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Is it time to buy a new car? You may want to consider a purchase that will address your future needs of our environment as well as your personal economy. Instead of the gas guzzling cars of the past, you may want to consider a fuel saving car of the future. Of course I mean a Hybrid car.
Every time there is a rise in gas prices,added to the already expensive gasoline price, It must make you think about a vehicle that offers better consumption and economy. If you are also concerned about polluting the atmosphere, it is time to perhaps consider switching over from the gasoline engined car to newer ones using alternate fuels, for transportation.
Automobile manufacturers have already started to design and market Hybrid cars. Some have added committed lines of production in their plants to produce only Hybrid cars.
This points to a future that will be using alternative powered vehicles. A future that creates less pollution through vehicles by integrating latest Hybrid technology in their manufacturing.
Since Hybrid cars offer high fuel efficiency and less or no polluting emissions, the future of the automobile industry would appear to rest on Hybrid vehicles. Honda and Toyota are already considered leaders of the pack when it comes to producing Hybrid cars, many of which are already on the market.
Hybrid cars run by sourcing power from a gasoline engine and an electric motor. This innovation can help to cut your fuel consumption by half. Such economy is sure to persuade you to purchase a Hybrid. You however need to understand or at least get a rough idea as to how a Hybrid car works.
Hybrid cars have two engines, an electric motor and a gas powered engine. When your car is idling, that is,not in motion but with the engine is running, the gasoline engine will automatically switch off and allow the engine to run on electricity.
When the accelerator pedal is stepped on, the gasoline engine will automatically switch on again and use fuel to power the vehicle. This means that your car is not using up precious gasoline in traffic jams, at signals, or in any other situation when the car is not moving. It will simply run off the electric motor.
When the car is moving, both the gasoline engine and the electric motor will share the work of powering the vehicle. This is why Hybrid cars emit much less pollutants than conventional cars that use gasoline exclusively.
Other car makers are all working to develop and offer their own versions the Hybrid car. Some have already shown their concept Hybrid cars and are on their way to producing and marketing them as well. It would certainly appear that the Hybrid is the car of the future.
Apart from enabling you to save on fuel costs, Hybrid cars will also enable you to contribute less pollution to the environment. In the very near future, more and more people will change over to Hybrids thus helping in reduction of consumption of expensive and finite supply of oil as well as helping to create a healthier environment.