Hybrid Cars

Hybrid cars are made mostly in a similar fashion as are other gasoline powered cars. A gas-electric hybrid consists of a gasoline engine and an electric engine. So, when it comes to gasoline engines, the manufacturing process is more or less the same. The electric batteries use a nickel hydride system. These batteries are rechargeable and some batteries are charged by a motor run by the gasoline engine whereas some batteries are charged by methods such as regenerative braking (using the kinetic energy of the brakes to charge the batteries). Some cars also provide the option of charging your batteries directly via a charging station.

The most fascinating aspect of how hybrid cars are made is the seamless fusion of both the technologies. This involves lot of complicated technologies which further require special materials to work optimally.

Actually 3 types of hybrids drivetrains are present:

• Series: This only uses the electric motor. The motor in turn receives the power from the battery pack or via the gasoline engine

• Parallel: Both engine and electric motor are used to run the vehicle. This is a bit more sophisticated than series and requires additional technology to work.

• Series-Parallel: Used in the Toyota Prius, this is the most beneficial of the above two technologies. Here, depending on the programming done, either can drive the vehicle at any given instant of time.
Thus, how hybrid cars are made depends totally on the type of drivetrain that is being used.