Hybrid_Cars


 * Hybrid Cars

Students:**

Dan Burkey, Latrease Oliver, Christine Chiodo, Nick Iannuzzi, Cliff Augustin, Youn Hee Lee, Jenn Stanton, Brooke Gripman, Brittany Scharle

__Questions__: (Answer below the line - do not answer within the questions!) Don't forget to post all your sources! 
 * 1) What is a hybrid car?
 * 2) How do hybrid cars work? What do they require?
 * 3) Are hybrid cars generally more or less efficient than regular gasoline cars? What about convenience ?
 * 4) Why and when were hybrid cars developed?
 * 5) How do hybrid cars help the environment?
 * 6) What is the chemistry involved in hybrid cars? (i.e. Where does the car get the energy to run?)
 * 7) How do regular gasoline cars differ from hybrid cars?
 * 8) What are some of the alternatives to hybrid cars and regular gasoline cars? Are they as efficient and convenient?
 * 9) Would you/do you own a hybrid car? Why or why not?

1. **What is a hybrid car?** A hybrid car is a car that runs on more than one power source. Usually the power sources consisit of an internal combustion engine (like a regular car's engine) and an electric motor with a battery. dictionary.com

1. A hybrid car is an automobile that is powered by two sources, an internal combustion engine and an electric motor. "Hybrid cars have no plugs and are amply charged by the movement of the wheel." [|www.hybrid-car.org] A hybrid car features a small fuel-efficient gas engine combined with an electric motor that assists the engine when accelerating. The electric motor is powered by batteries that recharge automatically while you drive. http://www.eartheasy.com/live_hybrid_cars.htm

2. **How does a hybrid car work? What do they require?** A Hybrid car works by that the engine is gas powered,and electric motor,and high powered battery. Battery provides energy to the electirc motor and it recharges by recapchuring energy. Hybrids require their own set of maintenance schedules they also get to model specific checks and recomendation source(ask.cars.com) and (romow.com)

3. **Are hybrid cars generally more or less efficient than regular gasoline cars? What about convience?** Hybrid cars are generally more efficient than regular gasoline cars because the engine is much smaller than regular cars that require a bigger engine. The convenience of a hybrid car is intermediate because it does require a battery charge every so often but it runs on gasoline too. [|www.auto.howstuffworks.com]

4. **Why and when were hybrid cars developed?** Hybrid were developed in the 1901 by Ferdindad Porsche. Hybrid cars were basically made to acheive better fuel economy than conventional vehicle. Source: [|www.wikipedia.com]

5. **How do hybrid cars help the enviroment?** Hybrid cars help the enviroment by using less gasoline and giving off less harmful fumes. [|www.hybridcars.ce2publishing.com]

5.hybrid cars help the environment and it is one of the alternatives that help for global warming. http://www.hybridcars.com/global-warming/global-warming-your-vehicle-choice.html 

"The hybrid car’s impact on the environment comes from the fact that it uses rechargeable batteries to provide much of the energy needed for it to work. Not only does this mean they use far less gas for the same length journey that a normal car would use, they also produce much less in the way of emissions as well". http://www.statssheet.com/articles/article52320.html

6. **What is the chemistry involved in hybrid cars?** To operate a hybrid a hybrid car, energy that is wasted by putting on the brakes or coasting, evolves into electricity by turning the wheels. It is then stored in the hybrid's battery pack until it is necesary to be used from the electric motor. This is sometimes known as Integrated Motor Assist (IMA). Source: [|�94�][|http://www.theenvironmentalblog.org/2008/03/how-hybrids-operate.html

7. **How do regular gasoline cars differ from hybrid cars?** Hybrid cars differ from gasoline cars because they are more fuel efficient meaning that they don't run on gas. Gasoline cars also hurt the enviroment by polluting with the exhaust the air which hybrid cars don't. Source: [|www.furturecars.blogspot.com]

They differ from normal cars because they because they use energy instead of harmful pollutints. Hybrid cars are still expensive because of only using energy but, gas prices are still going up.

8. **What are some alternatives to hybrid cars and regular gasoline cars? Are they efficient and convienent?** Alternatives to hybrid cars and gasoline cars are electric cars. Electric cars are efficient and somewhat convienet because they operate on metal hybrid batteries that are changed from an electric grid. [|www.unc.edu]

9. **Would you buy you/do own a hybrid car? Why or why not?** Yes, I would own a hybrid car because hybrid help the enviroment and even though they are sometimes a hassle, its worth saving the planet we drive them on. 9. Yes, i would buy a hybrid car because it saves me a lot of money on gas prices and also helps the environment and the planet from global warming.

http://reviews.carreview.com/files/2007/10/hybrid-car-illustration.jpg

I would want to buy a hybrid car because it will help the environment in the future. It seems like in the long run you would save more money.