Exciting Green Concept Cars at Goodwood

Generously provided by Honda Motor Company Ltd.

This cutaway of Honda's showroom Civic Hybrid illustrates the car's inner workings. Up front is an advanced 1.4 litre petrol engine that drives a continuously variable automatic transmission. Alongside the petrol engine sits an electric motor which assists the engine during acceleration. Packed behind the rear seats sits a battery pack and an intelligent controller which governs the power contribution of the electric motor. The battery is recharged through regenerative braking. The result is lower CO2 emissions - at 109g/km, the Civic Hybrid is among the very lowest CO2-emission cars you can buy - and reduced fuel consumption, enabling you to travel more than 700 miles on a tank.