| There are many disadvantages of hybrid electric | | | | miles put on the car are on the freeway, there is less |
| vehicles. First of all, hybrid electric vehicles are not | | | | braking involved and less regeneration of electricity |
| all-electric vehicles. They do require gasoline to drive. | | | | involved. |
| Hybrid electric vehicles use regenerative braking to | | | | Another disadvantage of hybrid electric vehicles is |
| get their electricity. The gas energy is captured off | | | | some models are very difficult to obtain. They are |
| of the brakes and stored as electricity. All electric | | | | heavily advertised and there is a heavy demand. But |
| vehicles are a much better alternative in terms | | | | many automotive manufacturers are using a |
| of cutting down smog. There are several available | | | | showroom car to lure customers into the showroom |
| today. | | | | to see a hybrid that there is a long waiting list for. |
| Hybrid electric vehicles are also inferior to hydrogen | | | | Customers needing a car now and not six months |
| fuel cell vehicles. Many automotive companies are | | | | from now end up buying a gas guzzling SUV |
| working on hydrogen fuel cell vehicles in production | | | | because the hybrid SUV is not yet readily available. |
| now. Very soon Chevy will come out with a | | | | A large disadvantage of hybrid electric vehicles is |
| hydrogen fuel cell vehicle. | | | | they give auto manufacturers a chance to tell the |
| While hybrid electric vehicles are low smog emission | | | | state and federal governments that they are doing |
| vehicles, they do produce emissions. Hydrogen fuel | | | | something to lower vehicle emissions. Then car |
| cell vehicles produce water as their emission, making | | | | manufacturers insist that the government has no |
| them far superior to hybrid electric vehicles. | | | | reason to bully the manufacturers to make cars with |
| Or better yet take public transportation in a city | | | | reasonable miles per gallon rates of say 100 miles |
| that uses hydrogen fuel cell buses. | | | | per gallon. Hybrid cars are a smoke screen for the |
| Although hybrid electric vehicles are readily available, | | | | car manufacturers to pretend they care about the |
| they are a large investment. There are sometimes | | | | environment. |
| $10,000 difference in between a hybrid car and a | | | | Finally, hybrid electric vehicles are available only to the |
| subcompact although the mile per gallon difference | | | | most elite car buyers creating a disparity between |
| could be only a few miles freeway miles. This is an | | | | rich communities and poor communities. Poor cities |
| investment that might not be immediately | | | | have drivers creating lots of emissions in old eight |
| recaptured in gas savings. | | | | cylinder cars while rich cities have rich citizens driving |
| Of course, hybrid vehicles are not ideal for freeway | | | | expensivehybrid electric vehicles with low emissions. |
| drivers. The reason is because hybrid electric | | | | Probably the biggest disadvantage of hybrid electric |
| vehicles use regenerative breaking. If most of the | | | | vehicles is that they are cost prohibitive to the poor. |