Where does a hybrid car gets it's electricity?

Question

I once heard from a number of people that you have to plug it in to your house plug. When i heard this i doubted it. So by any chance is it true? If not, then how do hybrid cars get their electricity?

Answer 1

The gasoline engine charges the battery.

Answer 2

It has an engine it that runs some of the times to charge the battery. I think you can also plug it in to charge it so it starts in the morning.

Answer 3

it has a battery that charges when u brake or idle or whatever and hybrid means both gas and electricity so it switches to gas when u reach a certain speed or run out on ur charge

Answer 4

you can plug it in then the motor helps keep the charge in the battery up

Answer 5

Hybrid cars get their electricity from a generator attached to the gas powered engine.

Also, the electric motor which powers the car automatically switches to a generator while braking to charge the batteries.

Currently, there are no hybrids that you plug in to an electrical outlet.

There is a new type of electric car about to hit the market in 2010.  The Chevrolet Volt will be powered by an electric motor. (Hybrids use an electric motor to assist the gasoline motor propelling the vehicle)

The Volt can be charged from a standard electrical outlet.  it can be driven up to 40 miles without starting the onboard flex fuel engine.  The on board flex fuel engine does not actually propel the car.  It operates a generator that can either propel the car, charge the batteries, or both.

Answer 6

I test drove the Toyota Highlander Hybrid.  The battery cells get charged everytime you brake.  The friction from braking recharges the cells.  Really cool!!  The one we drove gets something like 38 miles/gallon in the city and around 32 on the highway.

There are a few electric cars coming out which you plug into any normal electral outlet which recharges the cells.  These cars do not use any fuel at all!  The down side of them is they don't go very fast (I think they top at 50 or 60 km/hour, and the charge doesn't last very long).  They would be great for running a few errands around the city.  One company that makes these is ZENN (zero emmission no noise) out of Canada but they are only sold in the states.

Answer 7

They get it from a battery and a device in the car powers the battery when the car is on

Answer 8

You do not plug in a hybrid - they get their electricity from an on board electric generator powered by the gas motor, and from regenerative braking. That electricity is stored in a huge, heavy, toxic, polluting battery.

Answer 9

Hybrid cars, as the name suggests operates on both electricity and normal petrol....the electricity is generated through the movement of the road wheels during normal driving, much like the old dynamo on bikes, but a lot more complicated. The electricity is stored in batteries and used when the car is in towns, so you can slip between which fuel you use, the petrol or the electric...You dont have to plug them in.

Answer 10

braking

coasting

gas engine-alternator

Answer 11

A fuel cell battery  , yes you plug it into mains to charge   Same as your mobile phone.. Also recharging points dotted about  ,  garages, hotels etc,  

Answer 12

Only purely electric cars need an external power source (such as a plug in your garage or solar panal). Hybrid cars are pretty much exactly the same as normal cars except they have extra electric motors that are charged up by braking or directly from the flywheel of the engine. Under normal driving conditions only the petrol engine is used but under acceleration the electric motors kick in increasing the efficiency & reducing the carbon output of the engine. Once you have stopped accelerating the motors start to charge up again ready for their next use.

Answer 13

Hybrid cars get their Juice form a generator inbetween the engine and trans. The power is stored in a very large battery pack. The only car that would be a plug in car, would be an electric car, not a hybrid

Answer 14

It is charged by a special charger and plugged in at home. When the charge runs down then the petrol engine might have a charging system to top up the rather large on board batteries. For electric cars only it is likely that there will be charging points with prepayment meters at different locations in a city. Then you can drive to work, have your car on charge all day and drive home, charge up over night and opff to work next day and so on.

Answer 15

No.

Answer 16

The hybrids that are available to the public in the U.S. right now are not plug-in hybrids.

There is talk that these will be available in the next couple of years, but you do not plug in the one's you see on the road now.

The hybrid gets it's electricity from the battery pack.  The battery pack is located under the back seat in the Toyota hybrids.  GM hybrids may be the same.  

Toyota used the regenerative synergy drive technology, which automatically recharges the battery as you drive, including when you hit your brakes.

Olz - there actually is a hybrid that may become available that you can actually plug-in.  It would run on electric mode for X miles and then switch to gas if you go through the charge cycle.  Technically, a gas/electric hybrid.

Answer 17

it needs to be charged at home..just like a razor..toothbrush..Ipod etc.