August 28, 2009

Hybrid Car Batteries


Hybrid Car Batteries

Exclusive Summary About Hybrid Car Batteries By Emilio G Varga

There are several kinds of hybrid car batteries. The production of Lithium-Ion batteries is growing rapidly. Most of today's hybrid cars use Lithium-Ion batteries as one of their power supply.

Toyota Vitz, a small compact car which is only available in Japan, uses Lithium-Ion battery packs to power the air conditioner, lights in the gauges, head lights, and the heater while the car is in idle, allowing the car to save gasoline.

The battery pack gives the vehicle 105 horsepower and reduces the car's emission to zero.

Hybrid Car Battery - The Raw Truth

A hybrid car battery is like any other battery. As mentioned above, hybrid car batteries work together with the car's gasoline engine as well as the electrical motor. As the hybrid electric vehicle battery technology progresses, more and more types of hybrid car batteries emerge.

As of now, most hybrid cars utilize a Nickel Metal-Hydride battery pack. These batteries are able to store more energy than Nickel-Cadmium batteries making them appropriate for hybrid vehicles.

Many engineers believe that future hybrid cars will utilize a Lithium battery. Lithium Polymer batteries also have a potential to power hybrid electric cars.

August 21, 2009

Best Hybrid Car Available Today?


Best Hybrid Car Available Today?

Exclusive Sumary About Best Hybrid Car By Steve Michaels


Many car manufacturers have seen the potential of hybrid cars and have developed their own versions of this revolutionary vehicle. GM has also come out with their Hybrid vehicles as well as Ford. With many Hybrid vehicles out in the market already, a consumer may wonder which is truly the Best Hybrid car available today?


The Best Sedan Hybrid Car distinction was awarded to the latest Honda Civic Hybrid. The Best SUV Hybrid award is given to the first ever SUV Hybrid in the market, the Ford Escape Hybrid.


Voted for Best Hybrid car in terms of economy in pure fuel is the Honda Insight. Garnering the largest number of votes as the Hybrid vehicle with over all great value, performance and design, this could most probably be the Hybrid car that most likely deserves to be called as the best hybrid car available today.


The Best Hybrid Car In The Market - A Green Quandary


Exclusive Sumary About Best Hybrid Car By Ernest Jarquio


In choosing a hybrid car, what considerations will you look at? Then segregate them further by dividing the cars into compacts, mid-sized sedans, and so forth. The lists goes and on just as the list of available hybrid cars continues to lengthen.


Although the Honda Accord Hybrid and the Honda Civic Hybrid are also in the running, the Toyota Camry consistently figures in surveys made of satisfied hybrid users. The Camry Hybrid attains 34 miles to the gallon as far as EPA ratings go.


Surveys show that this hybrid is comparable to other same-sized SUVs in terms of fuel efficiency and emission-levels.


Compare the Ford Escape Hybrid now to another Toyota SUV, and you get the 2007 Toyota Highlander Hybrid winning by an edge, if car reviews are to be believed. The title of best hybrid car will always be relative - relative as to the type of considerations the buyer and driver will look for in his hybrid.


August 15, 2009

Invest in Honda Hybrid Cars


Honda Hybrid Cars

Exclusive Summary About Honda Hybrid Cars By Tom Manhart


Why You Should Invest in Honda Hybrid Cars


When the fuel price rises, it is practical to own a hybrid car. Hybrid cars are considered to be the vehicle of the future that can achieve fuel economy. You can increase your mileage with a hybrid car more than your conventional automobile.


Many auto companies have been promoting hybrid cars in their marketing campaigns as the fuel saving vehicles. It has introduced a number of new models of hybrid vehicles. Almost every car owner has heard of Honda. Honda in their Honda Civic Hybrid has integrated the hybrid technology.


The Honda Civic Hybrid is known to have the rating of an advanced technology Partial Zero-Emission Vehicle. Honda has another hybrid model which is known as Honda Accord Hybrid. It is not surprising that Honda is one of the forerunner auto manufacturers of hybrid cars.

Honda Hybrid Technology


Exclusive Summary About Honda Hybrid Cars By Joseph Then


Honda has been on the leading edge of the hybrid car revolution. As consumers and the government began demanding hybrid alternatives to help save on gasoline costs and provide a friendlier alternative for the environment, automobile manufactures, like Honda, began introducing hybrid models.


The popular Honda Civic Hybrid was introduced in 2003. Honda added a continuously variable transmission to the Integrated Motor Assist system that was already available in the Honda Insight, another hybrid model.


Honda has worked hard to produce new hybrid technology which increases the performance of the car. Honda hybrid vehicles are at the top of the hybrid list that consumers are buying. Honda hybrids offer consumers exactly what they want in a hybrid because they have great gas mileage and low pollution outputs.


August 09, 2009

Pros and Cons of Hybrid Cars


Pros and Cons of Hybrid Cars

Exclusive Summary About Pros and Cons of Hybrid Cars By Kenneth C. Hoffman


In general, hybrid cars get twenty per cent better mileage than regular cars but cost $3000 more. I have noticed that most hybrid cars are bought by highly educated people whose reasons for buying a hybrid include

1.- owning a high efficiency car,

2.- the latest in technology,

3. - owning something different, and

4.- doing something to help the oil problem.


One concern of the prospective hybrid buyer is the cost of battery replacement when needed. Check out the separate battery warrantee supplied by the dealers.


Features like heated seats, ice free mirrors, automatic heat controls and steering wheel audio buttons. On the con side, most hybrids weigh slightly more than their gas cousins and most designers were forced to give up the folding rear seat backs for battery space. The jack rabbit start drivers bemoaned the fact that the new hybrid vehicles were supplied with a comparatively small gas engine to accompany the electric motor.

Pros and Cons of Buying a Hybrid


Exclusive Summary About Pros and Cons of Buying a Hybrid By Gina E Clark


As everyone knows, hybrid vehicles get better gas mileage than non-hybrids. Hybrid vehicles also help the environment by reducing emissions that cause global warming. Hybrid cars are hard to resell. Hybrid vehicles need special parts that are not sold by all companies, as non-hybrid car parts are. The replacement parts for hybrid vehicles tend to be much more expensive as well.


This means that repairs to hybrid vehicles must be done by those with more specialized training than the average mechanic has, making the repair price higher for hybrids than non-hybrids.


A benefit of buying a new hybrid vehicle is that you may be eligible for a tax break on your federal income taxes of up to $3,000.