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Title: 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

3
Hybrid Structure
  • parallel hybrid
  • series hybrid

4
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 -

6
Hybrid Efficiency
  • Use low-rolling resistance tires
  • Use lightweight materials

7
What's Available Now?
  • The Honda Insight
  • The Toyota Prius

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