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The Hybrid Car
As more and more people begin to worry about the environment, many are choosing to buy a vehicle that not only gets good gas mileage, but is also good for the environment. While a fully-functioning, mass-produced electric car will not be available until 2011, the hybrid car has been around for many years now.
The hybrid car combines an internal combustion engine with an electric propulsion system. Thanks to the electric power train, there is better fuel economy with hybrid vehicles.
Hybrid vehicles first started appearing in the mid-2000s, and the Toyota Prius has proven to be one of the most popular cars of the entire decade.
Some hybrid vehicles use regenerative braking, which takes the energy of the vehicle and turns it into electric energy rather than wasting the energy. Other hybrids use the combustion engine to spin the electric generator so that the batteries can be recharged, or so that the electric drive motors can be powered.
Hybrid vehicles were not overly popular in the early-2000s because gas was still low-priced. However, as gas prices began to increase, hybrid cars became more and more popular. By 2007, there were one million hybrid cars sold by Toyota , and by 2009 hybrids were found in 50 countries with two million hybrids in existence.
The Toyota Prius is the most popular hybrid vehicle on Earth, with 1.43 million in existence as of 2009. In addition, many American automakers are making the decision to push their own hybrid vehicles in an effort to capitalize on the new and changing auto market.
If you are worried about the environment, they you should look at getting a hybrid. Hybrids get an amazing amount of mileage out of one tank of gas, and that means you save money and save the environment at the same time. The Toyota Prius being released in 2010 is going to get 51 miles per gallon, which is an amazing amount of fuel efficiency. As well, hybrids are very quiet, which helps to eliminate noise pollution in many areas, especially in cities. The pollution released by hybrid vehicles is much less than that of conventional vehicles. With more and more hybrid vehicles becoming popular, there is a good chance that we will see emissions beginning to fall around the world.
If you need to drive, and you need a vehicle, then you should go for a hybrid. You are helping the environment by reducing emissions, and you are helping your wallet by reducing how much gas you buy.