What Are Hybrid Car Batteries?

By Mike James


When a hybrid car is stopped for more than a few seconds, the gasoline engine is shut down automatically.It seems like there are so many technical aspects to buying a hybrid car. Hybrid car batteries are a big part of what makes a hybrid so special. The truth is when you break it down; hybrid cars are not so different from traditional cars.

The new hybrid car technology enables the cars to charge themselves by using energy normally lost during coasting and braking, and can also be charged by the car's gasoline engine.The energy that propels the car from the electric engine comes from hybrid car batteries. You may have heard that hybrid car batteries recharge while you are driving, this is so that the electric engine can be continually used while you are driving.The hybrid car batteries recharge whenever you brake. At the moment there are no batteries for hybrids that can be plugged into a socket to recharge, however some industry experts believe that this will happen sometime in the future. The ability of a hybrid car to use both an electric and gasoline engine means that it has a better fuel economy than traditional cars.

The way technology aims to solve different problems the society has, brings about new products that allow us to multi task and at the same time making things more affordable. In any hybrid car review you read you will see that a hybrid car battery is designed to last for the lifetime of the car. Something not many traditional cars can claim. This might seem unlikely and many people are a little skeptical about this.

To assuage any fears people might have about hybrid car batteries most manufacturers offer lengthy warranties. Some warranties last as long as ten years, so you are pretty much guaranteed a battery with a long life. Another worry is battery toxicity; however this is something that you definitely don't need to worry about.

A hybrid car is complex and expensive. It has all the additional systems to manage it plus a heavy battery and a regeneration system used to produce electricity during breaking. In other words this is definitely a car for someone who is conscious about the environment. Not only does a hybrid car lower green house gas emissions, its parts also leave very little impact on the environment. So you can drive with a clean conscience.




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