A few years ago, at the ripe old age of eight, I had a deep curiosity to explore anything that moves. Actually I've been like that ever since I could walk, but at the age of eight I began to research how engines work, and where fuel comes from. Once I got an explanation that satisfied me, I began to wonder if our supply of fuel will last forever, and I started to learn about other power sources. I was most interested in electric cars, but most of them have a very limited range, because the batteries do not last very long.
A few years later, when hybrid prototypes first started appearing in Popular Science, I became very interested in hybrids, and I started researching them on the internet. A hybrid engine is an engine that runs on two or more power sources. Most hybrids have a gasoline engine and an electric motor. The first gasoline-electric hybrid for sale in the United States was the Honda Insight. The Insight was introduced in 1999, and is still the hybrid that gets the......
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