| Manufacturers and researchers have been dabbling | | | | to high speeds. Today's electric cars are usually 2 |
| with technology that helps build hybrids, electric cars, | | | | seater, lightweight mini sized cars, with a top speed of |
| and alternative fuel vehicles, for quite some time now, | | | | 25- 40 mph. when you look at city driving, this is not so |
| because of the growing concern for our environment. | | | | bad, but for anything else, this falls short of many |
| With a shocking revelation that our planet was on the | | | | people's expectations. |
| verge of an ecological disaster, in terms of | | | | The fact that they are zero emission vehicles make |
| greenhouse gas emissions, by the mid nineties, leading | | | | them completely environment friendly, however, and |
| car manufacturers around the world finally came to a | | | | this is something that is immensely beneficial to the city |
| consensus regarding fossil fuel consumption, and | | | | or the country they run in. Research and development |
| started producing greener, fuel efficient cars by the | | | | on the lines of creating powerful electric motors for a |
| turn of the century. | | | | much better performance is something that is essential, |
| Today, in the 21st century, we have seen many | | | | when we are looking at cars for the future. |
| different vehicles with a hybrid engine: a conventional | | | | Primarily, these were how to increase the power of |
| motor engine is present in such vehicles along with an | | | | the battery powered electric engine for high speeds, |
| electric engine. The most fuel efficient hybrid cars | | | | decrease time between recharges, and how to gain |
| today switch between the power sources of an | | | | optimal mileage performance. Nothing short of an |
| electric motor, and a combustion engine according to | | | | engineering feat has lead to the creation of the |
| the power consumed by the car. Typically, in a hybrid | | | | ultimate engine. |
| vehicle running on city streets or when traveling at low | | | | The green technology is spreading up quite fast to |
| speeds, the electric motor powers the car and during | | | | various industrial venues these days. Car |
| high-speed maneuvering or longer drives, the petrol | | | | manufacturing is one of the most important ones of |
| engine does the work. | | | | those venues. This spread is bringing in new |
| It has been a dream of many a manufacturer to | | | | opportunities to the investors. The luxury sports car or |
| combine the green quotient of an electric car, with high | | | | super-car segment is certainly an interesting market |
| performance. Until date, electric cars have shown | | | | driver, and if a green supercar is made available things |
| limited usability and poor performance when it comes | | | | could change quite a bit within a few short years. |