Are Hybrid Cars a Curse or a Blessing I've always been interested in cars. Since I was a child I have had the desire to know the working mechanism of cars; so that I can build my own cars and eventually create and design my own brand. Due to the new revolution in the automotive industry, my interest in cars has grown even more because these new revolutionary cars are environmentally friendly. This new revolution was brought to the automotive sector with the introduction of hybrid cars due to high fuel consumption and increasing pollution; this is the best alternative, despite the low performance and high maintenance costs, hybrid cars will soon overtake conventional cars. Hybrid cars are the transportation of the future. A hybrid vehicle is a vehicle that uses two or more distinct energy sources to move the vehicle. Humans have been around since the 1880s. From fuel-efficient coupes, to gas-guzzling SUVs, or even mega-expensive supercars, they all use gasoline. Gasoline is the main factor that makes or breaks the sale of a car. These hybrid cars are environmentally friendly and can save some money in your pocket but are still expensive to purchase. There are four types of hybrid cars. The first hybrid car in the list is the parallel hybrid car and the series hybrid car. A parallel hybrid car uses both the engine and the electric motor to drive the wheels. In a parallel hybrid, the gasoline engine and electric motor work together in parallel to generate the power needed to move the vehicle forward. The second hybrid car on the list is a series hybrid car, the electric motor does all the work to generate energy in the vehicle. Although a series hybrid car has a petrol engine, but the engine does not have a direct connection... middle of paper... you will be able to get much more benefit from your investment in a hybrid rather than a car with petrol engine. The important characteristic of a hybrid car is when it comes to a standstill. Until this era, ordinary cars were designed in such a way that they gained momentum and energy when they accelerated but when they stopped they lost all momentum and energy. This makes petrol cars less fuel efficient and more harmful to the environment because they will now produce more harmful gases. This problem was solved by the engineers who designed hybrid cars. When the hybrid car stops, it recovers the energy lost during acceleration; this makes the car more efficient than a car with a petrol engine. The braking system in the hybrid car charges the battery which is a great or best thing to have in a car.