How do hybrid cars work?

Question

are the car batteries the same as non-hybrid cars? if it’s lithium batteries, why are there no charging ports like ev vehicles?

In: Engineering

Answer 1

Yes batteries for hybrid’s are generally the same type as in ev’s but generally much smaller in size. Plug in hybrids do exist but may not be as common as self-charge only for a few reasons. Plug-ins generally have larger batteries then self charge only which increases the price. Plug-ins also have to have extra electronics to manage the plug. Plug-ins advantage is they can do like a full ev does and drive only on charged power but the cost savings vs self charge only will vary depending on what someone’s driving looks like so the extra cost may never be recovered.