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già nel 1975 produceva questa vettura di lusso denominata Century Gas Turbine Hybrid.
I motori elettrici erano alimentati da una turbina a gas. Circa la stessa soluzione che oggi Jaguar sbandiera come novità tecnologica e che Octane ha sempre applaudito come vera innovazione.
I motori elettrici erano alimentati da una turbina a gas. Circa la stessa soluzione che oggi Jaguar sbandiera come novità tecnologica e che Octane ha sempre applaudito come vera innovazione.
The Century Gas Turbine Hybrid was a Toyota Century with a GT45 gas turbine and electric motor, shown as a concept vehicle at the 1975 Tokyo Motor Show.[12]
A GT45 gas turbine engine was mounted in a Toyota Century, one of the few Toyotas with an engine bay big enough. The engine was connected to an electrical generator connected to 20 batteries of 12 V each, which then drove two electric motors, one motor for the front left wheel and the second motor for the right front wheel.[1] Using kerosene, 160 km/h (99 mph) could be reached and 120 km/h (75 mph) could be reached using the batteries alone.
The Century was first trialled in this manner in 1971 but not shown to the public until 1975. A similar system was trialled from 1971 on some Toyota buses.
Another version of the engine was shown at the 1977 Tokyo Motor Show (GT24),[13] at the 1979 Tokyo Motor Show (in the Sports 800 Gas Turbine Hybrid) and another at the 1985 Tokyo Motor Show (Gas Turbine II in the Toyota GTV).[14]