| A hybrid car is a vehicle that uses two or even more | | | | many others. A gas-electric hybrid car usually takes |
| distinct sources of power in order to get propelled. | | | | its power from an internal combustion engine |
| There are all sorts of alternative power sources | | | | (gasoline or diesel engine) and an electric battery. |
| among which we can count wind, natural gas in liquid | | | | The origins of the hybrid car are to be found in the |
| or compressed form, rechargeable units, wood, coal | | | | early 1900s when David Arthurs created the first |
| and the like. The term hybrid car or vehicle is used | | | | hybrid ever. Other than the combination of gas |
| most frequently to refer to hybrid electric vehicles | | | | engine and electric motor, there are other propulsion |
| (HEVs) in which an internal combustion engine is | | | | sources used, but for a single engine only. These are |
| combined with one or more electric motors. | | | | also considered by some people to be similar to the |
| As pointed out in the lines above, the range of hybrid | | | | hybrid car. Actually the latter should be more |
| vehicles is more extended than the category of | | | | appropriately called dual mode vehicles (electric |
| simple cars. Mopeds and electric bicycles make the | | | | trolleybuses, dual mode buses, flexible-fuel vehicles, |
| most relevant of examples here. These are the | | | | etc). |
| simplest forms of hybrid vehicles. They combine the | | | | A hybrid car presents a number of advantages from |
| power from an internal combustion engine or electric | | | | the environmental perspective and there are two |
| motor with the power of the rider's muscles. The | | | | sides to consider here. First of all, you get to do |
| heavy hybrids cover the industrial or supply vehicles | | | | something for the environment and humankind, but |
| such as ships, hydraulic machines, buses, locomotives | | | | you also save money on fuel. There is a triple |
| and so on. Usually, the term hybrid car-vehicle is used | | | | combination of factors that make the design of a |
| to refer to hybrid electric vehicles. This category | | | | hybrid car so appropriate for our times: first there is |
| includes the following types of automotives: AHS2 | | | | the combination gas-electricity, secondly, the battery |
| (Chevrolet Tahoe, GMC Yukon, Chevrolet Silverado, | | | | comes with a high storage capacity, and thirdly, the |
| Cadillac Escalade, Saturn Vue), Toyota Prius, Ford | | | | kinetic energy wasted by braking is recuperated and |
| Escape Hybrid, Toyota Highlander Hybrid, Toyota | | | | reused. |
| Camry Hybrid, Honda Civic Hybrid, Honda Insight and | | | | |