5 Things To Know About Hybrid Electric Vehicles! [Car Talk]

5 Things To Know About Hybrid Electric Vehicles! [Car Talk]

Let’s talk hybrids hybrid electric vehicles are the next big thing here in the Philippines but it seems that a lot of you people still have a lot of questions about it well you’ve come to the right place because in this video we are going to answer the hottest questions about hybrid electric

Vehicles let’s do this So the EV Act of 2022 has been passed here in the Philippines which has opened the floodgates of new hybrid electric vehicles and full EVS to enter the country now I know that it’s a bit late when you compare it to the rest of the world but as they say well better late

Than never and with a ton of incentives that the Philippine government is giving to prospective hybrid electric vehicle owners out there or even for full EV owners like let’s say the number coding exemption until the year 2030 I’m pretty sure that a bunch of you still have some

Questions uh in your mind before you adopt into that hybrid electric vehicle lifestyle now these are the questions that I will address in this video but before we begin I’d like to thank our sponsor gwm Philippines for making this video possible now a lot of people think that hybrid electric vehicle technology is

New and untested but dude nothing can be further from the truth oh yeah you see the first successful commercial hybrid electric vehicle came out in 1997 and that would be the first generation Toyota Prius now if you would use a bit of math to compute it that

Would be like 26 years ago from the time that I made this video oh yes so it is safe to say that hybrid technology is already proven at the very least now the Toyota Prius might be the first successful commercial hybrid electric vehicle out there but did you

Know that it’s actually China who really pushed hard on hybrid and EV tech oh yes you see China had a lot of air pollution problems way back in the early 2000s so their government really pushed hard to develop EVs and hybrid electric vehicles so it is also safe to say that the

Hybrid Tech of Chinese car makers like gwm Philippines has over 20 years worth of research and development behind it so first question the Hybrid battery would be expensive to replace you see I think I think this question is here because most people think that the hybrid batteries would need to be

Replaced every 2 to 3 years like let’s say the 12vt car batteries that can be found in all cars now this my friends is completely false you see hybrid batteries are larger battery packs that have a longer life than your regular 12vt car battery in fact cars like the

Haval Jolan H and the haval H6 h EV have an 8-year warranty on their battery pack similar to most EVs and hybrid car makers so think about it for the next 8 years if the battery of your hybrid electric vehicle fails of your Jolan H or your H6 H fails gwm Philippines will

Replace the battery pack free of charge and this now takes us to the actual concern which is replacement batteries are expensive are you sure now this my friends is usually a concern if you keep your car for more than 8 years which to be honest is a minority of car owners out

There but if you belong in that Minority well consider this as more and more uh people switch to hybrid electric vehicles and full EVs and Battery techn technology gets better and better and improves over time there is a good chance that replacement batteries for these hybrids and EVS would eventually

Go down in terms of cost but then again think about it this my friends is a concern for 8 years from now 8 years down the road when the battery warranty expires now please note I’m saying battery warranty I’m not saying that uh a hybrid electric vehicle’s batter

Battery pack has a life of 8 years it has a life longer than 8 years it’s just that you will have hassle free ownership WorryFree ownership for the first 8 years of the vehicle’s life now another concern that a lot of people have with hybrid electric vehicles is the perceived higher

Maintenance cost tuneups oil changes brake reining but here’s the thing uh the maintenance requirements of a hybrid electric vehicle is practically the same as a regular gasoline powered car now things would be different if you decided to go for a full EV like let’s say the

Gwm aura you see the gwm aura being a full EV has a lower maintenance cost because it has lower maintenance requirements see full electric vehicles only need maintenance for the suspension system uh the brakes wheels and tires and oh yeah of course the air conditioning now that’s because full EVS

Like the gwm aura does not require any engine oil so there’s really no oils to replace uh we also don’t have air filters here because there is no internal combustion engine in full EVS really really really all right now that only applies for full EVS but if you’re driving a hybrid electric vehicle

Then the maintenance cost will be the same as a gasoline powered vehicle now the next concern that most people have with hybrid electric vehicles is flooding this is perfectly understandable par because yeah we live in the Philippines and flooding is a regular occurrence here but here’s the

Deal as long as you keep things sensible then flooding will not be an issue in fact some hybrid vehicles like the haval H6 H has what it calls wading mode where the gasoline engine is kept running while you’re going through a flood which helps to keep the flood

Water out of the exhaust pipe so as long as you’re going through a flood that is passable for similar Vehicles okay just keep things sensible then yeah flooding will not be an issue at at all for any hybrid electric vehicle now there are some people out there who say that hybrid electric

Vehicles don’t really have the same power output as let’s say diesel fed cars now they’re probably referring to maximum torque but dude maximum torque is an area where EVS hybrids included are Kings you see a hybrid electric vehicle has two power sources you have a gasoline engine and

An electric motor and when you combine the power output of both of these power sources well you’re getting a higher torque figure than most diesel fed Vehicles out there see take the haval H6 H for example the combined torque output of the H6 H is 530 n m of torque which

Is much higher than most diesel fed midsize SUVs out there the horsepower do good par we’re talking 204 horses here now the torque delivery of the H6 Max being a hybrid electric vehicle is also pretty instantaneous similar to an EV so yeah it feels like a rocket when you’re

Accelerating from Stand still but here’s the good part par here’s the good part um you get all of that power but at the same time you’re also getting fantastic fuel economy you see uh gwm Philippines has a claimed City fuel economy figure of 20 kilometers per liter but dude I

Was able to test that in my haval H6 H review video and yes I got 20 km per liter in the city in that video oh yes now if you haven’t watched that you can click the link above but all I am saying is this with a hybrid electric vehicle

You’re getting the best of both worlds you’re getting power and fuel efficiency all rolled into one now the fifth and final question for hybrid electric vehicles in this video is that these hybrids will consume more electricity which might have an impact on your home electric bill now this my

Friends might be applicable to full EVs and let’s say plug-in hybrids out there but not to self-charging hybrids like the haval H6 H and the jolon H you see we don’t have to plug in these hybrids in order to recharge the battery pack which is a huge Advantage here in the

Philippines especially if you don’t have a garage to park your car anyway uh the biggest Advantage here though is that you don’t get range anxiety with the haval H6 H and the jolon H because yeah if you find yourself running low on fuel all you need to do is just head over to

The nearest gasoline station see both the haval H6 HEV and the Jolan H are equipped with what we call a series parallel combined electric motor which is the most reliable and proven hybrid system today essentially it’s a system where the gasoline engine can provide Power to drive the car and

At the same time it can also recharge the battery p pack now on top of this the hybrid vehicles of haval also come with braking and coasting regeneration wherein if you’re braking and coasting yeah the vehicle would recover some of that braking energy and use it to recharge the battery pack now

This further improves the overall efficiency of a a gwm hybrid vehicle now if you think about it uh the series parallel um combined hybrid system is actually the best setup the best hybrid setup that you can get here in the Philippines today because you’re getting uh most of the benefits of a full

Electric vehicle minus the range anxiety and also the required charging equipment that full EVS will need at the end of the day hybrid electric vehicles are The Logical next step when it comes to efficient Mobility here in the Philippines now I hope that this video helped you understand hybrid

Electric vehicles more and I also hope that it will help you make an informed decision about these cars once again special thanks to our sponsor gwm Philippines for making this video possible and until my next one thanks for watching

5 Things To Know About Hybrid Electric Vehicles! [Car Talk]

There has been a lot of talk about hybrid electric vehicles lately, ever since the EVIDA Act was passed in 2022. The biggest concern about Hybrid electric vehicles is the number coding exemption, which is already enticing for a lot of Filipinos. In this car review, we answer 5 of the most burning questions about hybrid electric vehicle ownership. We make use of the hybrid vehicle line up of GWM Philippines, who is the main sponsor for this video. GWM Philippines has a pair of full hybrid electric vehicle in the local line up. The first is the Haval Jolion HEV, a subcompact Hybrid electric crossover that is priced like the Nissan Kicks and the Toyota Yaris Cross V. However, the Haval Jolion HEV offers more kit and features than both the Nissan Kicks and the Toyota Yaris Cross. The second hybrid electric vehicle from GWM Philippines is the Haval H6. The Haval H6 is a midsize hybrid electric crossover that is priced like the Toyota Yaris Cross HEV, but it is much bigger and has more kit and features. Both of these GWM hybrids are available, along with the GWM Ora Good Cat which is a full EV that recently launched in the country.

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