... batteries while the car is using gasoline. If a person stops at some traffic lights, the car turns off the engine and runs off the battery that is in the car and once the car reaches 20 mph it turns the gasoline engine part of the car back on. This not saves in the amount of energy being used by the car but ... saving gas. In addition by using the batteries to accelerate the car after stopping, the car is able to gain even better acceleration than using gasoline. The use of a smaller engine by hybrid cars saves space and significantly reduces the weight of the car allowing for better mi...

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