How does a Hybrid car work?

Question

How does a Hybrid car work?

Answer 1

Hybrid cars are not much different from regular cars. They basically have in layman's terms a generator that when you apply the brakes, It creates energy that is stored in the battery. So that when you are sitting at a stoplight, the car shuts off the gas and runs off the battery. But when the light turns green, the gas engine kicks in, and you drive normally again. That is why you get better mileage in stop and go traffic than highway.

Answer 2

Hybrids have both a gasoline engine and an electrical motor and a battery pack.

The electrical motor can assist the gasoline engine by drawing power from the battery pack.

The electrical motor can also act as a generator when you brake the car, which recovers the kinetic energy as the car slows down and stores it as electricity in the battery pack for later use.

Some hybrid systems such as the ones in Hondas and GM's first-generation hybrids don't have electrical motors powerful enough to move the car on its own.

The hybrid systems developed by Ford and Toyota can move the car on electric power alone at lower speeds.  GM's second-generation "2-mode" system can as well.

Hope this helps.

Answer 3

Hybrid's work by capturing energy when you decelerate and then use that energy to help the engine when you are accelerating.