Archive for October, 2008
What are the pros and cons of hybrid cars and gas powered cars?
xXdrummer_kidXx asked: What are the pros and cons of hybrid cars and gas powered cars? I need as much info as you can get..please help me.
On Hybrid cars how does the gasoline engine turn on?
ckandarian asked: When driving a Hybrid the electric motor is used at low speeds, then the gasoline engine kicks in for more power. Question is how does the gasoline engine turn on or is it always on? now that I know how the gasoline engine turns on, it does not seem to have any warm [...]
What company manufactures the most hybrid cars?
The Flying Politician asked: Or, rather, sells the most?
How do hybrid cars use less fuel? Isn’t efficiency wasted in the extra conversions of energy?
Alex C asked: I’m thinking of hybrids that have a gas motor and electric. If they aren’t charged with electricity externally, all of the energy to run it comes from gasoline. Hence, how is it more fuel efficient to transfer energy via an electric motor to a battery and then back to the wheels via [...]
Are hybrid cars more prone to break down because they have more complex insides than non-hybrids?
John Doe asked: Is the engineering of hybrid cars more complex than non-hybrids? If so, does higher complexity make them more prone to break-down?