Claimed To Be The Only One, This Is The Excellence Of The Latest Hybrid Boxer Machine Developed By Subaru

The newest hybrid boxer engine designed by Subaru. (Doc. Subaru)

JAKARTA The global automotive industry is in a transitional trend to complete electrification. However, a number of manufacturers are trying to try to maintain the combustion engine (ICE) while reducing the amount of carbon emissions.

One of them was done by Subaru. Together with Toyota and Mazda, this manufacturer explains how decarbonization can be achieved without having to switch to electric vehicles (EVs).

Subaru found a way to keep ICE machines alive in next-generation hybrid systems. The manufacturer shows a boxer prototype engine that has been embedded in a camouflaged Crosstrack. This configuration relies on a parallel system where the engine and motor power the vehicle.

The new series of layouts will maintain a mechanical relationship between ICE and wheels but combustion engines will also serve as generators to power batteries that power electric motors.

Subaru argues that this machine brings important benefits not only in terms of fuel savings but also in packaging. Machines, hybrid systems, transmissions, and case transfers are all placed together while power control units are located in the engine room, without affecting the size of the fuel tank.

This also makes it easier for engineers and technicians of Subaru to install larger fuel tanks in order to get a longer reach.

If in the previous hybrid system it was placed behind that made the tank have to be minimized, this latest arrangement made Subaru maintain the same size of the tank as a purely fueled car.

"If you just want efficiency, a horizontally opposite machine (boxer) is not always the best choice. But what would Subaru be without this machine? Think about it, we are the only mass market brand that makes different machines at this time," said Chief Technology Officer Subarumas Fujinuki, quoted from Motor1, Friday, June 7th.

The manufacturer based in Tokyo, Japan plans to start production of this hybrid boxer engine in the fall at the Kitamoto factory, Saitama. In addition to maintaining the combustion engine, Subaru also designed this machine by driving all wheels that have become the trademark of the brand.