Your guide to hybrids
Hybrid Cars
Hybrid cars explained
What is a hybrid car?
A hybrid car is a vehicle that combines a traditional fossil fuel engine with an electric motor, allowing it to be powered by whichever is the most efficient for the current speed and conditions.
A hybrid offers the benefit of reduced fuel consumption and CO2 emissions, while typically having a greater overall range than an electric car.
Hybrid cars explained
How do hybrid cars work?
Why buy a hybrid?
The best hybrid cars
Offering improved fuel economy and reduced CO2 emissions compared to an equivalent car with a traditional engine, the best hybrids bridge the gap between electric and conventional cars, offering the cost savings and environmental benefits of electric, while still retaining the longer range of petrol.
Environmental Benefits
Cleaner than your standard car
Transport makes up over 30% of the UK's CO2 emissions and while alternatives to petrol and diesel cars have existed for decades, ever-growing concerns over Climate Change and CO2 emissions have increased the numbers of hybrid cars available because they’re greener than standard cars.
Cost Savings
Save yourself money and trips to the pump
Driving a Hybrid
What's it like to drive a hybrid car?
You can do everything in a hybrid car that you can in a standard one and they drive the same. Hybrids can often provide a better driving experience as they’re quieter, electric power offers smoother acceleration, and you don’t have any delay in torque.
Plug-in Hybrids