The gasoline engine drives the front wheels, but it also sends some current to the batteries.
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Hybrids get their power from a battery pack or an onboard gasoline engine, or both.
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The 1.4-liter gasoline engine under the hood functions as a generator, creating juice for the electric motor.
But then if you needed to go long distances, you'd be able to use the gasoline engine.
Here, the primary means of propulsion is a 3.5-liter V6 gasoline engine that nets a modest 275 horsepower.
This is a welcome change from my Lexus hybrid, which shudders slightly when the gasoline engine kicks on.
He also hopes for a small gasoline engine and a larger electric motor.
The car keeps going for another 344 miles as a 63-horsepower gasoline engine kicks in to recharge the batteries.
On the other hand, the LS600h L has a hybrid powertrain that pairs a 5.0-liter V8 gasoline engine with an electric motor.
Nevertheless, conventional hybrids are still locked into the oil economy, with a drive shaft directly connected to a gasoline engine.
That same car with a conventional small gasoline engine would probably get 15 kilometers per liter and use 1, 100 liters.
Some car companies are rolling out hybrids that can switch over to a gasoline engine when the battery runs low.
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For every mile driven, a turbocharged diesel burns 29% less fuel and spits out 20% less CO2 than a standard gasoline engine.
EcoMotors and Achates are developing two-stroke, opposed piston diesel engines while Pinnacle is working on a four-stroke opposed piston gasoline engine.
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The Volt is more of a hybrid--it's got a gasoline engine that takes over when the batteries run down after 40 miles.
The car uses a 1.8-liter, 98-horsepower four-cylinder gasoline engine with an 80 hp (60 kW) electric motor charged on a Ni-MH battery.
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Conventional hybrids use mainly the gasoline engine for propulsion, drawing on the electric drive and batteries only occasionally to (impressively) improve gasoline efficiency.
The gasoline engine only turns a generator, which charges the battery and sends electricity to two electric traction motors that drive the car.
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The Karma Sedan is a series Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle (PHEV) powered by a lithium-ion battery and an efficient 2.0-liter range-extending gasoline engine.
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The four-cylinder gasoline engine in the new Toyota Corolla is about as efficient as it gets, producing 130hp and 41 highway miles per gallon.
In other hybrids, you can usually feel a subtle shudder through the steering wheel, seat or gas pedal when the gasoline engine kicks on.
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The 1.4-liter gasoline engine under the hood acts as a generator after the 16.5 kWh battery is depleted and feeds electricity back to the motor.
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Once the battery charge reaches a certain level it operates like a typical hybrid-powered vehicle, with the 2.0-liter gasoline engine doing most of the work.
And the Toyota-style hybrid, we have batteries and gasoline engine onboard.
Like C-MAX Hybrid, C-MAX Energi has projected total system horsepower of 188 that stems from the combination of a gasoline engine and a battery-driven electric motor.
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Everybody wants to talk about what kind of alternative vehicle we'll be driving next, but I've got news for you: The internal combustion gasoline engine isn't going anywhere.
Soon as the gasoline engine kicks in, it drops precipitously.
The few hybrids BMW has introduced previously, such as the ActiveHybrid 7 and ActiveHybrid X6, which use an eight-cylinder gasoline engine instead of a six-cylinder, have not sold well.
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Even though we were in a hybrid, the gasoline engine kicked on several times and it was nearly impossible to detect an increase in noise from within the cabin.
By optimizing the split-cycle concept, the Scuderi engine is expected to reduce NOx emissions up to 80 percent and improve fuel efficiency by 50 percent, compared to a conventional gasoline engine.
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