Hybrid Vehicle

What is Hybrid Vehicle

A hybrid vehicle is a vehicle that uses two or more distinct power sources to move the vehicle. The term most commonly refers to hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs), which combine an internal combustion engine and one or more electric motors.

 A hybrid vehicle is a vehicle which uses a mixture of power or fuel sources.

Hybrid vehicle may also refer to:

• Hybrid electric vehicle: increasingly common automobiles which employ both a traditional internal combustion engine and an electric battery motor/generator to provide motive force and energy recovery. 

• Plug-in hybrid: an electric hybrid vehicle that can be plugged into a power grid to recharge its battery.

• Hydraulic hybrid: a hybrid vehicle which employs both a traditional internal combustion engine and a hydraulic motor/pump to provide motive force and energy recovery. 

• Dual-mode vehicle: a hybrid vehicle which uses power from two sources of the same type 

• Flexible-fuel vehicle: a hybrid vehicle which can use more than one type of liquid fuel for its internal combustion engine (commonly gasoline/LPG or gasoline/alcohol or gasoline/ethanol) The military has used gasoline/diesel/JP5 combos.

• Motorized bicycle: a bicycle powered by human and another power source such as liquid fuels or electricity

• Hybrid train: a locomotive with more than one power source