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Welcome to this online store of automotive equipmentand tools. By clicking at the banners you will find a huge collection of automotive products. Further down on this page there is also an article about the working principles of hybrid cars.

All types of core techical parts for rapair or for higher performance

All types of  quality equipent. Exterior, interior, styling, transmission, stearing, wheels, electric system, radio, fuel system, motor, trimming and performance parts, driving computer, navigation, seats, doors, locks, glasses, brakes, suspention, exhaust system, driving security and more.

Comodities to use in your vehicle and on journeys

All types of comodities that are useful in your car or on journeys: Bags, containers, lights and lanterns, audio/video, coolers, heaters, seat covers, grooming and cleaning equipment.  Also a lot of car parts, equipment to install in your car and workshop tools.

Books, manuals, videos, collectibles and calendars about cars, motorcycles and other vehicles 

By clicking at this banner, you will find a big amount of reading material and electronic media about motorized vehicles, as:  modern and classic cars, auto racing, motorcycles, trucks, tractors, trains, boats, aviation, military history, bicycles, americana, and collectibles.

Two examples of the many products you can find.

PIAA 2100i Plasma Ion Yellow Driving Lamp Kit PIAA's Plasma Ion Yellow Driving Light features a uniquely designed compact housing that works in conjunction with the aerodynamic shape of today's vehicles. Multi-Surface Reflector produces a razor sharp horizontal cutoff beam. PIAA's Plasma Ion technology enhances foul weather driving visibility. Kit includes two lamps, wiring harness, relay and switch. PIAA Plasma Ion Yellow Driving Light Features: Plasma Ion Yellow Driving Light Bulb Type: 12V-H3 55watt=85watt XTRA Silver PPS composite housing, chrome plated trim ring, glass lens and multi surface reflector Kit includes two lamps, wiring harness, relay and switch. Item #2193

Contractor Bench Seat Console by Wolf Consoles Wolf's consoles provide styling and convenient storage for all of the consumer's motoring needs. Sleek contour design allows for no tool, easy installation. Quality handcrafted wood construction means less plactic and less rattle, more weight for added stability, no vibration noise and no tipping or rocking. Color Part # Price Black XXX38001200 $127.95 Tan XXX38001203 $127.95 Blue XXX38001204 $127.95 Gray XXX38001205 $127.95 Burgundy XXX38001206 $127.95 For truck or car bench seats Concealed ice bucket Convenient note pad holder

Tornado Electric RC Super Fast 4WD Car (Free Shipping) This super fast 4WD drive car comes with super bright headlights and tail lights. Rechargable battery and charger are included.

Information resources for our visitors - Here is an article about how hybrid cars work. To find other information resources, please go to this page

Hybrid cars How They Operate

- By: seoprofessional

There are two main types of hybrid cars: series hybrid cars and parallel hybrid cars.

Parallel hybrid cars work by using a combination of a traditional gas engine and a high output electric motor. The different elements of the engine start working at higher or lower levels of output are required. If the car is being driven carefully and accelerating at a reasonable level the electric motor will work on its own until a greater output is needed at a higher speed. Then the small high performances, in terms of fuel economy that is, gas engine takes over. This is a seamless almost unnoticeable process with a smooth transition of control from electric to gas power. Hot Car Forum

As the acceleration is powered by the electric motor the gas engine can be much smaller and more economical. There is no need for a great deal of energy, merely enough to keep the car at a steady speed, or to move the car from a mid range, around 40 mph to a higher speed. This requires a lot less energy than the initial movement from a standstill and consequently can be achieved with a lower level of power.

The parallel system of using both the gas engine and electric motor for hybrid cars means that there is less loss of power as when the car is traveling at higher speeds. As the energy is not required to go through the batteries and electric motor before providing power to the car. When traveling in this mode there is no need for the electric motor to operate and this also allows it to be recharged by the gas engine as the vehicle is traveling along. All ready for when the hybrid car slows and switches back to the electric motor.

Series Hybrid Cars: a series design works by powering the vehicle through an electric motor. The batteries supply the power to the motor. As the power arrives at the motor through the battery, series hybrid cars need a substantially larger reserve of power and consequentially a greater amount of batteries need to be carried in the car.

The motor only uses the exact amount of power required for the task in hand. If you spend hours in a traffic jam, you may get a little hot under the collar but your car will not be overheating. An electric motor does not need to tick over or idle when sitting in a jam; it will simply start turning when you start moving. When driving hybrid cars there will be no power (although maybe a little hair) lost even in the most extreme of gridlocks. As the motor will not be working when the vehicle is still, there is no need for the batteries to be recharged until power is again being lost when the car starts to move forward.

The large battery supply that is required for series hybrid cars is kept supplied with energy by a generator that runs from the main gas power unit. This only needs to operate when the batteries are in need of extra power so for much of urban driving there is no need for the motor to operate as only low levels of power are required. This allows the hybrid cars engine to run without emissions for city driving, especially if some higher powered driving, as for highways or main routes is done, and the consequent loss of power means that the hybrid cars batteries are brought upon to their full power supply by the gas motor when out of the urban environment.

There are advantages to both systems, but overall the parallel system is the most flexible for hybrid cars as it allows for the option of either power source to be transferred directly to drive the car without going through another separate means of transmission to the wheels.
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Althernative energy sources for your car

Gasoline becaomes stedily moe expensive, and has environmental drawbacks. Threfore there has ben developed many althernative energy sources and cars using these are gradually reaching the market, but they are confined to specific geographical areas.  Some of these are:

-Ethanol: Ethanol produced from fermentation of agricultural vaste  is a cheaper althernative in some areas of the world. Ethanol does not pollute the environment with toxic substances, but produces the greenhowse gas, CO2, as gasoline does.

-Ethanol: Ethanol does not produce toxic vasts substances, but the substance is itself toxic. It is produced from oil by cracking of heavier oil fractions than gsoline, and may be cheaper than gasoline.

-Electricity: Electricity is an interesting althernative in areas with cheap and clean electricity production. The drawback is battry loads lasting just a short time, and slow battery recharging. Pure electric cars ar by now practical as city-cars.

-Hydrogen: Hydrogen is by itself a clean energy source. However, hydogen is produced by using electricity. This energy source is therefore most practical in areas having cheap and clean electricity production.  The technology is not mature yet, because it is difficult to store hydrogen securely. Storing hydrogen as a metal hydride is a technology under currrent development.