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April 19, 2005

Hybrid cars the answer to high petrol prices?

Filed under: General Interest — Lea @ 9:55 pm

I see talk online that Hybrid Cars are the answer to rising fuel prices. I had no idea what a hybrid car was, so I did a little research. Choice says:

“It’s a combination of an efficient petrol motor with an electric motor. In the HONDA, the electric motor helps the petrol motor keep fuel consumption down, while the TOYOTA can run on the electric motor alone if the car is moving slowly. Both systems use the electric and petrol motors together when more power is needed.”

Neat!

I hear good things about the Toyota Prius, a cute little number and quite powerful at the same time. The Honda Civic seems a little more popular – but at $6000 less this isn’t too surprising.

The idea of combining an electric car with a petrol driven one seems novel – I would have thought sticking with tried and tested LPG was the way to go – but hybrid vehicles seem popular in the market place.

Only time will tell, I guess.

2 Comments

  1. Dave

    Interesting topic… I’m working in this industry myself and I don’t agree about this in 100%, but I added your page to my bookmarks and hope to see more interesting articles in the future

    Trackback by Hybrid Cars — August 24, 2006 @ 5:27 pm

  2. Thanks, Dave – I write about whatever I am thinking about at the time, so who knows? :)
    (You might want to look at the geo-targeting of your YPN ads – they are showing here, Down Under, and I understand thats against the yahoo TOS – HIH!)

    Comment by Lea — August 24, 2006 @ 6:17 pm

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