Is Ford’s Hybrid Certainly Much better Than The Competitors?

Is A Hybrid Car Right For You?Sure, hybrid cars are good for the environment, if all the hype about them is correct. A hybrid car has two motors of two different types, gasoline powered and electric. The gasoline motor is used when you need your car to speed up, as this motor is actually more efficient at high speeds. It also gives your car more overall power for highway driving.

The hybrid car has a system to capture braking energy, which is then stored in a battery.

Fuel efficiency, of course, is the hybrid’s chief “pro.”

Is A Hybrid Car Right For You?

The F-150 would be a slightly different type of hybrid than others on the market.; Standard hybrids use gasoline to charge batteries that can move vehicles at low speeds.

  • Drive options – The new Escape features both front-wheel drive and four-wheel drive options.
  • Large center console – The Escape was designed with functionality in mind.
  • Handling – The hybrid Escape was created to look and handle just like any other SUV.
  • Electrical uses – The electric-power functioning of the Escape motor kicks in at different times during operation.

 

This computer-backed function lends itself to a 30-percent increase in fuel efficiency over normal transmissions.

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Ethanol and E85 - Fuels of the Future?

Pure ethanol is never used as an alternative fuel, but ethanol blends are.

  • It is a renewable resource
  • Reduces dependence on foreign oil
  • Reduces smog and emissions
  • 96 octane to 86-94 octane in gasoline
  • 12,500 lower heating value to 18,000-19,000 lower heating value of gasoline
  • 1.4 gallons of E85 is equal to 1 gallon gasoline
  • Per gallon, E85 gets 72% of the miles that gasoline gets
  • Holding tank is 1.4 times larger than a gasoline holding tank
  • In cold weather, E85 starts the car as well as gasoline
  • Vehicle power is increased 3-5% with E85

Flexible Fuel Vehicles (FFV)
Over 2 million of today’s vehicles are flexible fuel vehicles, which can run on ethanol, gasoline, or a mixture of the two. Some of the benefits of flexible fuel vehicles include:

    • Emissions that create smog are reduced 25 percent
    • Cost effectiveness is equal to that of cars run on gasoline
    • Similar warranties and original equipment are manufactured as they are for gasoline run vehicles
    • Emissions that create greenhouse gases are reduced 35 to 40 percent
    • Vehicle horsepower increased up to 5 percent
    • Fuel is renewable
    • New vehicles can be ordered with a flexible fuel engine option

Most cars, including hybrid cars have no problems with a 10 percent ethanol blend.

Alternative render vehicles open up a whole new area of automotive jobs.

Hybrid Cars And Our Future

The main question and perhaps why you are reading this article. Should you buy a Hybrid car in 2007 or 2008? The answer to that question really relies on you as their are many reasons to buy one and many not to buy.

Hopefully by reading this article you’ll be better informed and with the information presented here and in other areas of research you will decide whether to purchase a Hybrid Car now or in the future.

Starting off I’m going to give you some information that I’ve picked up from different auto makers, Wikpedia, Consumer Reports and other online and off line sources.

With that said I decided to give you a little history and background information concerning the electric powered car.

Did you know as far back as 1901 the hybrid car was being experimented with. It’s true a gentlemen by the name of Ferdinand Porsche designed a Hybrid car named the “Mixte”. This Hybrid used a gasoline engine powering a generator [Read more...]