Advantages of the Hybrid Electric Cars

Advantages of the hybrid electric cars include being very fuel efficient. In fact, in Environmental Protection Agency's ratings for the cleanest and most fuel efficient vehicles of 2005, the top 7 are hybrids.

In the EPA ratings, Honda Insight, Toyota Prius, and Honda Civic Hybrid were all given a greenhouse gas score and air pollution score of 10.

The EPA Air Pollution Score is based on the level of pollution that produces smog and causes health problems.

The score allows you to compare the expected pollution levels of different vehicles. The scoring is from 0 to 10, where 10 is cleanest.

The Greenhouse Gas Score allows you to compare the expected amount of greenhouse gas emissions for different vehicles.

The scoring is from 0 to 10, where 10 represents the lowest amount of greenhouse gases.

In terms of being environmentally friendly, the hybrid cars are the best cars available in the market.

Advantages of the Hybrid Electric Cars - Fuel Economy

The EPA fuel economy estimates provide the EPA miles-per-gallon City and Highway values for each car and light truck.

You can compare fuel economies for all available cars at www.fueleconomy.gov, which is an EPA website.

In terms of fuel efficiency, the hybrids again take the top spots in the EPA survey.

For the unadjusted combined MPG indicator, which takes into account both miles-per-gallon City and Highway values, the top spot holder Honda Civic hybrid had a value of 74.3172.

In comparison, the first non-hybrid car for the unadjusted combined MPG indicator, the VW New Beetle, had a value of 48.2258.

To sum it up, when buying a hybrid car, you not only get an environmentally friendly solution, but also one that will make you visit the gas pump less often.


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