Hybrid Cars – A Promising New Technology
“According to Hiroyuki Watanabe, director of Toyota Motor Co., the age of the internal combustion engine is over.” (qtd. in Cothran)
In the last decade automobile technology developed fast, and now on auto market there is a bigger choice of cars, including hybrid cars. In a few months I am going to purchase a new car. Should I buy a regular gas-fueled car or a hybrid?
Gas Prices have skyrocketed through 2000s (Cothran). As on march 2008, a gallon of regular gasoline cost an average of $3.13 ("Hybrid Vehicles"), and economists predict the price could reach four dollars by the summer of 2008. With skyrocketing prices of gasoline and uncertain future of oil supply I am leaning toward buying a hybrid car.
It is important to develop alternative vehicles because the oil used to produce gasoline for traditional cars is running out. Gas – electric hybrids, and natural gas vehicles, are currently being used to cut oil consumption, and......
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