Упр. 14. Выполните письменный перевод следующего текста. Toyota has named its gasoline-electric hybrid car Prius

Toyota has named its gasoline-electric hybrid car Prius. The Prius is Japan’s first, and one of the world’s first, series production internal-combustion engine/electric motor-driven passenger cars. Prius, according to Toyota, means “pioneering” in Latin. The Prius employs a parallel hybrid system, using both the internal combustion engine and electric motor for propulsion. Toyota, by the way, preceded the Prius with a series hybrid vehicle, an electrically driven mini bus. The main purpose of its gasoline engine is generating electricity and recharging the batteries. The engine 1 NZ-FXE has dual overhead camshaft, 16 valves, inline four cylinders and it was designed for the hybrid application. It is an extremely compact unit to be installed inline with the electric motor and CVT. The VVT-1 improves low- and middle-speed torque and fuel economy, and reduces exhaust emissions and minimizes power train vibrations during engine start-up (the vehicle normally moves off on electric power, and the engine comes in when accelerating.

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