Canine Fence Goes Green
Canine Fence® is committed to providing exceptional service to our customers and the communities in which they live. Part of this commitment is protecting the environment so our customers, their families and their pets can enjoy the outdoors.
Converting our fleet of vehicles to more fuel efficient models like the Toyota Prius and Dodge® Sprinter is one way we are working to improve the environment. We have provided some brief information on Hybrid cars below:
Any vehicle is a hybrid when it combines two or more sources of power.
- Hybrid cars run off a rechargeable battery and gasoline.
- Hybrid engines are built smaller because 99 percent of the time the car is not going up hill or accelerating quickly. The engine is used to provide extra acceleration power when needed.
- When the car is stopped, hybrid gasoline motors can shut off and run off their electric motor and battery.
- Hybrid cars are often lighter and more aerodynamic; tires are often stiffer and inflated higher to reduce drag.
- Hybrid cars often recover braking energy and use it to charge the battery.
- Hybrid cars use less gasoline than conventional cars. The key to this is smart design to help increase energy efficiency.
- Hybrids use electric motors to provide some portion of their driving force. Unlike gasoline engines, electric motors can be greater than 90 percent efficient at using electrical energy.
Cover this electric motor technology with an aerodynamic frame and you will have a major boost in fuel efficiency and a large reduction in poisonous, global-warming-causing tailpipe emissions. It's not science fiction. It's technology available today, in about 10 different sizes, shapes and degrees of electric power.
For more information on Hybrid technology, visit one of these unaffiliated websites:
www.hybridcars.com
www.hybridcenter.org