If you let hybrids travel in the HOV lanes, they're not running on the battery power.
But, he says, for the automakers, hybrids seem to be more about style than substance.
Mr. LINKOV: What's interesting is you see a lot of breaks and benefits given to hybrids.
In the longer run these movie-game hybrids will be released directly to homes via broadband networks.
Those vehicles don't get the some type of respect, for lack of a better word, as they hybrids.
For now, though, the smart money is on energy savings--meaning smart buildings and hybrids.
Now it is moving into batteries for hybrid vehicles and future plug-in hybrids and all-electric cars.
Bloomberg New Energy Finance reports that 12, 791 electric and hybrids shipped in 2012.
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Genetic testing has been carried out to try to find further hybrids among the population there.
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As with other plug-in hybrids, there is 25 to 40 miles of electric-only range.
And within 10 years, you'll see more hybrids and more movement towards fuel cells as well.
So far BMW has relied more on diesels than hybrids for improving fuel efficiency.
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Toyota's Hybrid Synergy Drive technology remains the standard by which other hybrids are judged.
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Finally, some planners are hybrids--they will charge an initial fee and also receive commissions.
Projects are completed at least 25 percent faster than they were with previous-generation hybrids, Sankaran said.
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Even the intermediary solution of petrol electric hybrids and plug-in hybrids rely on the battery.
Yes, the Toyota Prius has cornered the market on hybrids, as Hannah accurately points out.
Honda has sold 141, 000 hybrids since 1999 in the U.S., second to Toyota's 273, 000.
General Motors, for example, has focused on fuel cells, Toyota on hybrids, DaimlerChrysler on diesels.
Those cars need a lot more batteries than hybrids, and lead is, well, heavy as lead.
Toyota and other carmakers are expected to sell 2.6 million hybrids a year by 2016.
Other models using its proprietary technology followed, notably the hot-selling Highlander and Camry retrofitted as hybrids.
Hybrids have proven themselves especially well with regard to inexpensive brake repairs, thanks to regenerative braking.
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Today's hybrids use a wimpy battery by comparison, and they can't be plugged in for recharging.
DuPont's agriculture business plans to debut 19 soybean varieties and 40 corn hybrids in 2005.
As late as January, the company said it would build 250, 000 hybrids per year by 2010.
Like regular hybrids, the engine recharges the battery pack, which is located behind the passenger compartment.
It also plans to offer more hybrids, including an electric plug-in in the U.S. next year.
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The hybrids yield more flour, but the grains are less resistant to worms and weevils.
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