The first time I ever heard of a hybrid was on a TV program about old English vampires. But that is a story for another day. The first time I ever heard of a hybrid car, I thought it was a car brand, like Toyota or Nissan. I was never the motor enthusiast so I […]
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There are several subtle cues displayed by a hybrid vehicle that can alert you to degrading hybrid battery capacity & performance. They are the things that can help you know when your hybrid battery is failing. If not acted upon, the battery will ultimately display a fault code for battery ‘failure’. By paying attention to
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Batteries rely on electrochemical reactions to supply electric power. The amount of power that they can supply is therefore pegged on these electrochemical reactions. The electrochemical constituents degrade over time and this explains why hybrid and electric vehicle batteries fail over time. Besides that inherent setback, when these batteries are used in HEVs/EVs, time produces
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For the past few days, there has been a fuss about the first (it could actually not be the first one) Tesla in Kenya. However, one of the videos that have been doing rounds on social media shows the Tesla being towed. This has elicited different reactions to electric vehicles in Kenya, especially from Kenyans
When you start your engine and a multitude of dashboard lights come on and, after a few seconds, go off again… except that sometimes they don’t. While most of us are concerned about some of the lights not going off, it ends there. We are always having urgent matters to handle and we opt to
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As we earlier mentioned a hybrid is a vehicle with two or more power sources. In most hybrid, the dual power sources are a traditional internal combustion engine (ICE) and an electric motor. However, the way that the two sources combine to power the car is what forms the three different hybrid configuration. They are
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As highlighted in our article defining HEV, PHEV, BEV and E-REV, a hybrid car is one that uses more than one means of propulsion. The main and well known advantage of a hybrid is that it consumes less fuel and emit less CO2 than a comparable conventional petrol or diesel-powered vehicle. There are however many
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Plug in hybrid and electric vehicles (EV) eliminate nearly every common repair and maintenance need explaining why you need to shift to a plug-in or electric vehicle. Here’s how: No More Timing Belt Until very recently, there were some expensive to maintain and repair systems in Internal Combustion Engine (ICE) vehicles. For example, the timing
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If you are part of those yearning for economical and eco-friendly vehicles, you have probably been doing your research on the same. The research may come with a bit of confusion, especially if you are not up to date on all of the technical jargon used. Nevertheless, don’t worry; we are here to help clear
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One of the most common thing that puts off Kenyans when they think of owning a hybrid or electric vehicles is the battery replacement cost. Depending on the make and model of the car, these batteries can cost tens to hundreds of thousands. That is a big chunk of change no matter how you look
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