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I want to make my new car purchase a hybrid purchase. please read further?

Wednesday, March 17th, 2010

Am I doing the right thing? Are there some particular problems that I can have with the car, that will make it very costly for me?

Super dooper

Funny how you say "good luck with that". The person with the biodiesel mentions he has been running it in his vehicle for 3 years. So it would appear he doesn’t really need any "good luck". biodiesel is a genuine alternative, even "making that crap in your basement with old restaraunt greese(sic)". The process for making biodiesel from waste oil is very complete, and cannot be "half done". It doesn’t matter whether you use fresh canola oil or used oil, you will get the same result. You either get BD, or you get crap.

Home makers of BD have sent their’s away for analysis and have documentation showing that their BD is 99.7% pure ether compounds. The standard is 95.5%, and that is the blend you are paying extra for at the pumps.

The process is actually quite simple and clean you can buy kits for under $1000. I’m currently looking into it myself.

In answer to the original question, it is worth your while at the very least to do a bit of research on the subject, all it will cost you is a few hours of your time.

hybrid cars are still under powered, heavy and unproven vehicles. The are only economical if you are doing under 40-50mph, after which point they have the same economy of a small car.

The issue with bio diesel is that you have to make it yourself to get it for 20c/gal. However, considering you could make a saving of $4-6000 per year, it’s worth serious consideration in my book. $300 – $450 dollars a year to run your vehicle sounds pretty good to me.

OR, you could run your hybrid on BD and have the best of both worlds!

New Energy System (100% Electronic & Plug in Hybrid) vol.o1

Tuesday, March 16th, 2010

The first hybrid car was developed in 1896. Since Toyota brings new hybrid machine “Prius” in 1997, there are many Hybrid, Electric and Hydrogen Fuel Cell Automobiles run in Japan. Today, they have made new Water Fuel Automobile in Japan.

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If your new Hybrid car doesnt have a carpool sticker…?

Monday, March 15th, 2010

since CA reached the maximum and no longer gives the carpool sticker out, what if someone was to buy a new toyota prius and put fake stickers on their Hybrid. Is this something cops would even check on as they pass you or pull you over?

If so, is it the same violation as someone who isn’t riding with more than one and sneaks into the carpool lane without a hybrid?

You no longer need the sticker.

The Peugeot 908 Hy Race Car Hybrid

Saturday, March 13th, 2010

Peugeot’s 908 HY
The new hybrid 908 HDi FAP powerplant.

Peugeot Sport has unveiled a new hybrid 908 HDi FAP powerplant.

The car, presented at the final Le Mans Series race at Silverstone in September and called 908 HY, features a kinetic energy recovery system.

This HY technology sees some of the kinetic energy produced under braking either recovered or stored. And this means enhanced performance with no increase in the amount of energy consumed due to a combination of the stored mechanical energy and the energy produced by the internal combustion engine.

It also reduces fuel consumption for the same level of performance, again thanks to the stored mechanical energy.

Peugeot Sport Director Michel Barge says: This hybrid 908 HDi FAP is in perfect keeping with the overall mission of our endurance racing programme which covers not only the challenge of competing, but also the fact that as a car manufacturer we can use motor sport as a research and development tool for the Peugeot brand as a whole.’

The 908 HY can be powered by electric mode, internal combustion engine or a combination of the two.

Unveiled with a new silver-grey livery, it is a taster of what Peugeots next endurance racing car could look like. Yet whether or not it makes it onto the racetrack depends on new regulations, to be published by the Automobile Club de lOuest, that will govern LMP 1 cars from 2009.

Currently, in a non-hybrid car when the vehicle brakes, the energy from braking is lost.
The HY system has three elements which allows it to recover and use some of this energy:

1. A 60 kW gear-driven electric motor-generator which takes the place of the conventional starter motor
2. Batteries which allow recovered energy to be stored in 600 lithium-ion cells, divided into ten battery packs
3. An electronic power converter which controls the flow of energy between the batteries and the motor-generator

The technology could also be seen in other Peugeot vehicles.
Michel Barge adds: After innovating through the use of our HDi FAP technology in competition, running a hybrid car in endurance racing would give Peugeot a chance to gain extremely valuable experience that would benefit the development of production cars.

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India’s first hybrid car

Wednesday, March 10th, 2010

New Delhi, June 19(ANI): Now it’s the turn of car makers to join the eco-friends Bandwagon…And Honda is leading the way in India. Honda Siel Cars India launched India’s first hybrid car, the Civic Hybrid in New Delhi on Wednesday. Japan’s Honda Motor Company said it would start selling the hybrid car from the end of this month. Launching the car, CEO of Honda India said the car was fuel-efficient and also had a high fun-to-drive quotient.

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Top Gear – General Motors hy wire

Sunday, March 7th, 2010

Car of the future.

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I plan on leasing a new hybrid?

Friday, March 5th, 2010

I am planning on leasing out a new hybrid car/suv. I need one that has alot of room for carrying things (possibly a hatch back?) or SUV.

My target range is right around $200-250 a month… Can anyone help create a list of newer (2004-2008) Hybrids that are stylish and efficient?

Any extra info is a plus!

2008 Ford Escape or 2008 Mercury Mariner. Good mileage and fair price. I don’t know about $250 a month though. I sell cars and unless you are going to put a good and I mean a good down payment then it’s not going to be around that area.

Porsche 911 GT3 R Hybrid 2 Electric Motors Super Race Car First Look Geneva Motor Show 2010

Thursday, March 4th, 2010

Porsche 911 GT3 R Hybrid Super Race Car First Look Geneva Motor Show 2010 Porsche 911 GT3 R Hybrid to Celebrate World Debut in Geneva Porsche AG will unveil the 911 GT3 R hybrid on March 4th in Geneva, exactly 110 years after Ferdinand Porsche developed the world’s first car with hybrid drive, the Lohner Porsche Semper Vivus. This will open a new chapter in the history of Porsche with more than 20,000 wins in 45 years scored by the extremely successful Porsche 911 in racing trim. The innovative hybrid technology featured in the car has been developed especially for racing, standing out significantly in its configuration and components from conventional hybrid systems. The car features electrical front axle drive with two electric motors developing 60 kW each supplements the 480-bhp four-litre flat-six at the rear of the 911 GT3 R Hybrid. A further significant point is that instead of the usual batteries in a hybrid road car, an electrical flywheel power generator fitted in the interior next to the driver delivers energy to the electric motors.

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California allows people with enough money to by new Hybrid cars?

Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010

California allows people with enough money to by new hybrid cars and use the diamond lane for commuting. How can the most liberal state in the union do this to the poor. California now supports a two class commuter system, the rich whom get to use the commuter lane with only one occupent in the car and the poor whom do not.

The "carpool" lanes are designed to encourage the reduction of fuel consumption and pollution caused by cars. Two hybrid cars would arguably use less fuel than one SUV with two passengers, so it meets the same goal.

It has nothing to do with class or income equality, and shouldn’t.

liberal politics has nothing to do with helping the poor, it has to do with making the rich and powerful feel all warm and fuzzy about themselves.

How does everyone feel about this new aptera 3 wheeled car that gets 300 miles to the gallon.?

Saturday, February 27th, 2010

This is a new hybrid car that looks like a mix between a UFO and a jet, it is running at 30,000 dollars but just think about how much money that would save people annually, and save the environment to.
Say goodbye to chevron and shell…

not at 30k. it has to get under 10k to sell to the populace. and if they were not so greedy, it would work.