chris stratton's List: pictures for persuasive speech

• Electric motor - The electric motor on  a hybrid car is very sophisticated. Advanced electronics allow it to act as a  motor as well as a generator. For example, when it needs to, it can draw energy  from the batteries to accelerate the car. But acting as a generator, it can slow  the car down and return energy to the batteries.
• • energy storage device for the electric motor. Unlike the gasoline in the  fuel tank, which can only power the gasoline engine, the electric motor on a  hybrid car can put energy into the batteries as well as draw energy from them.  

   
  • Transmission - The transmission on a hybrid car performs the same basic  function as the transmission on a conventional
• One way, known as a parallel hybrid, has a fuel tank that  supplies gasoline to the engine and a set of batteries that supplies power to  the electric motor. Both the engine and the electric  motor can turn the transmission at the same time, and the transmission then  turns the wheels.
• in a series hybrid (below), the gasoline engine turns a  generator, and the generator can either charge the batteries or power an  electric motor that drives the transmission. Thus, the gasoline engine never  directly powers the vehicle.

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