The Types of Hybrid Cars and General Battery Packs

The Types of Hybrid Cars and General Battery Packs

By Gugu Maseko

The full hybrid car is awesome. If your hybrid car can propel forward when it's already going at low speeds, you might own a full hybrid. But it must be able to do this while using no gasoline whatsoever.

Today, all hybrid cars are parallel hybrid cars. There are some concept cars that might be called series hybrid cars, but a lot of times the car manufacturers do not want to call their cars series hybrid cars. So they don't call them that, and the public is left to guess what new types of cars are coming out next. Finally, there is the plug-in hybrid car, and that's the talk of every savvy automotive consumer. People were just starting to get that you never have to plug in a hybrid car in, but now these cars are being created supposedly with other motives than to just plain confuse people.

These different types of hybrid cars were made to give people more options and more ideas. And the options definitely don't disappoint anyone.

About Hybrid-Car battery packs

Battery packs in hybrid cars do not need to be replaced. Made to last over the lifetime of the vehicle, a hybrid car's warranty covers the battery for a time period that lasts between eight and ten years. In terms of mileage, a battery pack is expected to last between 150, 000 and 200,000 miles, and it probably lasts longer than that.

Hybrid batteries contain hundreds of cells. Hundreds of cells means that hybrid cars have a lot of complexity going on underneath their hoods, and complexity does usually mean expensive, but with the generous warranty car manufacturers are giving on these cars, there is little involved in purchasing a hybrid.

The battery packs in hybrid cars are evolving. If we look further into the future, the next generation of hybrid batteries is in the works. The goal: To discover a technology that gives lots of power, lasts for the hybrid car's lifetime, and costs less to make.

But does a hybrid car really save you money? Yes, but you have to pay attention to how much money you are spending before you buy a hybrid car and after you buy a hybrid car. Then you will see the savings for what they really are. And I'm not saying you have to be an accountant to save money either. I'm just saying that if you don't see the savings, you might think they are not there when they really are.