Hybrid Cars: List Of Real Drawbacks To Owning A Hybrid Vehicle

As oil prices continue to increase amid depleting supplies and rapid

growth in demand, all economies globally are feeling the setbacks of

the need to curtail excessive consumption of fuel.

For quite some time, research and development has been actively

finding ways on how problems regarding very high demand could finally

be eliminated. With the advent of the hybrid car, car owners and users

all over the world are now finding relief that indeed there is hope.

A hybrid car is a specially designed and manufactured vehicle that

combines the power of the conventional gasoline engine and electricity.

In the past, many have referred to hybrid vehicles as electric

vehicles.

Technically, a hybrid car could not be classified as purely

electric because only about 40% of the energy consumption of the

vehicle is from electric sources, in the form of stored electricity in

batteries.

Though the wide use of hybrid cars provide hope that in the future,

when oil supplies finally and completely runs out, the transportation

industry would not feel the drawback. Yes, for now, driving a hybrid

auto could equate to a lot of savings on the part of the car owner.

At least, the overall consumption of oil could be significantly

lowered. Research is still ongoing so that in the near future, further

better versions of the modern hybrid auto could be developed and

launched into the market.

However, just like many other predecessor technologies, there are

actual setbacks to owning and using a hybrid car. Many people hope that

in the coming months or years, people could finally realize a better

and more effective hybrid car. Here are the most practical and obvious

of those drawbacks.

1. Because the hybrid car technology is still a relatively new car

technology, it is just logical that the vehicle is expensive. On the

average, a hybrid car these days costs more than the regular and usual

cars by around $2,000 to $5,000. That is just right and is expected

with the high demand for the car as more consumers get excited about it

and manufacturers continue to produce the vehicle models on a limited

ability.

2. Any hybrid car needs to allot a significant amount of space for

battery. Because the hybrid car needs batteries to keep it going and

for the use of some if its functions, the overall weight of the car

gets more and more.

3. There are several states in the United States and some other

global governments globally that are charging more additional fees and

other charges for acquisition and registration.

4. If the hybrid car gets into possible crashes and collisions in

the future, there is a risk that the incident would be more tragic. A

hybrid car typically and normally has high voltage wires within it.

5. A regular and even simple hybrid car is made of a very

complicated car system. Thus, ordinary mechanics would not have the

needed and required skills and knowledge to attend to any technical

need for maintenance of any hybrid car.

6. Because hybrid cars are still not too rampant and ordinary,

buying spare parts may be very hard, if not impossible. Further, costs

of spare parts can be very expensive.

7. It is a common knowledge that hybrid cars run slower than regular car models.