If you have wondered about the origins of the hybrid engine, then you’ll find this, a fascinating post from Auto Time Machine:
Let’s go back in time and learn a little piece of history about hybrid engines and fuel cells during the 20th century. I bet this stuff is older than your Mercedes S430 radiator hose. Anyway, let’s dig in with the details provided by my source!
THE 20TH CENTURY
1904: Henry Ford starts his assembly-line production of “low-priced, lightweight, gas-powered vehicles” and as a result, the Electric Vehicle Company was unsuccessful in the next few years.
1905: American engineer H. Piper records a copyright for a petrol-electric hybrid car.
1913: Steamers and electrics were about to be phased out with the discovery of the self-starter which provided convenience to drivers to start gas engines. Sales of electric cars went down to 6,000 and the Ford Model T sells nearly 182,000 gasoline vehicles.
1920-1965: The period which the mass-production of electric and hybrid cars went stationary.
1966: First bill introduced by Congress with a recommendation to use electric vehicles to reduce air pollution.
1970s: The Arab oil embargo of 1973 brings increased gasoline prices and a new interest in electric and hybrid vehicles.
I found this fascinating set of speeding statistics… well, maybe not if you drive a Ford Mondeo! 
A new car… what a beautiful smell. I love the smell of a fresh, unspoiled car interior, so you can imagine my disguist when a friend turned up to show off his new car with an air-freshener hanging from the mirror. It was one of the pine-tree types and I just thought “come back furry dice, all is forgiven”. It has to be one of my pet-hates. Car fresheners are terrible, as it doesn’t matter how long it’s gone out of the car, the smell still lingers… and as for the stick-on ones, what the heck do they use for glue as you never get all the sticky off the dash. I guess that’s one more I won’t be buying. I’m very curious to know are there any other people out there who feel as I do about car air fresheners?…
Don’t be fobbed off when it comes to Sat-Nav! Freedom Keychain is the cool, must-have alternative to all those larger Sat-Nav systems.
I have never been one of those people who believe that a “little knowledge can be a dangerous thing”… quite the opposite, I believe that everyone should know a bit about the car they are driving. Below is a list of useful car information on your car’s workings, from 
