Hybrid Vehicles: The Need for Today's Environment

Geetansh Agrawal

Abstract: What is a hybrid? Anything that is made by combining two different elements can be called as Hybrid. So, a hybrid vehicle combines two methods for the propulsion of a vehicle. Possible combinations include gasoline/electric, diesel/flywheel, and fuel cell/battery. Typically, one energy source is the storage of electricity, and the other is the conversion of fuel to energy. Growing concerns over the limited supply of fossil-based fuels such as petrol and diesel are motivating intense activity in the search for alternative road transportation propulsion systems. In addition, regulatory pressures to reduce urban pollution, CO2 emissions, and city noise have made plug-in electric especially hybrid vehicles a very attractive choice as the alternative to the internal combustion engine. In this paper, hybrid vehicle technology and why 150 CC or fewer power engines should be converted to hybrid. Hybrid electric vehicles are admired because of their ability to achieve related performance to a standard automobile while prominently improving fuel efficiency and tailpipe emissions.

Keywords: Hybrid Electric Vehicles, HEV, Electric Vehicles, EV, IC Engines, Motors, Gasoline