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Hybrid Cars vs. Plug-in Hybrid Cars Hybrid cars are on everyone's minds. Twenty, forty, or fifty dollars for a full tank of gas? Who in their right might mind wants to pay that? Frustrated, the gas customers sigh. But applauded for the small amount of gas they need to operate, hybrid cars are being pulled off the lots of car dealerships each and everyday. But what about a plug-n hybrid? Most consumers have heard that these cars are great too. Then, a person might ask him or herself, what exactly is a plug-hybrid? How do they work, and what's the difference between a plug-in hybrid and a regular hybrid anyway? Plug-in hybrids are able to run solely on batteries, but they use fuel also These types of hybrid cars have some of the same characteristics of hybrid vehicles. They are also are very similar to electric vehicles. Plug-in hybrid cars must be recharged externally by connecting a plug to a power source. The combustion engine in plug-in hybrid vehicles is used only as a back up. These cars can run only on batteries if desired. However, it is expected that these types of hybrid cars be plugged in daily. Hybrid cars travel just as many miles as a conventional car Designed to go the extra mile where gas-mileage is concerned, hybrids can be driven on the highway, in cities, or wherever else a person needs to drive. On the other hand, plug-in hybrids are designed to handle commuter-type distances, meaning about twenty to sixty miles between destinations. This way, the plug-in hybrid does not have to use its back up combustion engine, but plug-in hybrids can go further using gas. Hybrids help to minimize pollution, but they still pollute the air When compared to plug-in hybrids, hybrid cars have a long ways to go where pollution is concerned. Since plug-in hybrid cars can run solely on their battery power, they don't have to emit fuel. That means that plug-in hybrids don't have to pollute the air. Plug-in hybrids fight against greenhouse gases Plug-in hybrids use virtually no imported oil. Board studies have shown that electric hybrids emit at least 67% lower greenhouse gases when compared to gasoline cars. Since the products used to power plug-in hybrids are renewable, the difference in greenhouse gases may be even greater than the study determined. And there you have it. That's the difference between plug-in hybrids and regular hybrid cars. It makes a big difference, but you would be surprised how little that matters at the current moment. And that's only because plug-hybrids are not being sold to consumers at this time. But this list should get you excited about the wonderful plug-in hybrid car, coming soon to a dealer ship near you. And it's going to be a great debut. People already really like regular hybrid cars, but they haven't seen anything until they see plug-in hybrid cars. But for now, maybe they should just be satisfied with what they have. Because who knows? Before plug-in hybrid cars come out, something even better might be introduced on the market.

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Hybrid car sales plummeted in November (UPI)

DETROIT, Jan. 2 (UPI) -- U.S. hybrid car sales plummeted in November, falling faster than sales of conventional, gasoline-powered cars, an industry research group said.

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Hybrid car sales plummeted in November (Moldova.org)

U.S. hybrid car sales plummeted in November, falling faster than sales of conventional, gasoline-powered cars, an industry research group said.Just as automakers were scrambling to turn their production over to smaller cars after gasoline prices spiked in the summer, the falling price of gasoline threatens to dampen new initiatives.Autodata said hybrid gas and electric car sales fell 53 percent ...

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December car sales plunge (The Pantagraph)

DETROIT -- Chrysler LLC’s December U.S. sales plunged by more than half and it sold 30 percent fewer vehicles in 2008, dwarfing the steep declines at the other major automakers as consumers remained uncertain about the economy and their jobs.

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Auto sales skid: Recovery rests on stimulus (Detroit News)

Last year, U.S. car and light truck sales plunged 18% to 13.24 million vehicles as consumers were whipsawed first by soaring gas prices, and then by a credit crunch that ushered in a downturn described as possibly the worst since the Great Depression.

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Toyota to offer car powered by the sun? (Scientific American)

Toyota won't just be adding solar panels to its popular Prius gas-electric hybrid car--like the solar electric conversion kit seen at left--it'll be powering a version of it exclusively via sunshine, according to The Nikkei, Japan's business newspaper. In fact, Toyota will be relying on the solar-electric car to "turn around its struggling business," which resulted in its first operating loss ...

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Toyota, Honda’s U.S. sales fall more than U.S. competition (Houston Chronicle)

Ford Motor Co.’s U.S. sales plummeted 32 percent in December and Toyota Motor Corp.’s fell 37 percent as car and truck buyers continued to steer clear of showrooms due to the dismal economy.

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US auto sales plunge whopping 36 percent in Dec. (AP via Yahoo! News)

Huge rebates and zero-percent loans couldn't overcome economic uncertainty as U.S. auto sales plunged 36 percent in December, capping a dismal year that saw sales free-fall by 2.9 million vehicles from 2007.

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