About Hybrid Cars

Hybrid cars are gaining popularity all over the world. Environmentally-conscious people are embracing the importance of hybrid car ownership to the environment. More and more car makers are jumping into the bandwagon to manufacture and improve the hybrid cars to make them more reliable and further improve fuel efficiency while making them more affordable.

Function

Hybrid cars make use of two types of engines, the gas powered engine and an electric motor with battery pack. Combined, these two can provide higher mileage while keeping exhaust emissions low. Hybrid cars are fuel efficient, providing up to 30 miles per gallon additional gas mileage. It is also environmentally-friendly because of low emissions.

Invented

Evolution

The electric cars slowly disappeared by 1925 due partly to the cheaper petrol alternative and ICE (internal combustion engine) automobile mass production by Ford Corporation. Hybrid cars re-appeared again from 1960s to the 1970s brought about by the Arab oil embargo. Victor Wouk manufactured a hybrid car in the 1960s; he combined the low-emission benefits of an electric car with the power of a gasoline. This happened 30 years before the introduction of the Toyota Prius in the 1990s to the American market.

Features

Benefits

A hybrid car owner saves on gas since it is fuel-efficient. It is also environmentally-friendly due to low fuel emissions. A hybrid car owner enjoys tax breaks depending upon how fuel-efficient the car is and how much gas savings can the car save in its lifetime. Car makers are finding more ways to improve on the fuel-efficiency of hybrid cars and lower down costs of purchasing one.