Hybrid Cars VS Diesel Powered Cars

April 4, 2008

Hybrid cars work by combining an electric-run motor, diesel powered engine and maximum powered batteries. The batteries provide the energy to the electric motor and then recapture the energy that is usually lost while the car is lessoning in acceleration or coasting and recharges them.

How The Hybrid Car Works

The main difference between the full hybrid car and the mild variety is the electric motor and the diesel engine can operate on their own. It most cases the electric motor runs at low car speeds, once the speed picks up then the diesel engine takes over. The electric-motor and the diesel engine can work together during hard acceleration.

The full hybrid car can use and build up the electricity at the same time. This full hybrid system can be found in cars such as the Toyota Prius, Mercury Mariner Hybrid and the Escape Hybrid which is from Ford Motors.

The Toyota Prius runs on technology called “Hybrid Synergy Drive” which is a device combining the energy of the gas engine and the electric motor. The “Hybrid Synergy Drive” enables the switching between the electric motor and the engine without being noticed by the driver.

Unlike the other mild form of hybrid car the Toyota Prius can be operated using the electric motor on its own using the battery pack. This enables the car to be driven silently for small amounts of time. The Honda hybrid cars at this spec cannot run using just the electric motor.

While driving, the Prius uses the diesel engine as its main source of power and gets assistance from the motor if it is needed. This hybrid car then shuts off the gas engine automatically when the car stops. This in turn greatly improves the mileage and produces far less emission to the atmosphere.

The Diesel Vs The Hybrid Car

A good example is that is the Ford’s hybrid version of the Escape SUV which is boasted that it produces less than a pound in weight of smog substance for every 15,000 miles driven.
This is a vast improvement considering that most traditional diesel powered trucks produce about 105 pounds of smog pollutant for the same 15,000 mile use. Even regular small cars produce somewhere in the region of 67 pounds of pollution.

So in reality there is no argument over the amount of savings the consumer can gain with a hybrid car. Although it all comes at a cost, but with long turn gains that truly outweigh the cost of the hybrid car. Over time as more and more consumers realize that benefits of driving a hybrid car, supply should go up and bring the car prices down.

Since hybrid cars are relatively new to the car market, they are in fact quite expensive to buy. As people become more aware of the hybrid car and what effects it can have on the environment, producing less emissions then hopefully the hybrid car would become more accessible to every driver worldwide.

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