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Answer #1:

>> wait..
does that mean... it just last a little longer?
if $45 dollars of gas on a regular car lasts (lets say) 2 days...
then $45 dollars of gas on a hybrid... will last what?
2 months?????

Something like that. Except it only last about twice as long to three times as long as other cars.

That's not bad. That like paying $2 per gallon (or even less).
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>> girl translation please!

that's still so cute.


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Answer #2:

Girl to girl here!

What it means is that the gasoline isn't used as quickly, so it lasts longer. My Prius takes $35 to fill up the tank... and that lasts me about 10-14 days (average). My last car took $55 to fill it up, and only lasted about 4 days.

Also, the Prius does NOT "like" premium gas. If you put anything other than regular in it, it gets weird. So it saves money that way, too. My last car was a Mustang, and if I didn't give it PREMIUM, it would stall and do all kinds of weird things. That's why I traded it in for the Prius. ;)

Answer #3:

OK let be brake it down hybrid run on electric only under 20 miles an hour and at coasting and some of them the gas engine runs on e85 the idea of these every time you hit your brake it uses the friction of the brakes to recharge your batteries these are great for in town drivers but not so great for country living when you mostly drive at 55 and you always go up and down hills and hybrids cost more so its hard to be more cost efficient by driving them some of these get around 40 to 45 mpg and some like the full size SUV hybrids only get a rated 20 mpg its not that great there are cars that get 40 mpg that AREN'T HYBRIDS and they only cost around 15 thousand like the smart car not much power but great gas

Answer #4:

It lasts longer.

This is mostly because to slow the hybrid car down, you make the wheels turn the generator. Then the car can use that power you saved up slowing down to speed up again. This is called "regenerative braking."

Answer #5:

There are different kinds of hybrids. Some of them better and some of them not so good.

The Toyota Prius uses an electric motor with a battery to fill in the short comings of the gas engine. The result is a doubling of the city mileage for a car that size. When extra torque is needed to accelerate both the electric motor and the gas engine push the car together. When you want to stop the motor flips into a generator and turns forward motion into electricity thus capturing energy and stuffing the energy in the battery for use later.

Basically the amount of gas you put in is proportional to how far you drive just like in a standard car. Just the hybrid will go farther on the same amount of fuel. You save money if the distance you travel is the same. For a regular car to go 100 miles it may take 4 or more gallons of gas while a good hybrid will use just over 2 gallons to go 100 miles. Half the fuel equals half the cost.

Hybrids work best in city type start and stop driving where the benefits of the boost from the electric motor can have the most effect. If you were to look at the Prius mileage numbers you see it does better in the city that the highway. Out on the highway there is little chance of capturing energy to put into the battery since it is get going and keep going driving.

There are crappie hybrids too. For example you spend an extra $4000 for a hybrid Chevy Tahoe. All of this extra money only gives you at best 4 more miles to the gallon near the 10 MPG mark. The Prius goes from 25 MPG to 48 MPG an extra 23 MPG for the same $4000 (or less).

There is a plug in conversion (PHEV) available for the newer Toyota Prius. Basically you add a bigger battery and use the electric mode of the car to travel up to 40 miles (depends on battery size) before the gas engine has to start. These are the cars that boast 100 to 150 MPG. You charge this battery with household electricity and if your frugal you can go several days without burning any gas with plugging in every night.

I use the Prius because it is the most familiar. Toyota also has hybrid versions of the Camery etc. Nissan has licensed the Toyota system to put in their hybrids models. Nissan is not basing its future on the hybrid like just about everybody else. Nissan is putting its future on full electric cars that drive by gas stations and smile.





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