FABRICATION OF AN OFFROAD HYBRID VEHICLE

The main aim of our project is to hybridize off road vehicles such as tractors, tillers and other agricultural, military and commercial off road vehicles. Our system is based on the principle that vehicles need more torque while starting from stand still condition. Therefore, the vehicle automatically pulls lots of fuel from the tank during the start. Hence, we can understand that the total load on the vehicle in the first gear is the highest when compared to all the loads at all other gears. The hybrid system in our vehicle aims to reduce this load at the start. This is achieved by setting up a high torque dc motor. Thus at the start the motor runs along with the engine and reduces load on the engine. By doing this the petrol consumption by the engine at the start can be reduced. This system can also be made to run completely to support the engine at all gears so that the motor shares some of the load and engine’s fuel consumption reduces.