A Hybrid Can Take You To Where The Grass IS Greener
Start your engines! It's a new way to hit the road that's taken the world of automobiles by storm. Hybrid vehicles use a mixture of power or fuel sources for the purpose of achieving better fuel economy than a conventional vehicle. There are a variety of hybrids on the market today and the way they function varies as well. The most common form of the hybrid is an automobile driven by a gasoline internal combustion engine (ICE) and electric motors powered by batteries.
DotGreen met with green enthusiast, Cliff Janson, a web programmer and SEO expert who has a passion for the hybrid car. Janson, who usually rides his bike, says, “I bought a Honda Civic hybrid about 2 years ago and have averaged 49MPG overall --- it is the first car I've driven that out performs its EPA mileage estimate." Janson has been concerned about renewable energy and the earth’s resources long before “green” hit the mainstream news. Years ago, he built custom solar of-the-grid power for his recreational vehicle. Retired from full-time web programming, Janson now enjoys designing what is most meaningful to him. He's created a user-friendly website to help others find a hybrid that suits their lifestyle. Compare Hybrid Cars makes it easier to find information on hybrid cars on a single page in a format that shrinks or grows depending on individual user’s browser window size while being easily downloadable to a spreadsheet. Janson offers statistics the car manufacturers usually don't list, such as the 0-60 MPH acceleration time. Effective comparison features are the photos of the car interiors posted side by side. Additions to the site are 100%-electric-vehicles and top-MPG non-hybrids with separate tabs.
According to Wikipedia, worldwide sales of hybrid vehicles produced by Toyota reached 1.7 million vehicles in January 2009. The second-generation Honda Insight was the top-selling vehicle in Japan in April 2009, marking the first occasion that an HEV has received the distinction. American automakers have made development of hybrid cars a top priority. The Hybrid is now recognized as a viable portion of the car industry for today and the future.
The Honda has a conventional dashboard. The Prius opts for just two gauges in a thin strip with more information on the console in the center-dash.
