How to Make Your Own Hybrid Car

Hybrid cars are all the rage today. When you see that Toyota Prius gliding by on silent engines, you drool at its sleek, shiny look, the new upholstery and that new-car smell. This, and other hybrid cars, are the next wave of fuel-sipping cars of the future. How about if I tell you you can have your very own hybrid car, and its sitting in your garage. Right now.

In the strictest terms, a hybrid vehicle is "a vehicle that uses two or more distinct power sources to propel the vehicle." For this purpose, the Hybrid Electric Vehicle (HEV) will be used as a comparison. HEV's have an internal combustion engine and an electric motor in one chassis. This is what gives the HEV its phenomenal mileage gains.

HEV's reduce fuel wastage by addressing the following situations:

-Lower energy lost during idling by turning off the gas engine

-Recharge the electric batteries while running the combustion engine, by regenerative braking, or both

-Making the combustion engine smaller in size and power, maximizing output of the gas engine and reducing weight and wastage of work (about 20% of engine power is used to directly move the wheels, the rest is lost to combustion, noise, or unburned fuel)

Needless to say, owning a hybrid car is expensive. Cutting edge technology and having bragging rights usually is.

If you don't have the budget, 3rd party hybrid kits are also available to convert conventional cars to a hybrid system. However, like the above, the cost is still prohibitive. Might as well buy a hybrid car, why don't you?

No, 3rd party hybrid kits are not what this article is about.

So what is the goal of having a hybrid car? It's all about mileage, getting the most miles per gallon (MPG) or kilometers per liter (KPL). And if its mileage you need, you only need to look at the faucet. Water. Or in more better terms. Hydrogen and Oxygen.

Yes, hydrogen-on-demand systems are like hybrid systems, except a lot more value for your money. You don't have to buy a new car for it. It will work just fine on the car you've been driving for the past five, ten, and twenty years.

And it will breathe new life in your car.

Hydrogen is surprisingly not a new technology. It has been around in the 19th century as a way to light gaslight, using "oxyhydrogen" to heat piece of limestone to illuminate the night.

Though usage of pure hydrogen is a few years away from being perfected, someone got the great idea to, why not just mix it with conventional gas or diesel? Eureka. A way to gain unimaginable mileage at a fraction of the cost of a hybrid car. This system is called hydrogen-on-demand (HOD).

An HOD system is a vehicle-mounted hydrogen and oxygen delivery method that splits water into hydrogen and oxygen through the process of electrolysis. The power is drawn from the batteries and the hydrogen-oxygen mix (HHO) is drawn into the engine for combustion. Naysayers say that this is an impossible process as it takes more energy to generate hydrogen to fully power a car engine.

But who said anything about running a car on pure hydrogen? Why not mix it with gas or diesel? Eureka once more. It only takes minute amounts of hydrogen to create a powerful combustion with gas or diesel.

The following effects are confirmed when hydrogen is introduced into an internal combustion engine and compressed:

-Water vapor comes out the exhaust as a result of HHO ignition

-Exhaust emissions smell less of carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide as HHO burns the mixture more completely and requires less fossil fuel in every cycle.

-Mileage increases by 12%-70% depending on make, model, driver attitude, and supporting devices

-The engine releases more energy than ethanol-based mixes, maintaining the overall power of the car

-Fuel is burned more completely which gives cleaner emissions

-Fuel octane level are raised because hydrogen improves anti-knocking properties, making the engine quieter

-Lowers overall engine temperature

-Requires the engine to use less gas per cycle

Is it safe?

HOD systems generate hydrogen only on demand and are therefore safe. When no electricity is routed through the HOD system, no reaction is generated. No hydrogen is in storage in this system but is kept in medium, which is basically water.

Cost?

Parts are sourced from everyday parts found in hardware shops and basic electronics stores. Total cost for a basic unit can range between $70 to over $200 USD.

What's offered by most HOD enterprises are plans for do-it-yourself systems, with offers to build the system for the consumer if they so wish. This way the customer can opt to build it himself or to buy a unit once the concept is understood after obtaining the plans to prevent fraud.

For more information on building your own HOD system, increasing fuel economies, and increasing MPG, please visit the url below.

Erwin Chua MCP, MCDST has been involved with cars since he was 22. In his youth he would take the car out for a ride without a license, and never get caught. He has a still-pending Master of Arts in Philosophy from De La Salle University - Manila after he decided to leave the academe in pursuit of the true Way. Currently, he is based in Penang, Malaysia spending his time working out, tinkering and puttering away on his Toyota, practicing the Way, building web sites, and writing articles on technology, health, nutrition, body conditioning, healing and travel.

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Stars Shine Down on Toyota 'Green Cars'

Toyota, the second largest automaker around the globe, is proud to be the presenting sponsor of the recently held Environmental Media Awards. The latter is a prestigious event aimed at promoting awareness of environment issues. The gala event displayed a powerhouse of stars and celebrities from film, music and television.

Previous honorees of Environmental Awards include Daryl Hannah, Cameron Diaz, Edward Norton, and programs like The Simpsons, Grey's Anatomy, and Lilo & Stitch. "Entertainment is a potent vehicle for raising awareness of environmental issues," said Dian Ogilvie, senior vice president and chief environmental officer of Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc. "The creative teams who are honored with an Environmental Media Award are inspiring people to think and act in ways that benefit our planet."

Toyota is the world's leader in hybrid technology. It has unleashed several hybrid cars to help reduce air pollution. Toyota and its other division called Lexus, offered five hybrids in the United States. These hybrids are for the SUV, midsized sedan, and sports car segments. To sum it up, Toyota hybrid vehicles contribute in saving more than 150 gallons of gas in the United States. Moreover, it has avoided over 3 million pounds of greenhouse gas emissions.

Toyota hybrid sales are led by Prius, which has a total of 500,000 worldwide sales in April. For 2006, Toyota is expected to sell more than 100,000 Prius in the U.S. Toyota Prius accessories amp performance parts are now enhanced to boost its new feature dubbed as Hybrid Synergy Drive.

Hybrid Synergy Drive is also integrated in the hybrid version for Toyota Highlander OEM parts. The crossover SUV hybrid with said feature was first introduced at the North American International Show in 2004.

The third hybrid in Toyota's lineup is Camry Hybrid. The hybrid version for the automaker's sedan was introduced for the model year 2007 in May 2006. Auto parts for Toyota Camry hybrid uses 4-cylinder gasoline engine with electric motors to generate a peak of 187 horsepower. Camry Hybrid is also equipped with Toyota's Hybrid Synergy Drive.

The Highlander and Camry hybrids are 70 percent cleaner for smog-forming emissions compared to other average new vehicles of today. "Worldwide, Toyota plans to offer hybrid engines in many of our products and we've set a goal of one million hybrids by 2010," said Dian Ogilvie. "We've made a very big commitment to this technology because it gives people a way to drive what they want, but produce fewer emissions and get higher fuel mileage at the same time."

Mark Clarkson is a 35 year old marketing consultant for a leading auto parts store. This native of Denver is also an offroad enthusiast. Check this out Toyota Highlander OEM parts and Auto parts for Toyota Camry for more information.

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Do You Think That Hydrogen Conversion Kit is a Scam? Well, Read Below

Unluckily, Hybrid cars prove to be some of the Worst Polluters!

Are they?, you must ask. Well, have you ever read the label on the rechargeable batteries? You are not allowed to throw them out. They are toxic and contain heavy metals which can pollute ground water. The hybrid car batteries are also rechargeable batteries weighing around 600 pounds. Imagine, if a hybrid car meets an accident right beside the city's water supply. That would be totally destructive. No need to mention about the battery, what do you do with that down the road. Think about 20 years ahead, all the hybrid cars sitting in junk yards with leaking heavy metals into the soil from their batteries.

Many of the supporters will say that these batteries will be recycled for new car but the fact is that Hybrids cars are using Nickel Metal Hydride batteries which will, after few years, will turn obsolete and replaced with Lithium Ion Batteries. Hybrids are just in vogue and unluckily they are contributing more damage than to do well to our planet. More information is given in a guide at Gas Conversion Kits

Must be wondering, what other thing is there which can run our cars?

We have to face the reality that our entire economy is becoming dependent on cheap and fast transportation. If there is a solution which not only keep our cars running but also have positive effect on environment,then don't we have the responsibility of exploring the technique in depth?

What is that technique?

Few years back there had been talks of burning hydrogen which emits only steam into the air. The negative aspect is that hydrogen is dangerous, extremely dangerous. To say the least, driving cars with hydrogen tanks would be concerning. Large amount is being invested to make thick tanks for hydrogen transportation, when there is a much easier solution, a solution that you can create yourself with the Run auto with Water Guide.

You must ask,if this is so easy to do, why the car companies are not offering it? I would take you a century back when cars were first created, as we know them. Do train companies turn into car companies? No, not at all, it was small inventors and machinists who made experiments which resulted into most of the major auto companies that we know now and exist today. The Wright brothers who were mocked non-stop for their attempts to fly were mere bicycle shop owners.

So the same logic applies that if the big companies of that age didn't do it, why the big companies of the day aren't doing it now. Obviously because of "Money". They'd have to make huge investments to manufacture current technologies and building relative infrastructure to support this technology. So their shareholders won't be kind enough if they turned all of that on their ears.

So its time to take our own steps to save the world.

We have an easy solution. Like Wright Brothers, Dodge Brothers or Mr. Diesel: Water, water consists of hydrogen and oxygen. While 'Burning" is a chemical reaction of fuel and oxygen and if you are able to separate hydrogen from the oxygen in water, you have the fuel to run your car engine. I won't put you in technical terminology but we have several methods to do this separation. It is not a direct split though, but an alteration of water to turn into gas which can burn.

There are two gases
1) Brown Gas
2) HHO.
These are effectively the same for average person's needs. You can see more about the techniques at Drive car with Water and Save website from the resource given below.

Burning of HHO or Brown Gas is much better for our planet than simply burning the Hydrogen!

Think over what I explained above. Almost everything that burns is because of a reaction with oxygen. The output of burning Hydrogen is that you combine oxygen and hydrogen and make water. Though this is not bad actually but it doesn't help the areas which are already low on oxygen.

The 'Air' naturally contains 15% oxygen and if it droped down to 5%, humans would start to die. There are places like Tokyo, Japan that have had oxygen as low as 6-7% at times which really is dangerously low. If you start with water and create Brown Gas or HHO, the thing which will be going out from your car tailpipe will be nothing but oxygen. That's right! Simply O.

So can we save money on gas and help the environment?

This is what I asked when I first started to explore about this technology. I found many wild and weird claims which stated that you can run your car 100% on water with 0% use of gas. I made still deeper research and concluded that its true! But you have to fill the entire car tank with water to produce sufficient HHO or Brown Gas to run you car.

After that I researched about the Hydrogen Car Kits which enhance your car but also do not claim to pull it off of gas permanently. These looked more viable and reasonable. I have good knowledge how cars work and what are the emissions. Most of the people must know about the little thing in their car known as Catalytic Convertor. This is fitted into the exhaust pipe and gets really hot. The reason behind this is that your engine does not actually burn all the gas and most of it is expelled in a toxic and half burnt stew. Consequently the Catalytic Convertor gets hot and finishes the burn.Adding the hydrogen to the air-fuel mixture in a car's engine will burn the gas more completely as the hydrogen is highly flammable. This will result into vast increase in efficiency of your car engine. This is better for you as well as for the environment!

Is this for our cars too?

Yes, almost every car which runs on gas can do this! For the diesel car owners, they too have an alternative in shape of vegetable oil! You have options to either buy expensive kits, or you can buy the "Run Auto With Water" guides which help you to pick up the parts from any hardware store and convert your car yourself!Make positive deliberations on it, any ebook and materials with a cost under $200 that can accumulate as many as $10 every time you fill up! I have no idea about you, but it took me not even two months to make it up. And with holidays around the corner I can get back an expense like that in few weeks time.

We have bought a few of these kits and fixed them up into our cars and also spending extensive time on the internet, finding people who have installed and observing which works and which doesn't.

Get more information at Make Car Kit Powered with Hydrogen now!

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