Isolation Device in Hybrid Electric Vehicles Application - white paper

The global market demand for hybrid-electric vehicles (HEVs) will grow approximately twenty percent annually through 2010[1]. The popularity of these fuel-efficient vehicles is driven by erratic fuel prices, increased emissions regulations by different countries and lowering cost disparities between HEV and gasoline vehicles. Most of the world's developed countries' governments are encouraging the adoption of alternative vehicle technology to reduce the reliance on gasoline worldwide, as well as support programs to cut pollutions.. By doing so, different world government agencies are providing incentives or subsidies in the form of tax deductions, tax credits, free tolls, or smog-inspection exemptions to use alternative "environmental friendly" vehicles. The HEV top markets will come from the US, Western Europe and Japan, with China, Korea increasing their hybrid market. Based on a report from Strategy Analytics[2], demand for hybrid vehicles will grow from 335,000 cars in 2005 to over 3 million cars in 2013, representing 4% of worldwide vehicle production. This shows a high increase in demand for the electronic parts for the hybrid vehicle.