Difference Between Hybrid and Electric Cars

Electric & Hybrid Cars

It seems like we’ve been waiting forever for electric cars to come along, but after more false starts than you’ll see at he london olympics this year, It looks like the electric car is finally here to stay

Now, we need to start with some boring electric vehicle) has no petrol engine as backup, so you are reliant on the batteries having enough charge to get you to where you need to go Nissan Leaf is the best know (and best) electric car currently on sale

A regular hybrid uses an electric motor and/or a petrol motor,

Depending on the circumstances. You don’t plug it into a wall socket as the batteries charge while you are driving. A typical journey , even a short one, will use both electric and petrol power to drive the wheels. The Toyota Prius is the most popular and best know hybrid on sale around the world

A plug in hybrid “range- extending” electric car, is technically more of a fancy hybrid than a true EV although it drives more like an EV than a regular hybrid. In practice it might be a huge difference or none at all, depending on how you use the car. A range-extender, or plug-in hybrid as it’s more commonly know, has a petrol engine which can be used petrol engine does not directly drive the wheels. The vauxhall ampere/Chevrolet vold twins are the leading example of this type of car, and they claim an urban fuel consumption of 300mpg

A car running on an electric motor is usually very quiet (eerie silence or a distant hum instead of a clearly audible petrol engine and smooth no vibration from engine or gearbox. The response from the car away from rest is both immediate and powerful, as electric motors generate huge amounts of torque instantly. They are quiet from the outside to, to such an extent that the EU is considering making audible warnings compulsory in the future as pedestrians simply won’t hear an electric car coming.

Well how much of the following driving do you do? We’re assuming here that batteries are fully charged when you set of

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