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A native American proverb says: “We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children.” Think about it! At this rate what are we leaving our children? In this modern day and age every one of us needs to think of how we are going to contribute to the environment and what we are going to do to stop polluting the environment, and thinking about getting one of those new hybrid vehicles is a step in the right direction.
Environmentalists believe in these new hybrid vehicles. Even manufacturers realize that consumers are demanding more of these vehicles, and future projections are showing that there will be many more alternative fuel cars on the market worldwide. This comes as a big surprise, seeing how just a few years ago there were only one or two models of this type of vehicle on the market.
Hybrids are vehicles that use both gasoline and electric power to function. They function on both an internal combustion engine and they also use an electric motor. There are both, full hybrid vehicles that can run on either fuel source and mild hybrids that always need to work on internal combustion. Obviously the mild hybrid is not as environmentally safe as the full hybrid.
Mild hybrids use more gasoline than electric energy and they are better than full gasoline engines, but still not as good as the full hybrid vehicle.
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.
Current hybrids on the market are:
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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