RE: Why Should You Choose a Hybrid Car?

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Hi, engineer here with years of direct experience on automotive. While interesting, this post contains several imprecisions and mistakes that should be considered for the sake of correctness. Albeit incomplete, the following list is a starting point:

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"Constructed from lighter materials" is incorrect: hybrids are built with the same materials as ICEs and BEVs.
"the size of hybrids is small" is incorrect: the size of hybrid cars is the same as the ICEs they share the platform with, and hybrids are generally heavier than the corresponding ICEs due extra weight introduced by motor and battery pack.
"The engine(...)will shut itself down when the automobile comes to a stop at a light and resume when the car moves into drive": not a hybrid exclusive at all since every modern internal combustion engine does that, it's called "Start&Stop" and it was introduced with the main goal of tricking the emission test cycle by replacing idle times with zero-emission.

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"The wheels are composed of a specific material that lowers resistance and the design and optimization reduce waste": that is imprecise as the wheels (rims) of hybrid cars are exactly the same material. Talking about tyres, low-rolling resistance tyres are available for all vehicles and, while common on hybrids, they have become the norm on ICEs as well as they bring the same benefits.

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"The battery is constructed of nickel-metal-hydride": this information is very outdated to the point of being not correct anymore. Hybrid cars use lithium-ion batteries since several years as NiMH cells have been superseded due to their significant drawbacks (high cost, high self-discharge and heat generation at high temperatures, and the need to control hydrogen loss).
"...and has a large capacity": this is imprecise. While plug-in hybrid cars (PHEV) tend to have capacities in the order of 8kWh or more, mild-hybrids and non-plug-in hybrids usually have small batteries (1-4 kWh).

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"There are several options. Honda, Ford, Toyota, GMC, and Chevrolet all offer hybrid vehicles.": not really a point for hybrids, as there are way more options (brands and models) for ICEs at the moment.



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