Peugeot HYmotion3: Hi-Tech Trike
Peugeot Press Release - 6/October/2008
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Peugeot HYmotion3
The electric motors are located inside the wheels
It looks like a scooter - with a roof
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Paris, France — Occupying a half-way house between the world of the scooter and the
car, the HYmotion3 compressor is a highly original proposal designed to
facilitate urban mobility. Attractive thanks to its dynamic,
streamlined and futuristic style; it is an interesting concept
combining numerous benefits (size, safety and comfort) with “HYmotion”
hybrid/petrol technology. This new generation technology creates a
three wheel drive vehicle, benefiting safety and driveability and
combining economy with an environmentally-friendly specification (CO2
emissions of only 47 g/km in the combined cycle, zero in electric only
mode).
The HYmotion3 compressor concept is a means of transport with no
affiliation to a particular type of vehicle. With its three wheels and
its streamlined body, it is something of a missing link between two
worlds which to date are quite distinct: that of the scooter and that
of the car. With an electric motor in each of its two front wheels,
coupled at the rear with a petrol engine, it brings into play very
innovative hybrid technologies allowing each of its wheels to provide
motive power.
In a world of intensifying urban traffic where everyone is trying to
save time, where oil prices are skyrocketing and the environment is
more than ever a priority, design departments are vying in ingenuity to
develop solutions for the future.
Giving full rein to their creativity and expertise, two separate
Peugeot teams converged on a similar idea and finally worked in tandem
to develop a particularly original project: the HYmotion3 compressor.
This “concept car”, or rather “concept scooter”, is based on the
extensive experience of Peugeot Motorcycles, specialists in the scooter
field, as well as the creativity and innovative capabilities of
stylists and engineers working for Automobiles Peugeot.
To create this concept, Peugeot was able to draw on its extensive
experience in the world of transportation enabling each individual,
according to their age or their needs, to choose from among the
Marque’s cycles, motorcycles and cars.
This vehicle offers an ideal mix of the benefits of a scooter and particular characteristics of a car.
Its design is based on three wheels for maximum stability, safety and
driveability. Its width of 82 cm enables it to thread a path through
urban traffic with all the efficiency of a two-wheeler. The front
windscreen extends to the rear of the vehicle to form a highly
effective shield against bad weather for the rider and passenger.
In addition, regulations in France allow the vehicle to be driven with
a B licence only, giving it a wide range of potential customers.
Finally, this vehicle incorporates HYmotion technology, also featured
on other concept-cars in the Peugeot exhibition space at the Paris
Motor Show. This new generation hybrid technology incorporates the
supercharged petrol engine already featured in the Peugeot Satelis
scooter. With a power of 15kW (20 bhp) driving the rear wheel, it is
combined with two electric motors, each with an output of 3kW, located
in the front wheels.
This configuration develops a maximum power of 21kW (29 bhp) for a
particularly low fuel consumption of 2.0 litres/100 km and CO2
emissions of 47g/km in the combined cycle, or 0 in electric only mode.
The design of the HYmotion3 compressor, with its three wheel drive,
provides positive
benefits for both safety and drivability.
Thanks to its extreme hybridisation, the HYmotion3 compressor concept
creates a new benchmark in terms of safety (improved traction and
braking), practicality and environmental-friendliness, offering
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