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Group 11 consists of Marie Acosta, Antonio Conyers, and Franklin Parks. The document discusses hybrid cars and their benefits compared to gas-powered vehicles. Hybrid cars get better gas mileage than gas guzzlers like the Hummer. They also produce fewer emissions that contribute to climate change. If more vehicles adopted hybrid technology, it could significantly reduce oil consumption and emissions. Future cars may be powered by hydrogen or other alternative fuels.

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Introduction To Hybrid Cars..

Group 11 consists of Marie Acosta, Antonio Conyers, and Franklin Parks. The document discusses hybrid cars and their benefits compared to gas-powered vehicles. Hybrid cars get better gas mileage than gas guzzlers like the Hummer. They also produce fewer emissions that contribute to climate change. If more vehicles adopted hybrid technology, it could significantly reduce oil consumption and emissions. Future cars may be powered by hydrogen or other alternative fuels.

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GROUP 11:

MARIE ACOSTA
ANTONIO CONYERS
FRANKLIN PARKS
HYBRID CAR (hahy-brid kahr) n :
an automobile with more than one power
source, such as an electric motor and
internal combustion engine or an electric
motor with battery and fuel cells for energy
storage.
Compared to the Hummer H3 model, the Toyota Prius
has an estimated 48 mpg in the city & 45 mpg on the
highway. The Hummer has an estimated 14 mpg in the
city & 18 mpg on the highway.
Cars that consume very little mpg , like the Hummer,
increase the amount of greenhouse gas emissions,
like carbon dioxide, present in our environment.
Cars that burn fossil fuels such
as gasoline emit toxic
byproducts and greenhouse
gases into the atmosphere
while they are powered.
Hybrid Cars release a small quantity
of emissions during low speed city
driving and traffic jams.
According to David Friedman, a research
director for the Clean Vehicles Program
at the Union of Concerned Scientists,
“If every new car and truck in America
used [second generation] Prius-like
technology, we could more than double
the fuel economy of our vehicles and
save nearly three times more oil than we
currently import from the Persian gulf by
2020.”
A hybrid car cuts
emissions by
25% to 35% over
even the most
fuel efficient gas
powered models.
What’s in store for our
eco-friendly future?
The brand new hybrid car from Honda:
2010 Insight.
Future Hybrid Cars
Experts believe that hybrids are a transition
technology. Hydrogen or methane fuel cell
powered cars are most likely the cars of the
future. As for the environment, there are
several ways that people can decrease
emissions. For example, people can buy a
smaller, fuel efficient car, use public
transport, car pool, ride a bike, and the
simplest of them all - walking.
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