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Automobile Invention
Most people accept the gasoline powered vehicle with an internal combustion engine as an automobile; however, there were self-propelled steam and electric cars way before the gasoline engine powered car was invented. Full Story »
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A Brief History Of The Car
The history of the car is rooted in the late 1760s when Nicolas Joseph Cugnot, a Frenchman, created a steam powered, three wheeled structure identified as the very first vehicle. Of course, it would take several hundred years to create the road worthy vehicles that would be created in the late nineteenth century. Full Story »
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The First Hybrid Car
The first production hybrid cars have been in the works for around 10 years; prior to this, many have been designed, scrapped, and re-designed for about the last one hundred years. Even with all these re-designs, some of the essential elements have remained the same over time with the addition of great new ideas. It's amazing how far the first hybrid car has progressed with the application of today's technology. Full Story »
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History of Hybrid Cars in America
Though some might think that hybrid cars are a relatively new invention, hybrid cars have been around almost as long as the standard or traditional car itself. When companies were still working on developing more sophisticated automobiles in the early 20th century, they worked on such ideas as electric vehicles, steam powered vehicles, and ethanol fueled vehicles and vehicles that ran on fossil fuels such as gasoline. Full Story »
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History of Hybrid Cars in Europe
Many vehicles in Europe already get over 60 miles per gallon. However, these vehicles are diesel powered. You would think that Europeans wouldn’t be interested in hybrid cars when they have vehicles available that get as good as if not better than the estimated fuel economy of the gasoline electric hybrids that are available on the market today. However, in the first half of 2007 an estimated 23,000 new hybrid electric vehicles were sold in Europe. Full Story »
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Hybrids: Then vs. Now
With all the attention focusing on hybrid cars lately, you probably would like to know just how they work. To give you a simplified analogy, they are equipped with electric motors and small gas engines that basically switch on and off between the two as they are needed. Typically, in most of the designs, the electric motor kicks in for stop and go city driving, and when more power is needed, the gas engine takes over for freeway driving. Full Story »