Hybrid cars explained: What type should you buy? – Which?
Hybrid cars explained: What type should you buy? – Which?
Hybrid cars are the easiest first step to greener driving, but what is a hybrid car and what is the difference between self charging hybrid and a plugin hybrid? We take you through the different types of hybrid car and explain how hybrid cars work so you can decide whether you should buy a hybrid car and which type is right for you.
00:00 Intro
00:23 How do hybrid cars work?
01:29 What is a full hybrid car?
02:01 What is a plugin hybrid car?
03:04 What is a mild hybrid car?
03:39 What type of hybrid car should I buy?
04:32 Should I buy a hybrid car?
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I don’t understand I never will
its too confusing
So the price difference will pay for a lot of gas and oil changes. I can get 40 plus mpg out of my Honda CR-V on the hiway and 33 around town.
I like how she says "some models" without referring to anything at all
None it doesn’t make sense even at 4,5 bucks fir gas.. the cars are typically 10k or more fir a hybrid so if you calculate the fuel diffence plus the cost to replace the battery pack at $8k or so it simply isn’t worth buyin a hybrid .. your better off buying a car that gets 30 or more mpgs and it’s thousands less to own over 10 years or so ..
1:38 when aren’t you accelerating, decelerating or not changing speed?
My dream💪💕❤
I prefer petrol cars, especially the turbo petrol ones which are like diesels
5 mins f.. about obvious things
What a scam that takes oil to make the rubber you’re driving on you idiots
This will depend on the size of the car and it’s functions. The less options or a basic model will perform better than a full loaded model ( many options ).
hybrids = more to go wrong
they are a nightmare for maintenance and repairs – look at vw golf gtd/gte complaints lately!
either go for the most efficient diesel you can find or a full electric
My Honda Accord hybrid gives me ~ 44 mpg freeway + local combined
Full hybrid sounds like the type they use in Formula 1 cars, especially when the commentator mentioned brake harvesting.
Had Yaris hybrid for 5 Years and never had a problem ,works like a dream and so easy to drive
So u gotta pay for gas and electricity?
Multicultural propaganda. Turned it off right away.
What’s the best full hybrid in America
Very confusing
Please can you help me.
does Corolla cross hybrid work on highway?
With the multitude of problems associated with the current crop of electric cars, and the inadequate infrastructure to support them. I would have pushed the phasing out of hybrid vehicles another 10 or 15 years! Ok, they are probably not as clean as pure electric, but sure as hell cleaner than petrol or diesel Personally, I think this is the more realistic way to go. Because this technology is still quite new, and it’s not being given a proper chance to develop, and maybe in 10 to 15 years time they could actually be the answer to this whole climate crisis surrounding cars
Brake harvesting is about the only thing I find suitable .
Battery technology is not there yet.
There may be cases where it may be more efficient. But for ecological cost (massive mining for batteries plus the toxic waste left when discarded) then initial cost to produce as opposed to the life expectancy of the car plus average maintenance.
European or other countries or limited areas in US.
Maybe.
That’s geographical. Varies so.
We have states or areas as well as other countries that geographically dwarf some a lot of countries around the world.
That’s not a boast. It’s reality. When getting to civilization could be a step out your door or a 4hr drive to find fuel.
In the big picture. Think Europe is ahead of U.S. on renewable energy.
Think it’s better built. And more efficient and durable.
Especially solar.
Asian stuff cheap and get what you pay for. NAFTA KILLED US.
It’s Called Gasoline Not Petrol
I don’t care about the environment we’re all going to die soon we destroy the Earth it’s too late to make it better people make fires people smoke we’re all going to die sooner
With such low range I may prefer full petrol which performs like torque diesel. Or full electric !
Be very careful……..thousands of recalls for hybrids for serious fire risk.
Don’t like the way of explaining
But do some hybrid cars convert the engine power to electricity n the electric motor drives the car which of course means if the battery dies u cannot move even with the engine running? its what I heard n am non the wiser from this video at all, please explain?
Currently have a Toyota Corolla Hybrid which gives me an approximate of 50mpg sometimes up 70. No issues with the car been having it for a year now. Great investment.
Don’t buy hybrid…
full hybrid sounds better in my opinion, especially since most of countries dont have chargers in cities, at least smaller ones, and rare have chargers at home since many live in apartments and not in houses. But i wonder does petrol or diesel version is better? i know that diesels will be discontinued soon and various taxes used to kill those cars, so probably best combo is full hybrid with petrol? wonder what liters engine is best for hybrid, like 1.8 2.0 2.5 or higher?