Sunday, 25 October 2009

Power Shift In Hybrid Cars

By Danny Green

Hybrid cars are an answer to growing global warming condition that is influenced by pollutant emissions from the exhausts of cars. The development and augmentation of hybrid cars in the community are one of the best ways of controlling global warming.

The word hybrid means combining two things to create one. Hybrid cars are vehicles that have been manufactured in a way that they run on both gasoline and electricity. This new technology is gaining momentum, as car manufacturers are given incentives by the government to produce them at a massive scale.

The advancement in technology, and research, and development is further making improvements in hybrid cars. The companies, which are seeking to promote 'green' economy in a more practical manner, have developed their special teams of researchers who are constantly trying to bring improvements in hybrid cars.

Automobile manufacturers like Ford, Toyota, Honda, Saturn, and Lexus are among the first few that worked hard to provide the consumers with hybrid cars. The goal of the introduction of such cars in the market is to diminish the carbon footprint by the implementation of lower fuel cost, and decreased emissions.

The customers are attracted to buy hybrid cars through different social messages, and promotions such as 'make your tomorrow green' banner. Furthermore, incentives such as tax credits and good gas mileage have been provided to attract customers. Since various companies have introduced hybrid cars therefore, it is expected that the affordability of customers for hybrid cars will increase soon.

Power shift is a platform for hybrid driving systems. With its unique modular design, power shift allows the integration of two different types of electric motors to provide maximum amount of flexibility. This Power shift technology enables the already growing global trend towards owning hybrid cars. Apart from this, power shifts also provide new possibilities for car manufacturers to instill more driving fun in the cars as well. The high efficiency of the dual clutch transmission makes the hybrid cars thrifty, and fun, and acts as attractants for a wider range of consumers.

In a hybrid car, you have the choice of gas power, or electric power, and you can easily switch between the two. On the other hand, normal cars do not provide such options. This is the major different between a hybrid and any other regular car. When the hybrid car is in electric mode, it does not use an ounce of gasoline, and produces zero carbon emissions, thereby saving the environment and budget.

Hybrid cars have superb functionality, and economic expense, which is evident from its immense gas mileages. The only limitation to buy hybrid cars is their cost. Hybrid cars are available at very high prices in the market. The cheapest one is available at USD 21000, while the prices may go beyond USD 100, 000. Although the reliability of these cars is not proven, because they have not been around so long, however, their performance is justifying their reliability. Moreover, further research is being conducted to bring perfection at every stage of hybrid vehicles production, so that they may become the ideal environment friendly vehicles.

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