Since the gas prices are increasing and it is unstoppable, we as the driver can not tell the government to raise the price down. One thing we can do, find a gas saving vehicle. Car manufacture were trying to create a car that combine has and fueled internal combustion engine with a electric battery driven. Hybrid vehicles started back in 1970s when the government encouraged the use of electric vehicle to reduce air pollution, they also support it by gives out an incentives to people that are willing to buy. The well mass produced hybrids came in to the market in late 1990s. They looked radically different from a gas powered vehicles. .
A hybrid vehicle uses two different sources of power which is electric battery and gasoline engine. Those two main sources combined and do all the driving function of the car. These car mostly run with a continuously variable transmission or CVT. CVT is a transmission that has a fixed gear ratio which help the car save even more gas. As a result, hybrid vehicle do not need to be plugged into an outlet like any other electric car out there in the market and it will run further. A gas mileage for hybrid vehicle is average about 55 miles per gallon. If you compare to a regular gasoline car, will average around 29 miles per gallon. It is almost twice miles per gallon for hybrid car and you can save lots of money per each year. .
Toyota Prius is well known as the most popular hybrid car. More than 350,000 sold in the United States in 2007 and it is still remaining best selling hybrid. vehicle. Unfortunately some people do not like the design of the Prius at all, so other car manufacture had came out with variety of hybrid vehicle. The selection of hybrid vehicle goes from; a sub compact car, midsize sedan, family sedan, full size sedan, and even a sport utility vehicle or SUV. It might be a little pricey for a hybrid on the sticker price, but you will be surprise in the long run.