La Primer Generacion: Hybrid Cars

Hybrid cars currently available in UK run on a combination of
gasoline and on board installed batteries. These batteries run on
Nickel-metal-hydride as against the traditional batteries which run on
a Lead-acid combination. Hybrid cars have lately started catching up in
UK's automobile market too. This has been due to the combined effort of
environmentalists and the federal government who have been pushing hard
to convince people to buy these hybrid cars.
Several models of hybrid cars have hit the roads since 1997, ever since
the launch of much appreciated Toyota Prius Hybrid. However, not many
cars have managed to get the kind of response that Toyota's Prius have
received. Toyota claims to have sold more than a million Prius hybrids
since 1997 and says that the sales are still as strong as ever. In fact
UK's transport department goes on the record to claim that Prius is the
6th least polluting car plying in UK and available commercially.
Several hybrid cars are currently available in UK but not many of them
have proven to be a commercial success since an average buyer is rarely
ever able to afford the cars. This is due to the fact that the most of
the hybrid cars often prove more expensive to run in the longer run as
compared to their

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