| Cars or vehicles are the dominant modes of | | | | capacity which enables them to make use of as well |
| transportation in the contemporary world and different | | | | as store recaptured energy. Moreover, the hybrid cars |
| vehicles are powered by different resources to | | | | are considered as extremely suitable for running on |
| ensure their efficient functioning. The term hybrid cars | | | | modern roads as it provides suitable conditions to run |
| or hybrid vehicle is used to denote a vehicle which | | | | under high traffic situations. This is because the |
| functions with the aid of two or more power | | | | working of the diesel engine or gasoline is terminated |
| resources which are mandatory for its working. These | | | | during idle periods or traffic stops therefore preventing |
| multifarious power sources which are instrumental in its | | | | the unnecessary loss of fuel resources. Apart from |
| functioning include internal fuel cell or internal | | | | environmental pollution, sound pollution is also a growing |
| combustion engine, with an on-board rechargeable | | | | problem and in this case too hybrid cars have an edge |
| energy storage system also referred to as RESS. It is | | | | over other kinds of vehicles as the level of nose |
| essential to note here that one of the prevalent | | | | emission in these cars is also quite low. |
| demerits of any fuel run vehicle is its emission and | | | | There are various kinds of hybrid vehicles. The Battery |
| excessive carbon emission increases pollution levels | | | | Electric Vehicles or BEVs may at times posses such |
| which affect not only the surrounding environment but | | | | batteries which can be recharged while the vehicle is in |
| also takes its toll on human health. | | | | motion. The Hybrid Electric Vehicles or HEVs are the |
| Therefore, in such cases, hybrid vehicles are more | | | | most prominent among the various hybrid vehicles and |
| often preferred as it has been revealed through | | | | in fact the term hybrid vehicle is often used to denote |
| extensive experimentation that the level of emission in | | | | merely Hybrid Electric Vehicles. These hybrid electric |
| case of hybrid vehicles is very low compared the | | | | vehicles possess internal combustion engines, diesel |
| emissions produced by traditional internal combustion | | | | engines run by various fuels or gasoline apart from |
| engine vehicles and in the face of continually rising fuel | | | | possessing electric batteries to boost the electric |
| prices, these hybrid vehicles are useful in maintaining | | | | motors. Another prominent variant of the hybrid vehicle |
| better fuel economy. This is due to several factors. | | | | in recent times include the Plug-in Hybrid Electric |
| The hybrid vehicles have enormous battery storage | | | | Vehicle or PHEV. |