By: Daniel Sasi
History of Hybrid Vehicles
 Although people may believe that hybrid technology is somewhat
recent, hybrid technology has been around as long as cars themselves.
 First milestone in hybrid technology was when H. Piper filed a patent
in 1905 for an electric motor that supplemented a gasoline engine.
 This patent was not intended to increase gas mileage or cut down gas
prices, instead the hybrid was to allow a vehicle to accelerate from 0 to
25 K/HR in 10 seconds.
The Woods Motor Vehicle Dual
Power
 In 1915, the Woods motor Vehicle manufacturers
created a dual Power hybrid vehicle.
 The Dual Power used the electric motor to carry the
vehicle at low speeds, and gasoline motor to carry the
vehicle at high speeds.
 When the Dual Power vehicle went into production
more than 600 vehicles were created.
The Godfather of the Hybrids
 In the 1960’s and 1970’s Victor Wouk was named “The
Godfather of Hybrid Vehicles”.
 Victor created numerous different hybrid designs that
were built upon to design new hybrid vehicles in
recent years.
P.N.G.V.
 In 1993, the Partnership for a new generation of
vehicles was issued by Bill Clinton’s administration in
recognition of the urgency of production of cars other
than gasoline powered vehicles.
 This implemented cars using alternative power
sources, especially electric powered vehicles.
Modern History of hybrid Vehicles
 It was Toyota and Honda that set the pace for
production of hybrid vehicles.
Some of the 2009 hybrids available in North America
Sedans
Suv’s
Honda Civic Hybrid
Ford Escape Hybrid Suv
Saturn Aura Hybrid
Lexus 400h Suv
Nissan Altima Hybrid
Toyota Highlander Suv
Toyota Prius Hybrid
Mercury Mariner Suv
Toyota Camry Hybrid
Mazda Tribute Compact Suv
Parts of the Hybrid Car
 Gasoline engine-much smaller than on normal cars.
 Fuel tank-storage for gasoline when not being used.
 Electric motor-Acts as a motor as well as a generator
 Generator-acts only to produce electrical power.
 Batteries-energy storage device for the motor.
 Transmissions- perform similar transmissions as those on a normal car.
Why Go Hybrid?
 A hybrid vehicle is a compromise between Gas and electric power.
 Hybrids are intended to significantly increase mileage per the gallon
and reduce emissions of a gas powered car.
 An electric car makes no pollution but can only go 50-100 MPH
between charges.
 The Hybrid is a combination of the both using both gas and electric
power when needed.
 http://auto.howstuffworks.com/hybrid-car2.htm
Improved Fuel Efficiency
 Hybrid Vehicles are so popular today due to the high
cost of gas and peoples demand for improved vehicles
fuel efficiency.
 http://auto.howstuffworks.com/hybrid-car4.htm
Hybrid Vehicles
 Hybrid vehicles use a combination of gasoline and
electric components to run their motors.
 Hybrid vehicles improve gas mileage while reducing
air pollution.
 Hybrids seem like a simple reasonable solution to
some of our nations economic and environmental
problems.