Whats a hybrid car?

Answer 1

Any vehicle is a hybrid when it combines two or more sources of power. Hybrid cars run off a rechargeable battery and gasoline.

Hybrid engines are built smaller to accommodate the 99% of time when not going up hill or accelerating quickly. They use the battery to provide extra acceleration power when needed.
When the car is stopped, hybrid gasoline motors can shut off and run off their electric motor and battery.
Hybrid cars are often lighter and more aerodynamic; tires are often stiffer and inflated higher to reduce drag.
Hybrid cars often recover braking energy and use it to charge the battery.

Honda Insight: City 61 Highway 68
Toyota Prius: City 60 Highway 51
Honda Civic City 50 Highway 50
Toyota Camry: City 43 Highway 37
Honda Accord: City 30 Highway 37
Ford Escape (2wd): City 36 Highway 31
Ford Escape (4wd): City 33 Highway 29
Mercury Mariner: City 33 Highway 29
Toyota Highlander (2wd): City 33 Highway 28
Saturn VUE Green Line: City 27 Highway 32
Lexus RX 400h: City 31 Highway 27
Lexus GS 450h: City 25 Highway 28

These figures represent EPA test numbers, which are commonly 10 - 20 percent higher than real-world fuel economy for hybrid and conventional vehicles.

Answer 2

A car that uses more than one energy source. That is why the name hybrid.

Answer 3

Whats a hybrid car?

-HAAA!, A hybrid car is a car that gets worse milage than regular cars, LOL. They run off of one big electric motor and a internal combustion engine, usually one at a time.
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-OH, AND TO NOTE!!! My--->
Mercedes 1985 190D 2.2L 4cly diesel 2700Ib car gets 40-42MPG Highway, about 30MPG City.
BEAT THAT YOU STUPID HYBRIDS!! Its not that I don't like them, it's that the manufacturers don't make them efficient. My dads customized 4000Ib early 80's 300sd NON-turbo Mercedes diesel got 36-38MPG Highway, just to prove the fact that heavy cars can get good milage also, BOTH of my diesels could have gotten more than double MPG it they were made into hybrids.
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Answer 4

one that operates off of gas and electric. starts up on gas and once reach criteria, it switches to a generator and runs on electric generated power. Toyota makes them Prius, Camry,and Highlander

Answer 5

The proper vehicle to transport Courtney Love to her wedding.

Answer 6

it can run off solor power or battery rather than gas just plug it in to your outlet over night and your good to go for the day if she dies flip the switch in the car to gas driver her home and plug it in

Answer 7

its a vehicle that runs off of energy

Answer 8

A transformer. It is part car and part destroyer robot.