.The HYBRID SYNERGY DRIVE

A hybrid system combines different power sources to
maximize each one’s strengths, while compensating for each other’s shortcomings. A gasoline-electric hybrid system, for example, combines an internal combustion engine’s high-speed power with the clean efficiency and low-speed torque of an electric motor that never needs to be plugged in.

The HYBRID SYNERGY DRIVE power unit integrates the advantages of an electric motor and a gas/petrol engine.
It is not merely a package that has an electric motor and a gas/petrol engine on board.
Toyota applied cutting edge technologies based on latest research to integrate dual power sources in the most ideal way.

Ordinary powertrains waste energy at stoplights, during braking, and all other times the engine is not running at optimum speed under ideal load conditions. By reducing energy wastage and applying energy more efficiently, a hybrid system can simultaneously double fuel economy, slash emissions, provide quiet operation and deliver “fun to drive” performance.
New-generation Prius,
This contains an inverter that converts DC from the battery into AC for driving the motor. Its high-voltage power circuit raises the power supply to 500V, up from 274V in Toyota’s first-generation hybrid system.