How Hybrid Vehicles Work Gas And Electric Combine For Incredible Mileage

Mention "hybrid" to people not familiar with current trends in automotive technology and the first thoughts that come to mind might be of some sort of genetically engineered corn that yields more bushels per acre. But in vehicular terms, hybrid refers to a powertrain that combines two different methods of propulsion, each augmenting the other in a way that enhances the strengths and minimizes the shortcomings of each.