A hybrid vehicle can travel through city streets with its gasoline engine switched off, relying almost entirely on electric propulsion. Yet after entering a highway and maintaining a higher …
A driver parks a hybrid vehicle, shifts into Park, and expects the gasoline engine to shut down. Instead, the engine continues running—or starts again several minutes after the vehicle …
A hybrid car can accelerate away from a traffic light using electric power, start its gasoline engine a few seconds later, and then continue at highway speed with both …
A driver parks a hybrid vehicle, shifts into Park, and expects the gasoline engine to shut down. Instead, the engine continues running—or starts again several minutes after the vehicle …
A hybrid vehicle can sometimes move through traffic without making a sound from its gasoline engine, then start that same engine moments later even though the battery still shows …
A hybrid car that travels through a neighborhood almost silently in mild weather can behave very differently on a freezing morning. The gasoline engine may start shortly after the …
A hybrid driver watches the battery display during a long downhill descent. The vehicle is slowing, the electric motor is generating electricity, and the energy-flow graphic shows power moving …
A hybrid vehicle can behave like two different machines on two otherwise similar drives. On a cold morning, the gasoline engine may run more frequently, electric acceleration assistance may …
A hybrid driver descends a long hill, watches the battery indicator climb, and reaches the bottom with noticeably more stored charge than at the top. The experience can create …
A hybrid driver watches the battery indicator fall until it reaches 0%. The gasoline engine is still running, the vehicle continues moving, and the dashboard may even show that …
