Environmental Pollution: The World's First Hybrid Car

Environmental pollution is a buzz word in today business environmental, also as known as a serious pollution issue to the world. The growing of global warming is an irreversible climate change draws concern from the world’s population (Michael Beliveau & James, 2010). Earth’s climate begins to transform by sign through the polar ice caps drastically shrink and flooding in coastal area of Arctic and Antarctic, but this phenomenon noticed by society and public with the past few decades and take concern on it. According to BP statistical Review 2013, it shows that amongst the most notable pollutant producer are automobiles. Automobiles are powered by internal combustion engines and release out unhealthy emissions which known as carbon dioxide (CO2). Nowadays, transportation media become one of the important necessities to the world in order to reach destination, for working purpose, entertainment, social, travel and many more. Cars will be preferred option and basic necessity to a person or a family to form part of our daily routine life.

Ferdinand Porsche, an engineer, has seen the problem of the un-controllable situation. He took action and came out with an innovative idea. He builds the first hybrid electric vehicle, so called the hybrid car in the early of 19th, which called the System Lohner Porsche Mixte. With this effort, hybrid car seems like a miracle of 21st century in automotive wizardry. What’s inside a hybrid car? It actually powered by combination of gasoline and electric motors in a vehicle. It contains at least two of sources of propulsion, which is mechanical conventional motor and another one is electrical motor. The combination enhance conventional engine operate more efficiently and reduce the fuel use through aid of electric motor. In the meantime, the gasoline fuel overcomes the limited driving speed of electric car. The gasoline engine will turn off when stopped and fully rely on electrical motor. This will save the consumption of fuel and reduce produce of CO2 emission. The electricity stored in the battery during brake which as known as regenerative braking system. For hybrid car, this system will take responsible on some stopping duties from the friction brakes instead of using electrical motor. Electrical motor operates as a generator for recovering some kinetic energy and used to convert into electricity for charging purpose. This battery can be used to supply the car when it totally stopped. Hence, hybrid car becomes the preferred of choice because it saving used of petrol fuel and helps in global warning awareness as