Hybrids get real: could your next car be an energy-efficient high-tech hybrid?

Article Abstract:

Car technology may have more problems to deal with, such as achieving fuel efficiency without added weight, but breakthroughs such as Toyota's Prius signal solutions. Prius reduces weight and cost by removing the automatic transmission, but it is still expensive.

Product development, Design and construction, Automobile industry, Prius (Automobile)

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The alternate fuel follies

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Six alternative-fueled vehicles and two electric automobiles are tested and evaluated. Although alternative fuels provided comparable vehicle functions, the approximately 200-mile range was frustratingly short. There were also limited refueling facilities.

Evaluation, Cover Story, Alternative energy sources, Renewable energy

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Fill 'er up - with hydrogen: fuel cells

Article Abstract:

Harry Pierce, vice chairman of General Motors, announced in January 2000 that hydrogen will be the automotive fuel of the future. The Precept, General Motor's new aluminium research vehicle, uses a hydrogen fuel cell.

Research, Usage, Motor fuels, Hydrogen fuels, Hydrogen as fuel, Car fuel systems

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