Environmentally Friendly Vehicles

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Environmentally Friendly Vehicles

• Erin A. Doherty

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Why Change

• High Gas Prices
• Growing number of Hybrid Models
• Environmentally Friendly
• Mileage Benefits

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What are Hybrid Cars

• a cross between a gasoline-powered car and an
  electric car.
• Featuring small fuel-efficient gas engines
  combined with an electric motor that kicks in to
  assist the engine when you're accelerating or
  going up a hill.

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Hybrid Components

• Gasoline Engine
• Fuel Tank
• Electric Motor
• Generator
• Batteries
• Transmission

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Smaller Engines are More Efficient

• The big engine is heavier than the small engine,
  so the car uses extra energy every time it
  accelerates or drives up a hill.
• Bigger engines usually have more cylinders, and
  each cylinder uses fuel every time the engine
  fires, even if the car isn't moving

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Hybrid Efficiency

• Recover energy and store it in the battery
• Sometimes shut off the engine
• Use advanced aerodynamics to reduce drag
• Use low-rolling resistance tires
• Use lightweight materials

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What's Available Now

• Two hybrid cars are now available in the United
  States.
• The Honda Civic Hybrid, (Top Car on the left)
• and the Toyota Pyris (Bottom Car on the left).

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Honda Insight

• Was introduced in early 2000 in the United States
• is designed to get the best possible mileage.
• Honda used every trick in the book to make the
  car as efficient as it can be.
• The Insight is a small, lightweight two-seater
  with a tiny, high-efficiency gas engine

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Toyota Pyris

• Came out in Japan at the end of 1997
• Designed to reduce emissions in urban areas.
• It meets California's super ultra low emissions
  vehicle (SULEV) standard.
• The Pyris was honored as the 2004 North American
  Car of the Year.

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Coming Soon!

• Over the past four years, more than 100,000
  hybrids have been sold in the United States.
• To the left are some of the models manufacturers
  soon plan to integrate into the consumer market