History of Hybrid Car

Greetings everyone!! Today we want to introduce the next technology that the world have now...Everyone has their own vehicle right? Normally conventional vehicle using fuel that might cause pollutant to the environment. Do we have the alternative that might help our environment clean? Let finds out..hehe

Have anyone heard about HYBRID CAR?? Interesting name right? haha
A hybrid car is an automobile that has two or more major sources of propulsion power. Most hybrid cars currently marketed to consumers have both conventional gasoline and electric motors, with the ability to power the vehicle by either one independently or in tandem. These vehicles are appropriately termed as Hybrid-electric vehicle. A petroleum-electric hybrid most commonly uses internal combustion engines (normally gasoline or diesel engine, powered by a variety of fuels) and electric batteries to power electric motors. There are many types of petroleum-electric hybrid drivetrains, from full hybrid to mild hybrid, which offer varying advantages and disadvantages.

In late 1900, Ferdinand Porsche developed the first gasoline-electric series-hybrid automobile in the world, setting speed records using two motor-in-wheel-hub arrangements with a combustion generator set proving the electric power. The car created a press whirlwind, and news traveled as far as Britain, from where Lohner received their first order for an example. However, the car, ordered by a Luton dweller, was to be significantly different from the car shown at the Paris Expo. It had to be capable of running on petrol, as well as electricity, of carrying four passengers (the demonstrator was a two-seat, low slung type) and also had to be four-wheel drive. As a result, the final product was a monster - it required 1.8 tonnes of batteries consisting of a forty-four cell 80 volt lead battery, and cost a gigantic 15,000 Austrian Crowns. However, the car was completed on time, and was delivered personally by Porsche.