| For most of us these days there's so much publicity | | | | a team. |
| & news coverage over the Green House Effect | | | | The Parallel hybrid, just like the Series hybrid, uses both |
| that maybe you've been thinking about how much | | | | a gas and electric engine. Even though the Parallel and |
| your car contributes to this and wish to help the | | | | Series hybrids are similarly configured physically, they |
| environment. Or maybe you are sick and tired of | | | | are distinctively different in terms of operation. The big |
| paying high gas prices and want to buy a car that is | | | | difference is that, in the Parallel hybrid, both the gasoline |
| better on gas. Whether you want to help the | | | | and electric engines can be used to start and stop the |
| environment, or want to cut down on how much you | | | | car. The other difference is that the electric engine in a |
| spend on gas, the hybrid car is a great solution. | | | | Parallel hybrid is only used to boost the power of the |
| What is hybrid car? | | | | vehicle when needed. Parallel hybrid cars are more |
| Hybrid cars are autos that run efficiently on both fuel | | | | fuel efficient than are the Series hybrid cars. |
| (normally gasoline) and electric energy. The | | | | How does the hybrid car increase fuel efficiency? |
| combination of using fuel and electric energy makes | | | | Hybrid cars are made up of lightweight materials. Thus, |
| hybrid cars both environmentally-friendly and | | | | the load on the hybrid car is greatly reduced. Because |
| cost-efficient. | | | | of the lightweight materials, the car doesn't require as |
| The vast majority of hybrid cars are powered by two | | | | much fuel to move. Also, the tires of hybrid cars are |
| different engines: a gasoline engine and an electric | | | | firmer than are those found on regular cars. |
| engine. The gasoline engine is responsible for starting | | | | Since the gasoline is burnt at a low level in hybrid cars, |
| and stopping the car, while the electric engine is | | | | it produces lower toxic emissions than those produced |
| responsible for actually making the car move. By using | | | | by conventional vehicles. Green house emissions, as |
| the two engines in this way, the car is not totally | | | | we previously mentioned, are a real threat to the |
| dependent on gasoline. This, in turn, cuts down on the | | | | environment. Hybrid vehicles, because they release |
| environmental pollution & the amount & | | | | less carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, cause far |
| therefore cost of gas used. | | | | less pollution than regular cars do. In fact, some studies |
| Types of Hybrid cars | | | | have shown that hybrid cars can reduce the |
| If you've done research on hybrid cars on the Internet, | | | | greenhouse gas emissions by as much as fifty |
| you've probably seen that there are two types of | | | | percent, and tailpipe emissions by as much as ninety |
| hybrid cars currently available. These are the Series | | | | percent. |
| hybrid car and the Parallels hybrid car. There are slight | | | | To sum up, hybrid cars are much more economical |
| differences between the two types of hybrid cars, | | | | because they consume fifty to sixty percent less fuel |
| which we will go over here. | | | | than regular vehicles do. Also, they are very |
| With the Series type of hybrid car, the gasoline engine | | | | environmentally-friendly. The only drawback to hybrid |
| is used to start and stop the car. Then, when the car | | | | cars is that currently they tend to be a bit more |
| reaches a specific speed, the electric engine | | | | expensive than traditional cars to initially purchase.. |
| automatically takes over. Also, in the Series type of | | | | However, this will change over time because more |
| hybrid car, the gas engine is used to charge the | | | | people will purchase hybrid vehicles due to the benefits |
| batteries of the electric engine. With the Series type of | | | | and the pressures placed upon Governments to |
| hybrid car, both engines never really work together as | | | | reduce pollution. |