Maybe we don't have to completely ditch our cars?
One of the motivations for establishing Car-Free Day is to reduce several harmful emissions produced by different types of cars. It was first celebrated across the globe in 2000, only a year after our government enacted the Philippine Clean Air Act of 1999.
At the onset of climate change, the world responded by starting programmes, campaigns, and events like Car-Free Day, urging more people to participate.
But with the introduction and gradual prevalence of hybrid cars, people somehow felt relieved that they could drive off without trouble that would later cost the world a lifetime of inconvenience. Moreover, it seems that there are even more benefits to driving a hybrid vehicle.
What is a hybrid car?
A hybrid vehicle has both an electric motor and an internal combustion engine. This type of car might use gasoline as fuel, but the electric motor can also use the batteries as a power source, which recharges on its own when idling.
This type of car has two "connection schemes" that provides different power sources; either the combustion engine recharges the batteries while the electric motor allows the car to move or both engines power the car's traction, with the "torque of the two engines being regulated by a controller".
But how does this make it any better than the conventional car?
