There has been a lot of discussion and action in the direction of saving and not using wastefully the planet?s energy resources. Car manufacturers have also adopted this ?healthy? position and most of them have already done things to become green. One of these things that makes car manufacturers green is that they have adjusted [...]

Honda hybrid models became available on the market in 1990?s and they were introduced in the United States in 1999. The model called Honda Insight was the first one that became available to us buyers and soon Toyota Prius followed Honda?s model. Apparently Honda hybrid models are not sold as well as the Toyota ones [...]

Which is the best hybrid car ever made so far? Who can point to a hybrid vehicle and say this is the best hybrid car? Well, if you really want to make a difference, let me tell you this is something very difficult to do. Just think about the competition in the car industry. Each [...]

A hybrid car is a vehicle that uses two or even more distinct sources of power in order to get propelled. Among the power sources for a hybrid car there are gasoline or diesel fuel, on-board or out-board rechargeable energy storage systems (RESS), hydrogen, wind, compressed or liquid natural gas, solar, coal, wood or other [...]

Hybrid electric vehicles are automobiles which make use of a combination of conventional propulsion systems and rechargeable energy storage systems (RESS). The purpose for combining these two different power sources is to achieve improved fuel economy in hybrid electric vehicles compared to the conventional cars and trucks. Moreover hybrid electric vehicles incorporate propulsion systems in [...]

Everybody knows that for some time now there has been a worldwide preoccupation for the environment. Among the efforts made in the preservation of the natural world interest in particular has been awaken in so far as pollution and saving the planet?s energy sources are concerned. Therefore important steps have been made in this direction [...]

With the Saturn Vue Hybrid, General Motors started a green line that aimed first and foremost at being accessible. According to the manufacturer, the model is actually the most economical hybrid car in its category. One of the specificities of this motor is the way it receives gasoline: the fuel is sent directly to the [...]

What is a hybrid engine? What are the functioning principles of a hybrid engine? The hybrid engine is typically described as an engine with two sources of energy: thus, on the one hand there is the gas part and on the other, there is an electrical battery that supports the gas system. Through this combination, [...]