International Herald Tribune reports: "Hybrid cars enter the fast lane "
The article talks about Mark Cappellano, a vintner in the Napa Valley of northern California, who waited eight months for his new car, a 2004 Toyota Prius. After he took delivery of the car, which runs on a hybrid system incorporating a gas engine and an electric motor, Cappellano drove it to Los Angeles and back - a round trip of more than 800 miles, or 1,280 kilometers.
In the Prius hybrid SUV, he only needed to fill it up twice while the same journey in his former car, a sporty Saab 900, would have cost him about $80 to fill his 10-gallon, or 40-liter, gas tank four times.
About hybrid cars: "For the first time since its commercial debut in Japan eight years ago, the hybrid car is in the fast lane of public consciousness. But whether that awareness will translate into any sort of meaningful consumption remains a big unknown.
Hybrid technology involves a combination of a gasoline-powered combustion engine paired with an electric motor. The two subsystems function as a tag team based on road and environmental conditions. On a straightaway, where less fuel is needed to make the car move, the gas engine will take over; on an incline or other terrain where more power is needed, the electric motor will kick in. "
The article talks about Mark Cappellano, a vintner in the Napa Valley of northern California, who waited eight months for his new car, a 2004 Toyota Prius. After he took delivery of the car, which runs on a hybrid system incorporating a gas engine and an electric motor, Cappellano drove it to Los Angeles and back - a round trip of more than 800 miles, or 1,280 kilometers.
In the Prius hybrid SUV, he only needed to fill it up twice while the same journey in his former car, a sporty Saab 900, would have cost him about $80 to fill his 10-gallon, or 40-liter, gas tank four times.
About hybrid cars: "For the first time since its commercial debut in Japan eight years ago, the hybrid car is in the fast lane of public consciousness. But whether that awareness will translate into any sort of meaningful consumption remains a big unknown.
Hybrid technology involves a combination of a gasoline-powered combustion engine paired with an electric motor. The two subsystems function as a tag team based on road and environmental conditions. On a straightaway, where less fuel is needed to make the car move, the gas engine will take over; on an incline or other terrain where more power is needed, the electric motor will kick in. "
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