Last week I paid a heart-stopping $3.39 a gallon for premium gas in California. The guy next to me was filling up his SUV and said to everyone in earshot, “Well, that was only $75.” While I am not an H2 driver, I also am skeptical of the latest hybrids even after applauding the technology years ago. Sure they save money, but weren’t they plagued by problems and didn’t really save all that much at the end of the day compared to a more reasonable non-SUV sedan? It sounded like I needed some facts, so I turned to the gang at HowStuff Works.com for answers:

Quick Hybrid History Lesson
“Any vehicle is a hybrid when it combines two or more sources of power. In fact, many people have probably owned a hybrid vehicle at some point. For example, a moped (a motorized pedal bike) is a type of hybrid because it combines the power of a gasoline engine with the pedal power of its rider…”

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