ResearchHybrid Car. The advantage of having one in Kosovo: is the hybrid car a good investment? Yes or no Kosovo is landlocked and has many mineral resources, mainly coal, lead, zinc, chromium and silver. Current industrial activity and the legacy of previous practices have serious impacts on health and the environment and generate economic losses. These environmental issues include air pollution, lead and other contamination from mining, water pollution and availability, forest and land degradation, and untreated municipal and hazardous waste. All advanced industrialized societies face the problem of air pollution from motor vehicles. Despite dramatic improvements in internal combustion engine technology, air pollution in most urban areas is still measured at levels deemed harmful to human health. In an effort to reduce air pollution in Los Angeles and other metropolitan areas in the state of California, the California Air Resources Board (CARB)1 adopted a plan in September 1990 to encourage the development and use of fuel-efficient vehicles. zero emissions (ZEV). At the time, only battery-powered electric vehicles (EVs) qualified as ZEVs, while other potential ZEV technologies, such as fuel cells and flywheels, were far from commercially viable. The ZEV mandate was just one component of a multipronged attack on pollution, but it was the one that attracted the most attention over the next decade.2 In an effort to reduce air pollution in Los Angeles and other metropolitan areas in the state of California, California The Air Resources Board (CARB)1 adopted a plan in September 1990 to encourage the development and use of zero-emission vehicles (ZEVs). At the time only battery powered electricity...... middle of paper ...... in line with Norway, the energy needed to charge them all still came mostly from fossil fuel sources. For some it's a chicken and egg question: do we wait until most energy production is sustainable before we move to electric cars, or do we go electric hoping this will help accelerate the growth of alternative energy production? Espen Andreassen, an electric car owner in Oslo, believes in the latter hypothesis. “We cannot wait for all energy sources to be renewable before we start developing, driving and buying electric cars. The amount of renewable energy in the EU mix is ​​increasing, so it will continuously improve. At least we have to try to see if it works,” he said. Meanwhile, Norway's love affair with the electric car shows no signs of abating. According to a recent survey, more than half of Norwegians would consider an electric or hybrid car for their next car.