News on hybrid vehicles, fuel cell cars, and the future of automobiles

With the Third World suffering the brunt of the damage that environmental hazards bring about, and hybrid cars being a buzzword in talks of reconciling technological progress and environmental awareness, would it be feasible to introduce hybrid cars in third world markets?

The vast majority of people in third world countries will not be able to afford hybrids. Additionally, third world countries have very low greenhouse gas emissions relative to developed countries. The fact that they’re suffering the brunt of environmental damage is not because of their actions, but the actions of wealthy nations.

I’m just curious to know who is the engine maker of hybrid cars?

Thanks in advance.

hybrid cars have regular engines with an electric motor.

Honda’s first Hybrid was in 2001. The Honda Insight. And now they have the Hybrid Civic.
Honda makes their own engines and they make the electric motors.

Same with every other manufacturer.

Car companies do not ask General Electric to make their motors. They make them themselves.

in your opinion,is it for the better hybrid cars are produced in massive numbers?what will the future scene of the world be?

If hybrids are produced in massive numbers, that means that people are buying them in massive numbers. I suppose that is good, I’m not really sure to be honest.

Hybrids are just a temporary fix. I would like to see some other form of engine used or some other form of fuel.

I understand that some people have had success with an engine that runs off of water. I think they are called Joe cells.
Our country needs to do something about the foreign energy scources.

Hydrogen may be another source of future energy that our country will use. It’s hard to say what direction the consumer will take and what will be produced for our transportation needs.

Hi, im doing a speech on Why Hybrid Vehicles should be used opposed to regular cars.
can you give me some information why this fact is true?

To be honest with you I cant think of any other then boosting personal ego and feeling a false sense of accomplishment. Thats why everyone else drives them. And to think making a hybrid puts out more pollution then making a regular car.

I want to know if hybrid cars and electric cars are the same or are they different. If they’re different, explain how?

Both of these things refer to how the vehicle is powered but they are not the same. It does NOT refer to different fuels. That would be a flex fuel vehicle. It means different engines.

An electric car is powered only by one or more electric motors. The electric motor can get its power from a number of sources. An electric train or bus gets its power from an overhead line or from a special 3ed rail.

A battery powered electric car has the electricity stored in batteries. This vehicle will get all of its power from the batteries. The batteries must be charged from an outlet. You can even have fuel cells that make power for an otherwise electric vehicle.

But there is a special kind of hybrid where the engine does not drive the wheels. Instead it only makes electricity for the electric motor (with any extra amount going to batteries). This is a series hybrid. The proposed Volt is to be a series hybrid. You could plug in this vehicle for some power or you can get all the power from the fuel. But the wheels are driven only by electric motors.

Far more common just now are parallel hybrids. These vehicles have both an electric motor and another (usually gasoline) engine but here both of these engines can drive the wheels. Sometimes they do it together. The Toyota Prius is a parallel hybrid. An older Prius had no option to charge the batteries from an outlet. All the power comes from the fuel.

Hybrids have less of a battery capacity than a pure electric vehicle. Until recently you could not plug in a hybrid to charge its batteries. They had to get all their power from the engine. Now some are "plug in hybrids" In these vehicles you can charge batteries before you start out using an outlet.

A hybrid tries to take advantage of both engines strong points. An electric motor pulls well and is good in stop and go traffic. The gasoline engine is not so efficient but is currently better at going a long distance. A pure electric car will be pollution free in operation, more efficient and cheaper to operate but may not go as far on a complete charge.