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Does hybrid car mean electric?
I keep hearing hybrid and electric cars mentioned together. I'm not very sure of the differences. Does hybrid mean electric?
Chanice Boyd · Updated on
Reviewed by Shannon Martin, Licensed Insurance Agent.
With all the information available, things can get confusing. Let’s make things clear. Hybrid does necessarily not mean electric; they are two different types of vehicles.
Like a traditional gas-fueled car,
hybrid vehicles
use an internal combustion engine fueled by gas. Like an all-electric vehicle, hybrids also have an electric motor and can be powered by electricity. Therefore, the main difference between a hybrid car and an all-electric vehicle is that they can also revert to using fuel as their power source in addition to an electric motor. Simply put, a hybrid car is a combination of an electric and a traditionally fueled car. This gives the driver the option to use the battery instead of fuel to save on gas.
Types of a hybrid:
- Parallel Hybrid (most common design)
- Series Hybrid
- Plug-In Hybrid
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