Hybrid Car Myths
If you are (considering|thinking about buying a hybrid vehicle, you may be listening to quite a bit of “talk”. Some people think the hybrid car is the best thing since sliced bread. Other people say it’ll just pass. Yet other people again say they think they can save a lot of money, but you’re not certain it’s really worth it. What’s the truth, and how do you separate fact from fiction with all of the talk that is being thrown at you? Below, you can read and consider the usual hybrid vehicle myths.
Hybrid cars are just the same as electric cars: This is untrue because hybrid vehicles are fuel-powered most of the time. But they have what are called ‘battery assists’. The assist is powered by a nickel-metal hydride battery pack that is rechargeable.
You are guaranteed to save money with a hybrid car: If you are doing city motoring, you may save fuel and you may not. The same goes for highway driving. There are so just many different factors involved. It has been said that if everyone bought a hybrid car, the fuel consumption would decrease by only 10%. That’s not a very big decline, now is it?
A hybrid vehicle’s battery can run out: A hybrid car’s battery should not run flat when you are actually driving it. The engine of a hybrid car does not idle when stopped (at a red traffic light for example). What does it do instead? Well, it is recharging its battery. So, there is no need to worry about a hybrid vehicle stopping on that score.
A hybrid vehicle’s rechargeable battery only lasts for 2 years: A hybrid car certainly would not be worth buying if this was true. A hybrid car’s rechargeable batteries usually come with an eight-year guaranty.
If I run out of gas, I can keep driving on the hybrid car battery: Keep in mind, a hybrid car’s battery is an assist. That means that hybrid car’s still run on fuel. After you run out of gas, the battery may keep the car running for a little while. However, the car will stop running very soon.
Hybrid cars will soon put normal car dealers out of business: I’m sure that this won’t take place anytime soon. The reason for the delay has to do with the how much hybrids cost. Many people simply can’t afford one. Furthermore, people just aren’t sure whether they will really save money on a hybrid car. So, they are loathe to join the stream of people who want to own a hybrid vehicle.
Hybrid cars will only save you about 88USD a year: I did hear something on the news the other day, but it may be untrue. If there’s something you really want and there’s a lot of rumour surrounding it, you simply have got to do of your own research. There are many different types of hybrid vehicle, and many different manufacturers make them. This means that there may be much more involved than we have time to discuss here. A hybrid car may be of use to you, and it may not, but at the end of the day, is up to you.
Therefore, please don’t worry a great deal about what other people tell you. They probably have only listened to others passing on gossip. Do your own due diligence and think it out for yourself. Try the Internet to get your information. The manufacturer’s advertising is also rather useful, if you stick to reading the facts and skip over the hype. Check that whatever the literature claims is also in the guarantee.
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Posted on Aug 26 2009 in Automotive