Hybrid

Welcome to the Voice of America’s News Words.

This news word was seen at this year’s Washington Auto Show.

Hybrid.

The Washington Auto Show was filled with shiny new cars and for fun, a car simulator.

There was a lot of interest in the fully electric and hybrid electric cars.

A hybrid is something that is formed by combining two or more things.

A hybrid vehicle is one that is powered by both electricity and liquid fuel gasoline.

In biology, a hybrid is an animal or plant produced from two different species.