| The Hybrid Electric Vehicle (HEV) also known as the | | | | works, a spin in one with a full tank to compare results |
| hybrid car is quite the economic wonder. Even as a | | | | in terms of mileage and distance would be required. |
| work in constant progress, the Hybrid Electric Vehicle | | | | Definitely, you will see a lot of difference in vehicles |
| technology has truly done a lot to improve the | | | | running on electric motors. Going long distances is |
| gas-dependence situation. Hybrid cars has also saved | | | | achieved in the way how a hybrid car operates. |
| consumers from having to spend so much on fossil | | | | Generally-speaking, there are 3 technologies that |
| fuels and has even helped save some taxpayer | | | | allows this to happen. |
| money. | | | | The first technology in hybrid cars is known as the |
| So what is it under the hood that is creating all these | | | | regenerative braking. This includes an electric engine |
| wondrous things that seem to improve the lifestyle of | | | | that applies resistance to the drive train which, in turn, |
| the average consumer? Let's take a look at how | | | | causes the wheels to stop or to slow down. The |
| hybrid cars work. | | | | energy from the wheels turns the engine which in real |
| A Combination | | | | time acts as a generator and transforms the energy |
| It's all in the keyword, "hybrid." A hybrid car simply | | | | wasted during coasting and braking into electricity. This |
| brings out all the best in fuel economy and | | | | electricity is then reserved and stored in the battery |
| consumption and in the electrical power under the | | | | until it is required by other functions in the electric |
| hood. By combining both a gas engine and an electrical | | | | motor. |
| motor, the combination allows the vehicle to switch | | | | The next technology is known as elect motor assist |
| back and forth between these two energy sources. | | | | and it provides additional power to assist the engine in |
| However, the usual case is that a hybrid car really | | | | acceleration like when speeding up or ascending. This |
| depends primarily on the battery and electrical motors | | | | means that the smaller engine (electric motor) is used |
| to run the whole thing. | | | | and is more efficient than an internal combustion |
| So what is the gas for? Well, the vehicle will still need | | | | engine that requires and burns a lot of gas. |
| fuel to run a motor that charges the battery which in | | | | Another hybrid car technology is the automatic start |
| turn runs the whole car. But the beauty of this set up is | | | | and shutdown. When a hybrid car stops for a stoplight, |
| that not much fuel is needed to charge up those | | | | the whole engine shuts down as well. This helps the |
| batteries; thus, hybrid cars really only need so much | | | | engine in conserving energy and fuel from running idle. |
| fuel to fill their significantly smaller gas tanks and | | | | When the vehicle is accelerated again, the engine |
| therefore it saves people from having to spend so | | | | automatically starts up. When combined, these three |
| much money on gas. | | | | hybrid technologies create a vehicle that is simply to |
| The Distance | | | | reckon with! |
| To fully comprehend and appreciate how a hybrid car | | | | |