| You may have seen one zipping past you in
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| | however, manufacturers produce hybrid
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| the high occupancy lane, a lone driver at
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| | cars and light trucks in nearly every
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| the wheel. It's a gasoline-electric
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| | category including family-sized sedans,
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| hybrid car and driving in the HOV lane is
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| | sport utility vehicles and minivans. The
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| just one of the benefits of ownership in
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| | smallest cars still get the best gas
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| many states. But what is a hybrid? How
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| | mileage, but larger hybrids consistently
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| does it work? Is it the right car for you
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| | outperform their regular siblings in gas
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| and your family?A hybrid car has a both a
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| | mileage and carbon dioxide
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| gasoline engine and a battery. The
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| | emissions.Unfortunately, hybrid cars cost
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| battery is recharged by energy from the
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| | more than regular models. In the case of
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| gasoline engine that would normally be
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| | the 2006 Honda Civic, the hybrid model
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| lost during braking or decelerating. The
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| | costs almost $7,000 more than the regular
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| car uses either the battery or the
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| | model. Congress passed a law providing
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| gasoline engine depending on several
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| | tax credits for hybrid car owners that
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| factors including how fast the car is
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| | took effect on January 1, 2006 that would
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| traveling. Sometimes, both will work
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| | save the buyer of a 2006 Civic Hybrid
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| together to provide an extra boost of
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| | $2,100. It would take several years to
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| power without using too much extra
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| | break even on the purchase of a hybrid
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| fuel.The result of this technology is
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| | counting gasoline savings alone. However,
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| cars that get significantly better gas
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| | many hybrid owners are as dedicated to
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| mileage and produce less carbon dioxide
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| | the environmental benefits of driving a
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| emissions that traditional gasoline
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| | hybrid as they are to the money they
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| powered cars. For example, according to
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| | save.One of the fears when hybrid cars
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| Honda, the 2006 Civic Hybrid gets 50
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| | first became available was that
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| miles to the gallon on the highway, 14
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| | maintenance and insurance costs would be
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| miles to the gallon better than the 2003
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| | prohibitive. Research has shown that
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| regular Civic. When driven the national
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| | regular maintenance costs for hybrid
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| average of 12,000 miles, that represents
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| | vehicles are no higher than for regular
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| a savings of 69 gallons of gas and 258
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| | vehicles. Additionally, hybrid car owners
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| pounds of carbon dioxide per year.In the
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| | are less likely to be involved in
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| early days of hybrid cars, there were few
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| | accidents and some insurance companies
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| models to choose from. People desiring to
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| | have begun offering discounts to hybrid
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| purchase a hybrid car were stuck in tiny
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| | car owners.
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| cars with little cargo space. Today,
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