How To Make The Greenest Choices

Hybrid Cars and Vehicles

For drivers who want to be green, but travel many miles a day, Hybrid Cars are a great alternative since they use both gasoline and electricity to provide less emissions and improved driving range.

A few of the major perks of owning a combination gasoline/electric hybrid vehicle are:

• Improvements In Miles Per Gallon
   
  For conventional combustion automobiles, at the current gas price of $4 per gallon, an average vehicle that is getting 24 mpg will cost $16.67 to drive 100 miles.
   
  For the new Toyota Camry Prius, at the current gas price of $4 per gallon, this vehicle is getting 45 mpg and will only cost $8.89 to drive 100 miles.
• Capacity To Travel Long Distances As Lower Costs
   
  There is no limit to range since the primary fuel is gasoline which is freely available from coast to coast.

There are a variety of methods car manufacturers use to create their hybrid version of a car, but the basic premise is that both a small gasoline engine along with a high torque electric motor are used to provide a combination of acceleration power and driving power that uses current technology in a very efficient manner.

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