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Written by Rex Stevenson
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Monday, 25 August 2008 |
Use Hybrid Vehicles To Help THe Environment
"I conceive that the land belongs to a vast family of which many are dead, few are living, and countless numbers are still unborn," as said by a Chieftan from Nigeria. It is easy to see that we are ruining our children's most important inheritance the earth. What good is money if they don't have a
clean place to live. Every one of us needs to think of ways in which to be more environmentally friendly, and with the way gas prices keep going up, a good way to do that is by getting one of the new hybrid vehicles.
Specialists in the environment look favorably on these new hybrid vehicles. Even the makers realize that consumers are asking for them more and more and the future looks very bright for vehicles that use alternative fuels. This is a big change compared to that of just a few years ago, when these cars were very hard to sell.
A hybrid vehicle is a car that is a combination of both an electric vehicle and a gas powered car. They have both an internal combustion engine and an electric motor. This type of vehicle shares both gas and electric energy when it is in use. Today there are two types of hybrid vehicles on the roads, the mild Hybrid, and the Full Hybrid.
The Mild hybrid uses more gas than electricity and the electric motor is used only as a support to the gas engine. These are not as gas efficient as the full hybrid. They are not as environmentally friendly as the full hybrid but compared to normal vehicles, they are much more efficient.
The Full Hybrid can use the electric motor independently from the gas engine. The full hybrid can function completely on electricity thereby eliminating harmful emissions, at least while you are driving about town.
Here is a list of current hybrids on the market:
In the SUV model: * The Lexus RX 400h is an AWD vehicle that can get about 27 miles to the gallon in the city and 25 on the highway. * Ford Escape Hybrid comes in 2 and 4 wheel drive and gets a great 36 miles to the gallon in the city and 31 on the highway. * The great Mercury Mariner comes in 4WD and can get up to 32 miles per gallon in the city and 29 on the highway. * The Saturn Vue is a 2 wd with 27 mpg in the city and 32 on the highway. * Toyota Highlander comes in 2 and 4 wd. and get about 33 miles per gallon in the city and 28 on the open road.
SUV's 1. There are several SUV hybrid vehicles, among which is the Lexus RX 400h which is an all wheel drive vehicle and gets 27 mpg in the city and 25mpg on the hwy. 2. The Mercury Mariner in both a 4WD and a 2WD version with about 32 mpg in the city and 29 mpg on the highway 3. Ford Escape comes in a 2wd and a 4wd version. This vehicle gets 36 mpg in the city and 31 on the highway 4. The Toyota Highlander has both 2wd and 4wd version and this vehicle gets 33mpg in the city and 28 mpg on the highway 4. Saturn also has a hybrid called the Saturn Vue, both in 2wd and 4wd versions. It gets about 33 mpg city driving and 28 mpg highway driving.
Cars * Honda makes two hybrid models such as the Honda Civic, and the Honda Accord. These are the best as gas mileage goes. The civic gets 49 mpg and the Accord 25. * Toyota makes two hybrids, the Toyota camry and the Toyota Prius. Both get more than 40 mpg in the city and about 40 on the highway.
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