
History and Future of the Automobile
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The History of Hybrid Cars
In 2003, Tesla Motor Company created an electric engine that worked as well as gasoline engines. The Roadster was just as fast as a gasoline-powered car and could travel over 300 kilometres on a single charge. Another newer creation is the hybrid vehicle. Hybrids have gasoline engines like normal cars, but the engines do not give power to push the car forward. Instead, they give power to the battery which makes the car go forward. You do not need to charge the battery in a hybrid car.
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