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Monday, August 2, 2010

How Hybrid Cars Work

 By: Essam Almajid

     In the article “How Hybrid Cars Work”, Karim Nice and Julia Layton discuss how these peculiar vehicles work. They also touch upon the prices at the gas pump and how it is more efficient to own a hybrid. Large vehicles of a bygone era used to consume fuel by the foot, rather than the mile, figuratively speaking. Today, hybrid cars can get 40 miles to the gallon or more. This is a remarkable feat when when consider that the obscenely huge Hummer H2 only gets 8-12 miles per gallon.

    Essentially, a hybrid vehicle works as it sounds. It is a combination of two power sources. The is an electric battery that you can charge and run your vehicle off of, or you can alternate with the fuel tank. This is an identical concept to GE’s GEVO locomotives, which transport millions of tons of goods each year on our railway tracks. Hybrid vehicles are changing the way our planet moves. In fact, with conversion that our planet is making towards hybrid vehicles, our environment will also come to benefit from the decision over the long term. Perhaps our children will get to see glacier’s in Glacier National Park, or be able to enjoy the Brazilian rainforest someday. Below is a picture that shows how the “hybridization” of a vehicle works.

2 comments:

  1. Never before, we thought about the invention of hybrid cars, this is just the beginning. After hybrid cars, we can also be ready for more new modern inventions. But first, we should know how hybrid vehicle works. This article describes the whole facts about hybrid vehicles and how it works. Thanks for such a wonderful article.
    Jaguar Specialist San Francisco, CA

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  2. Hybrid vehicles are having huge demand in market as if it is pollution free. It is having a good quality lighting and visibility. Hybrid cars are having features such as cruise control, automatic headlights, HD radio, Bluetooth connectivity, rain sensing wipers and fuel consumption is low also. Hybrid cars have anti lock brakes and airbags which help from the any type of accident or sudden brakes. It uses low cost of gasoline and pressurized fluid power source, along with a conventional internal combustion.

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