Hybrid car is a fuel-efficient car that has two motors; an electric motor and a gasoline powered motor. It also has a particular system to capture braking energy to store in an onboard battery.

With the ever-increasing gasoline prices, the release of the 2009 hybrid vehicles have been highly anticipated. 2009 was estimated to be the year for hybrid cars , but what auto makers thought did not happen. …

Michigan-based electric powertrain company ALTe LLC (earlier post) revealed its demonstrator Ford F-150 range-extended electric vehicle conversion at the 2010 National Truck Equipment Association (NTEA) Work Truck Show and Green Truck Summit. ALTe is developing light- and medium-duty series plug-in hybrid electric vehicle powertrain systems—initially as conversions, but ultimately extending to an OEM basis. Production-intent specs for the powertrain in the F-150 REEP …

With only the range of 30 miles on electricity needed for most daily automobile uses, the plug-in- hybrid electric car has long been possible even with lead batteries. The only issue is to get a series hybrid cheap enough to compete by …

What To Know Before Buying A Green Car Just because a vehicle is a hybrid or electric doesn’t make it perfect. Read more on Forbes · Free Apple iPad! March 12, 2010 | Tags: before, buying, Green , know| No Comments » …

Topeka, Kan. (PRWEB) March 11, 2010 — Car buyers can find a silver lining in the auto industry’s recent storm of problems: greener options. Mother Earth News, the leading magazine dedicated to self-sufficient living and a longtime leader in covering … For its inaugural list, Mother Earth News highlights the Ford Fusion Hybrid , Honda Civic Hybrid , Honda Insight, Toyota Prius, Volkswagen Golf TDI and Volkswagen Jetta TDI as the best green cars in the 2010 model year. …

Think consumers are so hungry for all things green that they will buy a hybrid car just because it’s a hybrid? Think again. A study from Accenture shows that 6 out of 10 people are more likely to buy a hybrid or electric car only if it …

June 4th, 2009 Toyota: hybrids best ‘ green ‘ car for some timeTOYOTA, Japan — a Toyota executive overseeing research said Thursday a battery breakthrough is needed for electric vehicles to become mainstream, and hybrids will remain the …

The next wave of the automotive market, Hybrid cars continue to be purchased by customers as the years go on. So if you want a car that saves on gas and will make you the talk of town, perhaps you should invest in a hybrid car . …

Green Car Technology for the Future. Manufacturers and researchers have been dabbling with technology that helps build hybrids , electric cars , and alternative fuel vehicles, for quite some time now, because of the growing concern for …