| Car manufacturers tout their efficiency.
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| | electric motor only assisting the gas
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| Consumer advocates dispute claims of
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| | engine at high speeds when more power is
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| 60-plus miles per gallon gas efficiency.
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| | needed, thus making the mild hybrid much
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| Amidst the controversy, environmentalists
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| | less environmental friendly than its full
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| still claim, in the absence of anything
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| | hybrid counterpart.
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| better - that hybrid vehicles are still
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| | Great for in town drivers, the full
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| better for the environment than their
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| | hybrid allows slow speeding drivers to
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| traditional gas-guzzling counterparts.
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| | virtually use only the electric motor,
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| Hybrids, known for the way they combine
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| | thus saving even more gas, and
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| both gas and electric power to offer a
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| | eliminating harmful emissions into the
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| cleaner ride, have come under fire in
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| | environment.
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| recent months for their inability to
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| | Despite any controversy surrounding
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| reach gas mileage milestones set by the
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| | today's hybrid vehicles, consumers seem
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| manufacturers. Critics say that most fail
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| | eager to do what they can to decrease the
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| to live up to claims of getting more than
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| | harmful effects of emissions on the
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| 60 miles to a single gallon of gas.
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| | environment and save a few bucks at the
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| Advocates argue that recent studies
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| | pumps. Production of hybrid vehicles has
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| confirm the same is true for efficiency
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| | tripled in the last four years, with
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| ratings set on traditional engines, still
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| | production expected to double in 2007.
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| making hybrids the better deal
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| | The Yano Research Institute Ltd.
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| environmentally.
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| | estimates that by 2015, nearly 5.37
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| Touted as the gas-saver of the future
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| | million hybrid vehicles will be on the
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| when introduced in 1999, hybrids are
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| | global road, compared to less than one
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| known to use a fraction of the gas due to
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| | million last year.
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| their ability to "share the burden", with
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| | Manufacturers have jumped on the
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| their electric motors. Full hybrid
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| | bandwagon, with Honda, Toyota, Ford,
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| vehicles allow the electric motor to work
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| | Lexus and Chevrolet, all offering their
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| independently of the more traditional
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| | own hybrid varieties. Newer models sport
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| internal combustion engine, while driving
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| | higher-powered and faster models, even
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| at low speeds. This in turn saves gas,
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| | making hybrid SUV's and trucks available
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| and stops harmful emissions from entering
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| | to the consumer. Of course, the heavier
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| the atmosphere. During an idle stop, a
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| | the vehicle, and the faster it rides, the
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| full hybrid actually shuts itself off,
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| | more gas it is bound to use, despite the
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| letting the electric motor take over to
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| | use and size of the internal electric
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| eliminate unnecessary idling and
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| | motor.
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| emissions.
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| | Still, hybrids remain the most gas
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| Consumers should be aware, however, that
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| | efficient and environmental friendly
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| the mild hybrids focus remains on
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| | vehicles in mass production today.
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| traditional gas consumption, with the
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