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Electric Hybrid Car - An Introduction

Tuesday, June 30th, 2009
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An electric hybrid car is a vehicle that runs relying on two system: the conventional one everyone knows using propulsion and the new technology one using energy that is stored and that can be recharged. The purpose of such a vehicle is to be economical in terms of fuel consume. The energy storage of the electric hybrid car is lengthened because more energy can be generated and captured either through the regenerative braking system or through internal combustion and the electrical generator. This power is either stored in the battery or simply sent to the electric motor that is responsible for setting the vehicle into motion. The motor of such a car is much smaller than that of a regular fuel vehicle and thus, the car is more efficient.

Many users have started recommending the electric hybrid car along with its producers as it is most efficient especially while driving through the city. The fuel consume is very much reduced if we were to compare this car with a regular model and this is due to three important systems that are activated. The first is that which reduces wasted energy during low output and this is achieved if you turn the internal combustion engine off. The second is the system based on which energy is captured through regenerative braking. The third aspect that makes the electric hybrid car more fuel efficient is that it relies on a smaller internal combustion engine while adding power from the electric motor to compensate.

Another advantage of the electric hybrid car models is noise reduction. The electric motor is more silent than the internal combustion one and thus our health is better protected by this hybrid system. However some people do not like this aspect concerning noise reduction believing that it is responsible for more accidents especially among the visually impaired who rely on noise in order to cross a street.

Last but not least, the electric hybrid car models contribute to reducing gas emissions that pollute our air and our cities. The less pollution, the fewer the cases of lung disease. The electric hybrid cars should be ruling our industry. They should in time be replaced by even more advanced technologies that eliminate the use of fuel and release of gas emissions into our atmosphere. We should start considering the electric hybrid car as the more recent forefather of what the near future should bring.