Hybrid vehicle

A hybrid vehicle is a vehicle that uses two or more specific types of power, such as submarines that use diesel when surfaced and batteries when submerged. Other means to store energy include pressurized fluid in hydraulic hybrids.

Switching from one to the other at the proper time while speeding up yields a win-win in terms of energy efficiency, as such that translates into greater fuel efficiency, for example.

Hybrid Vehicle Media

• 1998 Toyota Prius NHW10 Silver Strara Metallic (front).jpg

  World's first mass-produced hybrid vehicle Toyota Prius NHW10 (1997–2000)

• Mettis BRT Metz.jpg

  Bus rapid transit of Metz, a diesel–electric hybrid driving system by Van Hool

• HB-E300kei-2.JPG

  East Japan Railway Company HB-E300 series

• Cadillac Escalade Hybrid -- 04-26-2011.jpg

  Cadillac Escalade hybrid version

• Hybrid-bus.jpg

  Hybrid New Flyer Metrobus

• Arriva North West and Wales 655.jpg

  Arriva North West and Wales bus 655 (reg. MX05 MKM), a 2005 Optare Solo M850 midibus. It's pictured here branded as one of the six

• Ford Escape E85 Flex Plug-in Hybrid views and badging WAS 2010.jpg

  Ford Escape Plug-in Hybrid with a flexible fuel capability to run on E85 (ethanol)

• 2011 Chrysler Town & Country Touring - L -- 04-22-2011.jpg

  Chrysler minivan, petro-hydraulic hybrid

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  French MDI petro-air hybrid car developed with Tata

• 2010 Honda Insight LX -- 10-03-2009.jpg

  Honda Insight, a mild parallel hybrid