Rising oil prices have given rise to more fuel efficient hybrid cars
as a viable solution to an impending crisis. Many automobile manufacturers have
taken an initiative by launching fuel efficient hybrid cars that are also more
environment friendly.
Since the invention of the automobile, auto
makers have been devising better vehicles to both save fuel while increasing
their efficiency. The majority of the cars today run on gasoline while some
cars and heavy vehicles run on diesel. The rising cost of fuel combined with
the increased awareness of environmental pollution are the driving forces
behind hybid cars.
Some have suggested the electric car could be an
answer to those concerns. In an electric car, batteries supply electricity to
an electric motor, which in turn runs the car. However, the electric cars have
some limitations. They do not offer speed and are not good for long drives
because they would require recharging after 80-100 miles. In the end, hybrid
cars are far better than the electric cars.
The most obvious advantage of hybrid cars is that it's fuel
efficient and provides better fuel economy. Hybrid cars are fuel efficient and
have cheaper running cost when compared to gasoline run cars. For example, you
can drive about 20 to 30 more miles per gallon than a regular gasoline car.
This results in extra savings on your monthly gasoline bills and a reduction in
the flow of U.S. dollars to the Middle East for oil.
A hybrid car
runs on gasoline and an electric motor.
Hybrid cars offer an
ingenious way of overcoming the problems associated with conventional gasoline
powered cars. Hybrid cars offer fuel economy because the engine of a hybrid car
is a combination of a regular gasoline run engine and an electric motor. It
makes use of the best features of the two and gives the hybrid cars a definite
edge over normal gasoline run automobiles.
Hybrid cars have a dual mode
with both a gasoline engine and an electric motor powered by batteries to take
over once the car is in motion. The energy generated from braking and
deceleration is used to charge the batteries. Additionally, the engine of
hybrid cars is shut immediately when the car is stopped. This fuel efficient
combination saves on fuel cost because they consume less fuel as compared to
non hybrid automobiles.
In addition to the benefits already discussed, hybrid cars are
environmental friendly because of the reduced emission of carbon dioxide and
other harmful gases into the atmosphere. Hybrid cars may be the answer to the
problems of global warming, climatic changes, and rising fuel prices.
We
are consuming fossil fuels at such a rate that soon we could be in a position
where we will run out of our energy resources. The biggest consumer of oil is
the conventional gasoline powered automobile. The internal combustion engine of
the conventional car is not energy efficient and can rightly be called an oil
guzzler. The excessive fuel consumption not only hits the wallet of the user
but also disturbs the ecological balance by emission of harmful gases into the
atmosphere.
The common solution for both the energy consumption and
atmospheric pollution problems is a hybrid car. The hybrid car is more fuel
efficient reducing both the overall cost of fuel and reducing the amount
pollution in the atmosphere.
Hybrid cars are the fuel efficient
vehicle for the future and thereby the experts foresee a bright
future of hybrid cars in 2008 and
beyond.
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