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Lightning Hybrid’s Hydraulic Hybrid System is designed for light- and medium-duty fleet vehicles such as work trucks and vans, shuttle buses, delivery vehicles, utility vehicles and more. The technology is a simple and effective configuration of a hydraulic pump coupled to the driveline via a belt and clutch. This parallel hybrid system weighs less than 450 pounds and can deliver up to a 40 percent improvement in fuel economy, depending on the amount of braking during a normal drive cycle. The pump and accumulator store braking energy, and upon acceleration, the pump becomes a motor that uses the stored energy in the accumulator to provide torque to power the wheels. The large fuel efficiency gains are achieved by regenerating the braking energy that is normally lost to heat, and using this energy instead of (and in addition to, if needed) the internal combustion engine for acceleration.  LHI's Hydraulic Hybrid Upfit The Lightning Hybrids system includes revolutionary technology that includes significant intellectual property that includes a hydraulic pump and motor, a patent-penting Power Transfer Unit and proprietary accumulator system, a Valve block and Lightning Hybrids’ proprietary control system, brackets and associated certified hoses.
In addition to the demonstrated fuel and carbon savings there are other advantages to this type of hybrid system:
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Hybrid Hydraulic Drivetrains
Braking energy is stored in hydraulic accumulators (high pressure tanks with nitrogen bladders that support pressures of up to 5,000 pounds per square inch) and the secondary motor system is a high-efficiency, high torque hydraulic motor/generator. Acceleration and Braking Cycles
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Hydraulic Hybrids
