Answer:
You should expect 1.08 vehicles to be hybrid.
Explanation:
For each vehicle, there are only two possible outcomes. Either it is a hybrid, or it is not. The probability of a vehicle being a hybrid is independent of other vehicles. So we use the binomial probability distribution to solve this question.
Binomial probability distribution
Probability of exactly x sucesses on n repeated trials, with p probability.
The expected value of the binomial distribution is:

2.7 percent of the new car sales are hybrids in the first quarter of 2016.
This means that

For a sample of 40 vehicles sold in the Richmond, Virginia
This means that

For a sample of 40 vehicles sold in the Richmond, Virginia

You should expect 1.08 vehicles to be hybrid.