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Nissan is in the hybrid business for its second model year. The 2008 Nissan Altima Hybrid has a list price of $25,965, which is an increase of $80 over last years model. Again this year it is approximately $6000 over the conventional sedan. This premium is somewhat offset by the Alternative Motor Vehicle tax credit of $2,350.
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2011 Honda CR-Z Hybrid. The premise behind this all-new two-seater is to combine the fuel economy of a hybrid vehicle with the sportiness of their classic CRX coupe and to place it in the marketplace as the most affordable hybrid.
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Although cost is not always the main reason behind the decision to buy a hybrid car it is still worth taking a little while to consider the cost advantages or otherwise. The cost of motoring is a substantial part of the equation in any household budget and not one that can readily be ignored. But if the type of motoring you do fits then there are considerable advantages over a traditionally powered car. With the price hikes at the gas pump set to continue this may be a much easier and much more straightforward calculation to make in the future.
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Is the fuel cost saving with hybrid cars enough to offset the original cost outlay? Or is running a hybrid car just an expensive way of helping the environment while leaving you poorer, despite the considerable saving in fuel costs?
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Another competitors to the standard hybrid cars are electric cars. Until now these have been more of a novelty or student type project. But now with lightweight chassis and panels being easier to product and smaller high-powered long lasting batteries falling in cost, they are beginning to look much more like a viable proposition. The limited range and the need for mains recharging of the batteries make this only practical for short range or town driving and are unlikely to overtake (in any way) Hybrid cars at the moment.
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This site is a resource center for those who are searching for information on hybrid cars and other types of electric vehicles. The purpose of this web site is to inform you on the development and use of hybrid cars and similar technologies.
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Probably the best looking of the new hybrid cars is the Honda Civic. It still employs the aerodynamics that help to make hybrid cars even more fuel efficient by reducing the wind resistance; allowing the car to move more freely through the air and use less fuel. But somehow they seem to have avoided the pitfalls that some of the other hybrid cars have fallen into where they seem to have been designed mainly for the wind tunnel rather than the street.
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There are two main types of hybrid cars: series hybrid cars and parallel hybrid cars. Parallel hybrid cars work by using a combination of a traditional gas engine and a high output electric motor. The different elements of the engine start working at higher or lower levels of output are required. If the car is being driven carefully and accelerating at a reasonable level the electric motor will work on its own until a greater output is needed at a higher speed. Then the small high performances, in terms of fuel economy that is, gas engine takes over. This is a seamless almost unnoticeable process with a smooth transition of control from electric to gas power.
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There are alternatives to hybrid cars that will provide you with the same benefits such as the new breed of diesel cars and hydraulic hybrid cars
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The electric motor used in hybrid cars is, by contrast, very flexible and is very much better at handling the power surge that is required for acceleration although for rapid acceleration the gas engine will 2 kick in“. The electric motor on hybrid cars is also very good for low level town and urban driving. When stationary the electric motor is effectively shut down, it does not need to “tick over” like a traditional gas engine. So when waiting in traffic jams or at lights you are not using any fuel or wearing out your engine
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The main hope for improving this situation for hybrid cars lies with lithium batteries. These are the same batteries that are currently used to power laptops and cameras. They provide a much more concentrated and therefore smaller way of storing energy as electricity. If developed to their full potential they could provide a long term solution to the problem of providing sufficient electric power to make hybrid cars a more practical solution to low cost, low emission motoring
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The problem with lithium batteries is making them big enough so that they can store enough energy to power hybrid cars without having to revert to the gas engine when driving in town. Lithium batteries are very efficient when manufactured to a certain capacity but if this is increased they are subject to a condition called thermal run off. This can cause larger batteries to overheat and in some instances they can actually catch fire
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Another financial impetus to the sales of hybrid cars came with tax breaks announced by the Washington administration to encourage the consumer towards cleaner and more fuel-efficient vehicles. Take a look at the current hybrid car tax incentives prior to making your new car purchase decision
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Changing to hybrid cars instead of conventional petrol or diesel engined ones could save you a great deal of money. You could realistically cut your fuel bill by anywhere between 25 to 50 per cent. If you are currently driving an SUV and change to a similar hybrid model you could see an average $3,000 fuel bill reduced to $1,500 or even under a thousand dollars if you go instead for one of the smaller, though still reasonably sized hybrid cars.
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Series Hybrid Cars: a series design works by powering the vehicle through an electric motor. The batteries supply the power to the motor. As the power arrives at the motor through the battery, series hybrid cars need a substantially larger reserve of power and consequentially a greater amount of batteries need to be carried in the car.
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Many of us these days seem to be obsessed with celebrities and many want to have the lifestyle. Well the multi million dollar mansion and the spouse to die for may not be available to all of us, but there is one increasingly affordable area where we can live just like our favorite stars and that is what we drive! Formally Hollywood celebrities would never be seen in anything less than a chauffer driven limousine, but increasingly they are turning to some thing that most of us can afford, and are to be seen packing their designer shopping into their new hybrid cars.
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The Toyota Prius is probably the best known of the present crop of hybrid cars. In 1993 a commission under president Clinton established the aim of achieving the production of a car within a 10-year timescale that would be practical for the average family and would give fuel economy of 70-80 mpg. Toyota was not invited to participate in this as it was a foreign manufacturer and the hybrid cars project was primarily intended for American manufacturers.
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The Toyota Prius hybrid car was first introduced as a production model in Japan in 1997, and then in the US in 2000. It has taken the green motoring world by storm and is the most popular hybrid car around. Even Hollywood film stars like Cameron Diaz are getting in on the act and increasing their green credentials by owning a Toyota Prius hybrid car.
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Hybrid cars are one of the more recent, and most practical, innovations in the fight against greenhouse gases and global warming. Electric cars would of course be the ultimate in reducing emissions, aside from those produced in the generation of the electricity used to power them. But all attempts to produce a viable electric car have produced nothing that would be useable and practical to the average driver.
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Hybrid cars are so called because they run on a combination of two different power sources. The first is a normal but usually highly fuel efficient gas engine designed to get the maximum amount of power and mileage from the minimum amount of fuel. This is usually also designed to minimize the exhaust gas and carbon emissions. The second is a high power electric motor, which is run by batteries stored in the car.
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