LONDON (Kyodo) British drivers lag far behind their Japanese counterparts when it comes to understanding greener motoring, according to a recent survey by Honda Motor Co., which put its new Civic Hybrid car on sale this week in London.
More than half of British motorists surveyed were not even aware of the existence of hybrid cars, and of those drivers who said they had heard of hybrids, more than 40 percent did not know how they work -- through a combination of a conventional gasoline engine and an electric motor.
Incorrect answers about hybrids -- from among the 1,200 British drivers surveyed on their attitudes toward the environment and their understanding of alternative fuel vehicles -- included "two cars welded together" and "a car made by more than one manufacturer."