How Hybrid Cars Work? Hybrid cars work by seamlessly integrating a gas engine, an electric motor and a high-powered battery. The battery provides power for the electric motor and is recharged by recapturing energy that would normally be lost when decelerating or coasting.Hybrids are cars that run off a rechargeable battery and gasoline, rather than just gasoline. Hybrid vehicles have both a small petrol engine and an electric motor. Hybrid vehicles run off petrol so doesn’t have the problem with range which the electric cars have. Hybrids use the petrol engine to drive along and when the petrol engine is not being used at its most efficient e.g. in traffic jams, the engine turns the electric motor which also acts like a generator to charge up the batteries in the car. The batteries then powers the motor when the car is accelerating and when the car is at top speeds and the engine is running aboveits maximum efficiency. Advantages
* Minimal energy loss due to regenerative breaking.
* Engines can be sized to accommodate the average load. Therefor-cheaper lighter engines can be used.
* Massively increased efficiency.
* Decreased emissions.
Disadvantages
* Carrying the mass of two engines.
* More complicated to produce.
