Hybrid Electric Vehicles (HEVs) have a combustion engine and a battery charged through operation of the vehicle, not from a separate power source. Fuel economy is significantly better and emissions lower compared with conventional vehicles. Hybrid electric vehicles can be designed to operate on any of the fuels above. However, most sold today run on regular unleaded gasoline.
HEV Characteristics
¨ Use conventional gasoline or an alternative fuel.
¨ Fuel economy is superior to conventional vehicles (Fuel economy benefits
depend on what specific hybrid technologies are designed into the vehicle
- and thus what percentage of operating time and/or power needs are provided
by electricity versus internal combustion.)
¨ Vehicles more costly then conventional counterparts (about $2K-4K more)
but federal tax credit of $2K per vehicle is available. Fuel savings should
more than compensate for added costs.
Central Ohio Clean Fuels Coalition
930 Kinnear Road • Columbus, OH 43212
Phone: (614) 292-5435 • Fax: (614) 688-4111
Copyright © 2003 Central Ohio Clean Fuels Coalition / kmaX Web Visuals
Links to Other Resources:
Department of Energy's HEV Program - https://www.energy.gov/technologytransitions/about-us
EV World: The World of Electric, Hybrid and Fuel Cell Vehicles - https://www.evworld.com/
More Information on HEVs from the Alternative Fuels Data Center - https://cleancities.energy.gov/vbg/fleets/about_hybrids.html
HEV Users - Examples of Successful Fleet Users - https://cleancities.energy.gov/vbg/fleets/fleet_successes.html
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