting that drivers will want vehicles that look fuel efficient. 

The Toyota has set the pace in design with the Prius.

Improved Fuel Efficiency

Automobile design is no small matter when it comes to squeezing out more miles per gallon.  Aerodynamics can improve a vehicle's fuel efficiency by 3 to 4 miles per gallon. 

That may not seem like much but consider the savings over the life of the auto.

It's not hard to understand that speed is an important part of the equation. At stop-and-go speeds, drag isn't a big deal, but the faster you go, the more it matters. At 70 mph, you've got four times the force working against your vehicle that you have at 35 mph.

Chrysler is jumping in with both feet.  The company is pushing stricter aerodynamic rules as one way to improve the miles per gallon produced by their vehicles. 

Using wind tunnel testing the Chrysler engineers are calculating inovative ways to reduce wind drag on tires, side mirrors, bumpers and anything else connected to thier cars.

Wind drag on the exterior of a car is the enemy.  It reduces fuel efficiency by forcing the vehicle to use more engery to pass through the air.

Reduced Wind Resistence

The Ford Probe V is an example of what the next generation of cars may look like.  Smooth styling that allows the car to slip through air with the least amount of resistence.

What about car buyers? 

Will they accept the coming radical look in hybrid vehicle styling? 

There seems little doubt that Americans are ready for anything that will help them reduce the amount of money spent on gasoline.

Get ready for streamlined hybrid vehicles.

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Hybrid Vehicle Aerodynamics