An automobile that runs on both a conventional internal combustion engine, such as a gasoline engine, and an electric motor. The vehicle can operate at the optimum fuel efficiency by controlling each power source depending on driving conditions. Toyota Motor Corp. was the first to commercialize the technology with the Prius, released in December 1997. Because the technology can curb the use of the fuel-consuming engine, it can help reduce emissions of gases such as carbon dioxide, which is believed to cause global warming. Hybrid vehicles are cheaper to commercialize and produce than fuel cell vehicles that use hydrogen. Because of this, some in the auto industry project that the market for hybrid vehicles will grow to more than 3 million vehicles in 2010.
Vehicle that uses a combination of petrol and electricity for motive power, so as increase efficiency and thereby reduce emissions.
a (A conveyance that transports people or objects) vehicle that uses a
a highly sophisticated engine management system
an vehicle that uses a mixture of technologies such as internal combustion engines (ICEs), electric motors , batteries , hydrogen , and fuel cells
a road vehicle that can draw propulsion energy from both a consumable fuel and a rechargeable energy storage system
a standard vehicle with electric power assist
a vehicle that draws propulsion from both an on-board internal combustion or heat engine using combustible fuel and an on-board rechargeable energy storage system
a vehicle that is powered using both electric and gasoline-powered motors
a vehicle that uses a mixture of technologies like an internal combustion engine, electric motors, batteries, hydrogen and fuel cells
a vehiclethat uses a mixture of technologies such as internal combustion engines
a vehicle that uses two power sources
which combines two energy generation modes. The currently popular formula combines an internal combustion engine and a battery supplying an electrical traction system; in steady-state conditions, and thus optimum efficiency, the first recharges the battery which absorbs the current peaks and recovers the braking energy
A vehicle powered by both an internal combustion engine and an electric motor. The emission levels of hybrid vehicles are lower than vehicles powered solely by an internal combustion engine.
Vehicles that have two or more sources of energy. There are two types of hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs), series and parallel. In a series hybrid, all of the vehicle power is provided from one source. For example, with an IC/electric series hybrid, the electric motor drives the vehicle from the battery pack and the internal combustion engine powers a generator that charges the battery. In a parallel hybrid, power is delivered through both paths. In an IC/electric parallel hybrid, both the electric motor and the internal combustion engine power the vehicle.
Usually a hybrid electric vehicle, a vehicle that employs a combustion engine system together with an electric propulsion system. Hybrid technologies expand the usable range of electric vehicles beyond what an all–electric–vehicle can achieve with batteries only.