Hybrid Car Benefits

Hybrid cars provide benefits to consumers, fleets, and the nation. These advanced cars cut fuel use and costs while maintaining performance, protecting public health and the environment, and increasing U.S. energy security.

Cutting Fuel Use and Costs while Maintaining Performance

Hybrid cars can drive 40 to 70 miles on one gallon of gasoline, much farther than a conventional car.

Hybrid cars are cost competitive with similar conventional cars. What cost premiums there are for hybrid cars can be offset by fuel cost savings and tax incentives. Evaluate the costs of hybrid cars versus similar gasoline cars using the Hybrid Car Cost Calculator. Hybrid cars have performance and safety characteristics comparable to conventional cars

Unlike in electric cars, the batteries in hybrid cars do not need to be plugged in to recharge. They are recharged by regenerative braking and onboard generators. However, there are benefits to driving a car that must be plugged in. Plug-in hybrid electric cars can produce even better fuel economy than today’s hybrid cars! 

Environment Protection

Hybrid car emissions vary depending on the car and its configuration. In general, hybrid cars have lower emissions than conventional cars of the same class because the electric motor offsets how much the internal combustion engine is used. In addition, hybrid cars have the potential to operate in electric-only mode. In this mode, the car operates with no emissions, which is optimal in congested areas and where emissions are not tolerated.

A hybrid car’s advanced control software can easily manage the engine’s operating characteristics, which enables the car to be more efficient and pollute less. The engine can be downsized because the motor/battery helps power the car, and the engine can be turned off during non-use times, such as at stops or while coasting. The engine also can operate more smoothly, which decreases power spikes that cause the engine to use more fuel and produce more pollution. Finally, a hybrid car powertrain can directly power electric car components, for example using the electric motor instead of hydraulic power for steering, which further increases efficiency. Use the Hybrid Car Cost and Emissions Calculator to compare hybrid car and conventional car emissions.

Increasing Energy Security

The United States imports more than 60% of its petroleum, two thirds of which is used to fuel cars in the form of gasoline and diesel. The demand for petroleum imports is increasing. With much of the worldwide petroleum reserves located in politically volatile countries, the United States is vulnerable to supply disruptions.

Because hybrid cars have higher fuel economies than conventional cars, they use less petroleum for fuel. Hybrid cars also could be designed to use renewable and domestically produced alternative fuels, further decreasing U.S. reliance on imported petroleum.

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One Response to “Hybrid Car Benefits”

1. praths says:

   January 21, 2009 at 7:52 am

   Yeah i will love to own one hybrid,may be like civic hybrid will be the best… Great milege sexy look what more??