gasoline-electric cars

2012 Fisker Karma Range-Extended Electric Car

The Fisker Karma is a gasoline electric car that operates as a range-extended electric vehicle (RE-EV).  This luxury sedan is, for many in the alternative vehicle industry, the epitome of design, style, and efficiency in the current production of hybrid… Continue reading

The Toyota Prius Plug-in Hybrid Gasoline Electric

Toyota has introduced the production Prius Plug-in Hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV).  All Prius cars up to this point have been standard gasoline electric cars (“hybrids”).  This new Prius marks the first plug-in hybrid electric.

The “plug-in” moniker means that the… Continue reading

How Hybrid Gasoline Electric Cars Work

When someone uses the term “hybrid car” they are usually referring to gasoline electric cars, though broadly a “hybrid” is any vehicle that uses two propulsion sources interdependently or together.   A gasoline electric uses gasoline and electricity to move the… Continue reading

Hybrid Cars – the Basics

Emissions from the traditionally fueled vehicles today are slowly killing the Earth and its people. Moreover, conventional vehicles are utilizing so much oil that our world is practically drained of it and new supplies are getting harder and harder to… Continue reading