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Tony S Gee asked: It’s beginning to look like we’ll be seeing an increasing number of electricity powered vehicles on our roads as motor manufacturers introduce ever more appealing electric cars. The last three years have seen a dramatic fall in sales of gas-guzzling SUVs in the United States as consumers vote with their wallets and go for more energy …

Anton Rowd asked: Hybrid cars operate on the concept of utilizing gas and electric motors in maximizing fuel consumption and longer mileage. However, this does not mean that all the hybrid vehicles available on the market all achieve the same mileage and use up the same amount of fuel. Here is a hybrid car comparison of some vehicles from different …

T J Madigan asked: The history of hybrid cars is immersed in controversy. Not so much for the product itself, but for the technology it uses. Is it old like the conception of wheel itself, or is it a recent idea, as recent as the embryonic stem cell technology? First of all, a hybrid car is a vehicle that uses …

Augustine Guzman asked: Car makers have come up with an innovation by producing vehicles that can help both the environment and the driver’s budget. They have manufactured a certain type of car that can function with more than one power-source option. These are the hybrid cars. And one that offers comfort and style: 2003 Honda Civic 2010 hybrid car. What …

anonymous asked: In 1905, the application for a patent for a hybrid gasoline and electric motor power train brought the hybrid technology motors into existence. At that time the energy saving features were not the main focal point of this dual power model but, nonetheless, the history of hybrid car technology had been born. This application dealt with supplementing a …

Levi Quinn asked: Electric cars are hybrid cars that not only save people on fuel but are also environmental friendly as their emissions are lower compared to those from cars that use gasoline. Rebates in form of car tax incentives have been introduced in a bid to attract more users to the hybrid vehicles. Different states applaud their use and …

Charles Hawkins asked: Buying a new car is big and expensive decision for most people, and with the ever rising oil price it is becoming a more and more expensive affair to own your own car too. With an oil price that works in a way so that a rain in north America raises the price people in Finland pays …

Nick Earl asked: If you are thinking about using electric car conversion for your Honda or any other type of car, then you really can boil it down to two different options that you have. Basically you can either pay a premium for the commercial installation of a hybrid electrical system in your car, or you can do it for …

Stan Soliday asked: GM was experimenting with electric car conversions as early as the 1960s. The Corvair and Chevette models were converted to electric, but never produced. Then in 1987 came a racin in the sun; the solar powered auto race across Australia. The GM sponsored solar powered Sunraycer won. GM followed up with the 1990 Impact electric car. The …

By hybrid automobiles we refer to just about any vehicle in which contains 2 separate energy options for propulsion which make up the hybrid engine. Amongst the actual energy options for a hybrid car you can find gas or diesel fuel, on-board or out-board chargeable power storage systems (RESS), hydrogen, wind, compressed or liquid natural gas, solar, coal, wood or …

But along comes a company to my attention of late that seems to be proving that wrong. Clear Edge Power is advertising a fuel cells power system for home and business use now, not next year or beyond.

EV conversion is a hot thing these days as many of us are not waiting for the big car companies to come to market with their EV’s and are taking things into our own hands by rebuilding older cars into electric vehicles by gutting the engines and adding electric motors and batteries to them. One thing you need is to …

Alternative fuel vehicles are making their mark! Otherwise known as hybrids, they combine the best of both worlds with respect to electrical and internal combustion engine models. Their function is not to be confused with rocket science either! Simply put, if they are not recharging off the battery, they are drawing energy from it. It’s inevitable that these new types …

mrjeroen21 asked: A video of my grey Honda Insight (and some other) Also a picture/ video of my latest fuel consumption. My car was also tuned on national tv! (short impression). Also in november 2008 its gonna be published in a car magazine. [nms:Honda Insight]

Gasoline prices are rising every now and then. That is because conflicts in the Middle East never falter to affect the pricing of the volatile oil commodity in the world market. Consequently, consumers around the world feel the domino effect of the phenomenon. Rising oil prices mean they are up for harder times along the way. That is why as …

Contradicting consumer reports on hybrid cars Hybrids are hot nowadays. Hybrid car uses 2 engines; one uses the traditional fuel, while the other uses the energy from a rechargeable battery. There are also myriad of hybrid cars, to choose from. What then is our guarantee that we are protected from too much hype, instead of an honest advertising? One simplest …

Demand for hybrid cars has sharply grown over the past three years, as pump prices continue to surge and eating a considerable part of the household budget. A Quick Look On 2006 Hybrid CarsHybrid cars may not be the complete solution to rising oil prices but they are very economical, as they rely more on electricity instead of gas for …

Hybrid cars are getting more and more popular today. And Ecery one has his own reasons to buy one. A big point is tax incentives offered by authorities every where, secondly you are assured of huge savings over a long time frame by way of reduceds fuel costs and three, it will enable them to generate less pollution to the …

Michael Dappert asked: Man invents 100 mpg carburetor! Disapperats down black hole! Electric Cars Work! There just aren’t any. Big automakers are looking out for your future! Which of the above statements is false? Are any of them false? Well maybe number one is false. For years there have been stories of inventors that came up with a carbuerator that …

Lauren Woods asked: The Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. and NEC, a leading electronics maker, announced last Friday that they will produce ecologically friendly batteries for automobiles. The move is anchored on the automaker’s desire to catch up with rivals in the industry that have already started in green technology. Japan’s third largest automaker and NEC are investing 490 million yen …