What are green cars and how do they work?
treelover asked:
I’ve been hearing more and more about how good they are to our environment. Cars such as Pyrius and hybrid are some examples of this type of a car. What makes them different?
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I’ve been hearing more and more about how good they are to our environment. Cars such as Pyrius and hybrid are some examples of this type of a car. What makes them different?
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February 7th, 2009 at 2:47 am
they run on battery till 25mph
February 10th, 2009 at 8:42 am
No offense they’re hippie cars. They sacrifice power for fuel efficiency. Most of these cars get over 30 mile per gallon and use a combination electric and gas motor.
February 10th, 2009 at 2:12 pm
Green cars is a concept of transportation that doesn’t polute or use up the environment. In reality, the laws of physics beign what they are, the best we can hope for is to make cars that pollute LESS and use up the resources a bit slower. Hybrids are an example, they use less gas but create pollution when the batteries are recycled and discarded (when they wear out and need replaced)
February 12th, 2009 at 1:17 pm
Green cars are typically hybrid gas and electric vehicles. Examples would be a Toyota Prius, like you mentioned, or a Honda Accord Hybrid. What makes these cars different is that instead of running on gas like a normal car would they also run off of an electric engine. This means you burn less gas, release less exhaust, and are therefore more friendly to the environment(or “greener”). More gas is burnt under acceleration of these cars than when you are cruising at highway speeds. This means you get significantly better gas mileage as well. Saving fossil fuels also make these vehicles green so to speak.
February 12th, 2009 at 6:57 pm
Many types of vehicles are referred to as green. There are hybrids(gas/electric), CNG(compressed natural gas), electric, ethanol, diesel/vegetable oil, bio-fuel and 2nd Generation Diesel.
Some of these vehicles get about the same mileage as their traditional counterparts since the manufacturers have chosen to use the technology to tweak power rather than reduce fuel consumption. Other forms such as ethanol use as much or more resources in the long run, they just use more resources earlier in the process so it’s less notable at the end.
There will continue to be improvements across the board but the two “greenest” options that are widely avaiable are the hybrids and the 2nd Generation Diesels(much cleaner then before and are among the most fuel efficient models available).