Almost 20 Years Later Over Two Thirds Of Buyers Have No Clue What A Hybrid Vehicle Really Is

The first mass-market hybrid in the Western World, the Honda Insight, debuted while we were still worrying whether Y2K would lead us back into the Stone Age. Some days, I wonder whether we’d be better off if it had.

Regardless of my personal feelings about humanity and societal progression, we’ve had nearly two decades to familiarize ourselves with the gas-electric powertrain, but apparently not everyone got the message. A recent survey of 1,000 drivers shows there’s still plenty of confusion over what a hybrid car is actually capable of.

While the survey, conducted by UK publication Autocar and market research firm Simpson Carpenter LTD., centered around fuel types and driver preferences, it’s the hybrid question that interest this writer.

TomM - 5/8/2018 3:11:50 PM

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THat was in Great Britain

It will be much better in the USA -

atc98092 - 5/8/2018 5:47:09 PM

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Then people are really ignorant and don't read much. What's happened to people wanting to learn?

carloslassiter - 5/9/2018 7:01:46 AM

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How many people know what fuel injection means? Or turbo? Or wishbone suspension? Or 1,000 other terms they hear on car ads. The vast majority of people out there driving don't care about any of this, their ignorance is hardly restricted to just hybrid technology.

TomM - 5/11/2018 8:16:50 AM

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Gee - I thought by now that everyone would know that a Hybrid is a car for eagles!