Toyota has developed a more efficient four-cylinder engine, two transmissions, and a next-generation hybrid powertrain, the automaker has announced.
by Staff
December 13, 2016
Photo of 2.5L engine courtesy of Toyota.
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Photo of 2.5L engine courtesy of Toyota.
Toyota has developed a more efficient four-cylinder engine, two transmissions, and a next-generation hybrid powertrain, the automaker has announced.
Toyota has developed a 2.5L direct-injection inline-4 gasoline engine based on the Toyota New Global Architecture (TNGA) that "achieve greater thermal efficiency, resulting in high output, due to a reduction in energy losses associated with, among others, exhaust and cooling systems and the movement of mechanical parts," according to the company.
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Toyota has also developed two automatic transmissions, including the 8-speed Direct Shift-8AT and the 10-speed Direct shift-10AT that were designed "to minimize energy loss and heighten transmission efficiency."
Toyota has also enhanced the gasoline-electrid hybrid powertrain for the Prius. The Toyota Hybrid System II (THS-II) for 2.5L engines "excels in both power and fuel-economy performance due to the synergistic effect of size-reducing, weight-reducing and loss-reducing technologies coupled with the high thermal efficiency and output of a new TNGA-based engine," according to Toyota.
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