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How Hybrid Cars Work

            Have you pulled your car up to the gas pump lately and been shocked by the high price of gasoline? As the pump clicked past $20 or $30, maybe you thought about trading in that SUV for something that gets better mileage. Or maybe you're worried that your car is contributing to the greenhouse effect. Or maybe you just want to have the coolest car on the block. .
             The 2000 Honda Insight hybrid electric car .
             The auto industry now has the technology that might answer all of these needs. It's the hybrid car, and a few manufacturers are selling their versions in the United States. You're probably aware of hybrid cars because they've been in the news a lot. In fact, most automobile manufacturers have announced plans to manufacture their own versions -- you can even expect some hybrid SUVs to hit the streets this year. .
             How does a hybrid automobile work? What goes on under the hood to give you 20 or 30 more miles per gallon than the standard automobile? And does it pollute less just because it gets better gas mileage? In this article, we'll help you understand how this amazing technology works. We'll show you what is going on in the Toyota and Honda hybrids, and even give you some advice about how to drive one for maximum efficiency! .
             Have you pulled your car up to the gas pump lately and been shocked by the high price of gasoline? As the pump clicked past $20 or $30, maybe you thought about trading in that SUV for something that gets better mileage. Or maybe you're worried that your car is contributing to the greenhouse effect. Or maybe you just want to have the coolest car on the block. .
             The 2000 Honda Insight hybrid electric car .
             The auto industry now has the technology that might answer all of these needs. It's the hybrid car, and a few manufacturers are selling their versions in the United States. You're probably aware of hybrid cars because they've been in the news a lot. In fact, most automobile manufacturers have announced plans to manufacture their own versions -- you can even expect some hybrid SUVs to hit the streets this year.


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1. Overview of Popular Hybrid Cars

In year 2002, hybrid cars became common in the marketplace and more hybrid cars were developed over the few years. ... Department of Energy, 2012) When those numbers are multiplied over the lifetime of the cars, how would it affect the environment? ... (Steele, 2010) Hybrid cars have its downside. ... Hybrid cars have a higher center of gravity, and it affects how the car drives. ... These cars may have higher maintenance cost since hybrid technology is more complex and not all automotive technicians are trained to work on hybrid cars. ...

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2. Today's Hybrid Technology

None of them ever paid the slightest attention to the reliability of the cars hybrid system, or how far the car will even go but all of that has changed. ... This is shown in one of their hybrid cars, the 2014 Honda Accord. ... They're showing how durable their new car is on the circuit at full potential. ... Even thought the gas powered cars are capable of doing 400+ laps the hybrids Porsche has develop show how much effort is put in developing the cars hybrid system and how durable it is on the track. ... While testing, Porsche's hybrid technology shows the endurance and durability...

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3. Hybrid vs. Gas

I only need to fill my car up once or twice a month; already I've saved a lot of money," said Bradley Berman who recently purchased a hybrid car(Hybrid Cars). ... Hybrid cars don't have nearly the same power as a gas powered car. ... Hybrids are very new so very few mechanics know how to fix one. ... Safety is also a concern with hybrid cars. In order for carmakers to make hybrids have such high fuel efficiency, they have to make the cars smaller, and the smaller the car is, the less safe it is (How Hybrids Work). ...

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4. The Advantages of Electric Automobiles

Some of those tricks will help any type of car get better mileage, and some only apply to a hybrid. ... A hybrid car can capture some of this energy and store it in the battery to use later. ... (Electric Cars) That is, instead of just using the brakes to stop the car, the electric motor that drives the hybrid can also slow the car. ... (Electric Cars) Use advanced aerodynamics to reduce drag-When you are driving on the freeway, most of the work your engine does goes into pushing the car through the air. ... Think of how a big SUV has to push a much greater area through the air than a tin...

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5. Hybrid-Electric Cars and the Impact on the Environment

Electric cars were neat, but when you learn much about them, you realize how limited they are in power and how long it takes to charge them, but hybrids were different. ... Hybrid Engines just seemed so far away, like something out of a science fiction book, the ideal car. ... Even if gasoline stayed the same price, it is conceivable for me to get over twice as much gas mileage per gallon with these hybrid cars. ... On the local level, some employees carpool, in other words take turns driving to work. ... Most of those that are traveling to work, however, don't take advantage of th...

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6. Oil

ls, but they do not work at night and are not able to travel as fast or as far as an internal combustion car. Another type of car is the hybrid car. ... Hybrid cars use less gasoline than most cars, but we need to develop a car that uses no gasoline at all. ... This paper describes how fuel cell vehicles will reduce our dependence upon oil and help to eliminate the pollution caused by internal combustion engines. ... When these problems are worked out, fuel cells will become a popular alternative to in! ...

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7. Film Documentary - Who Killed the Electric Car?

The documentary is set in the 1990's during the infancy of electric and hybrid car technology. ... In fact it shows just how small the consumer base for the vehicle really was. ... One of the most outrageous claims is made by one of the interviewee's, Chelsea Sexton a former Saturn distributor that was assigned to work with the EV1. ... The film claims that GM did this in order to keep the public from finding out how good of a vehicle it was. ... Why did it take so long for the American automakers to adapt electric and hybrid drivetrains to their vehicles? ...

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8. Electric Vehicles

(Barbara Whitener 9) Despite these advantages electric cars have not been widely adapted yet because they are not able to compete with gasoline powered cars. ... Today's electric cars come standard with regenerative breaking. ... At the moment Honda only leases the car. ... One EV enthusiast reports, If forced to choose between Honda's admittedly utilitarian toaster-on-wheels and GM's stylishly sculpted work of electric art, I?... The rest can be adapted to the market and how it shifts. ...

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9. Jesus' Coming to America

Even people in the South are rude, seldom stopping to say, "Hi, how are you doing?". ... He heard of the new cars coming out that are called hybrids. The hybrid cars use gas and electric technology. ... It could take a lot of time to phase out all of the non-hybrid cars though. ... Jesus thought he could get with the car dealers to see if they would offer an incentive for trading in a car that uses a lot of gas for a hybrid. ...

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