1) From the 1st July 2015, a certain city in China, exempted drivers from having to purchase an expensive licence plate providing they buy an pure electric car?
a) Beijing
b) Shanghai
c) Guangzhou
d) Tianjin
2) Dailmer AG and Qualcomm recently announced a partnership. What do they hope to achieve in terms of hybrid electric cars from this partnership?
a) Faster hybrid electric cars
b) Hybrid Electric cars that work well on rough terrain
c) Hybrid Electric plug-in cars that don't need to be plugged in
d) Hybrid Electric cars that can fly
3) The world's first commercially mass-produced and marketed hybrid automobile was the Toyota Prius. It became available on the Japanese market in what year?
a) 1993
b) 1997
c) 2002
d) 2008
4) Which television comedy spoofed the supposed smugness of hybrid vehicle owners with its 2006 episode, "Smug Alert"?
a) The Simpsons
b) Family Guy
c) Futurerama
d) South Park
5) Regenerative braking is now a standard and expected part of any electrified car. It lets the car recapture energy from momentum by running the electric motor in reverse to recharge the battery. When did this technology first appear?
a) 1967
b) 1978
c) 1984
d) 1999
6)In which environment to do electric cars and Hybrid electric cars get better mileage than traditional gasoline powered cars?
a) City
b) Highway
c) Countryside
d) All of the above