| Hybrid car batteries and their ability to store | | | | trash dumps could have considerable amounts of |
| energy are the reason hybrid vehicles even | | | | the dangerous carcinogenic hybrid car batteries. |
| exist.They power the electric motor, which | | | | There are 3 major forms of batteries that |
| typically propels a hybrid car at low speeds. This | | | | companies use or are considering for use in hybrid |
| takes the majority of wear off of the gasoline | | | | vehicles: lead-acid, nickel-metal hydride (NiMH) and |
| engine, as well as improving the fuel efficiency. | | | | lithium-ion (Li-ion). The most toxic battery is |
| But the chemical material which makes up all car | | | | lead-acid. Being particularly heavy, lead-acid |
| batteries, whether it's a regular car or a hybrid, is | | | | batteries have the additional downside of |
| commonly poisonous. There are few hybrids on | | | | decreasing the gas mileage of cars which use |
| the highway relative to the total vehicles as of | | | | them. |
| 2010. The worry, however, is that eventually the | | | | |