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Mild hybrid

Unlike so-called “full hybrid” vehicles, mild hybrids don’t have enough battery capacity or electrical power to run on electricity alone.

Multiple Displacement System (MDS)

Chrysler LLC’s name for cylinder deactivation
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Nickel-metal hydride

The most common battery technology found in hybrid vehicles today

Nitrous oxide (N2O)

A chemical compound produced naturally by the breakdown of nitrogen in soils and in the oceans, N20 is also produced by fuel combustion in cars and some consider it to be another contributor to global warming
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Off the grid

To live off the grid is to generate all the electricity one needs via solar, hydro and/or wind power, disconnected from utility companies
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