Hybrid Cars

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Hybrid Cars
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What Makes it a Hybrid

• Any vehicle is hybrid when it combines two or
  more sources of power
• The gasoline-electric hybrid car is just that --
  a cross between a gasoline-powered car and an
  electric car

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Hybrid Structure

• parallel hybrid
• series hybrid

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Why Build Such a Complex Car?

• reduce tailpipe emissions
• improve mileage

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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 -

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Hybrid Efficiency

• Use low-rolling resistance tires
• Use lightweight materials

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What's Available Now?

• The Honda Insight
• The Toyota Prius

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