Hybrid Cars: The Difference Between Gas And Hybrid Vehicles

This report is about the hybrid vehicles. It gives a brief definition of hybrid engines and shows how the hybrid engines started in the beginning of the twentieth century. Moreover, it explains the differences between hybrid cars and standard cars. Also, it mentioned some companies and countries that interested in producing hybrid cars, and the prices of their cars in the United State of America. Finally, it discusses the popularity of hybrid cars in USA and its factors.

Hybrid vehicles are cars, which use both an internal combustion engine and an electric motor to obtain maximum power and fuel economy with minimum emissions. The first hybrid car was built in 1899 by Eng. Ferdinand Porsche (Jameson,
2009, p.1). His hybrid engine used a small gasoline engine to supply power to an electric motor that

According to Cars Direct website, hybrid cars can reach 51 MPG wish destroy all gasoline and diesel efficiency expectations. This high efficiency yield to two main reasons: hybrid car tend to be lightweight, and the cooperating between the gasoline engine and the electric motor. ” According to consumer reports tests, most hybrid cars have better fuel economy than their gas-only counterparts “ (Barett, “The Difference Between Gas and Hybrid Vehicles”). This is obvious if we compare between a hybrid and gasoline cars which have the same name: the hybrid Honda civic average efficiency is 40 MPG while the standard Honda civic average efficiency is 29 MPG, the hybrid Hyundai sonata average efficiency is 33 MPG while the standard Hyundai sonata average efficiency is 27 MPG, and the hybrid Ford fusion average efficiency is 34 MPG while the standard Ford fusion average efficiency is 24 MPG (Barett) [average efficiency is the average between the car efficiency in city and its efficiency in highway