Plug-In Hybrid Cars

Plug-In Hybrid Cars

  Plug-In Hybrid Cars offer drivers the fuel-efficiency benefits of hybrid cars with the added feature of being able to literally plug in to household electricity when the car is not being used!

  This can save the thrifty householder, as well as facilitating increased fuel mileage.

  Hybrid-electric cars with plug-in facility offer extended electric-only propulsion. 

  If you wish, you can use the electric mode for short trips only. 

Then you can easily switch to the so-called 'blended' mode, in which you use a combination of gas and electric. 

  This is handy when your battery runs low, or if you require a higher engine performance.

  Plug-ins need large batteries; larger in fact than normal hybrids. This means they will be more expensive. 

  Hybrid vehicles make use of rechargeable nickel metal hydride (NiMh). 

  They are bulky, but not as expensive.

Advanced lithium ion batteries are smaller and have a higher output of energy. They are really expensive, though. 

  So it appears that the key to the success of the plug-ins lies in improvements to battery storage.

  Plug-in technology is being explored by major auto manufacturers.

Tuhin Bagi

Image of Toyota Prius Plug-In