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Hybrid History
Facts on Engines
Pro Hybrid
History of the Automobile
Pro Gasoline
100
The most common hybrid power train combines what two parts to run?
What is Gasoline engine with an electric motor
100
How Much CO2 does on gallon of gas emit?
What is 19 pounds of CO2
100
Having a hybrid car regenerates what part of your car?
What is the Brakes
100
What are the three basic types of early engines that were used on early automobiles?
What is Steam, Electric, Combustion
100
How long does it take to make up for the higher cost of hybrid cars in fuel savings?
What is it would take 10 years to make up for the cost of most hybrid cars in fuel savings.
200
Who built the fist hybrid?
What is Engineer Ferdinand Porsche
200
Why are engines called V-6-12 combared to a 4 cylinder engine?
What is The engines pistons are divided in half and shaped like a V hence the V.
200
Why is a hybrid car quieter than a gasoline car?
What is The electrical motor
200
What was the first automobile produced for the masses in the United States?
What is The curved dash automobile by Oldsmobile.
200
Making cars 10 percent lighter can boost their fuel economy by what percent?
What is 8 percent
300
What year was the first hybrid made?
What is 1899
300
Why is too much CO2 bad for the atmosphere?
What is It lets heat come into earth but keeps it from being reflected back to space
300
A hybrid car is defined as what?
What is A car that runs on two power sources
300
By what year did Ford motor company sell over 1 million automobiles?
What is 1920
300
Can gasoline cars help reduce our carbon footprint?
What is Yes, aerodynamic technology and turbochargers creates a more powerful and efficient engine producing more fuel efficient cars
400
What was the first first mass-production HEV released in the United States?
What is Honda Insight
400
Why is Mining oil bad?
What is Not only does it drill a huge hole into earth but it can cause oil spills like BP did at the gulf of mexico, spilling 190,000,000 gallons
400
True/False tax breaks are given by the government for hybrid car buyers?
What is True
400
What continent was the automobile born on?
What is Europe
400
Hybrids can boost persons electric bill by what percent?
What is 15-30%
500
Which hybrid vehicle gave released in the United States in 2000, gave hybrid technology the foundation it was looking for?
What is a Toyota Prius Sedan
500
How does a combustion engine work?
Demonstration*
500
What two types of motor does a hybrid car have?
What is Electrical/gasoline
500
Around what time period was the earliest automobile built?
What is Late 1700’s
500
How much would gas have to cost to see a fuel savings with hybrid cars?
What is $9 per gallon