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Hybrid Car Sales Booming in California April 2005One of the few things rising faster than gas prices is -- not coincidentally -- sales of hybrid vehicles in California.More than 25,000 new hybrids were registered in the state in 2004, a 102 percent increase over 2003. The national figure was 81 percent, according to figures released today by R.L. Polk & Co., which collects and interprets automotive data. The combination gas-electric vehicles represent less than 1 percent of the 17 million new vehicles sold in the United States in 2004, but major automakers are planning to introduce about a dozen new such models in the next three years. California had nearly five times as many new hybrid registrations as the next-highest state -- Virginia, with 5,613. Another sign of how California is setting the hybrid pace: A fleet of new hybrid buses is scheduled to arrive at Yosemite National Park today, replacing the soot-belching buses currently used to shuttle visitors. The diesel-electric buses will be the first fleet to operate in a national park. SOURCE: San Jose Mercury News | ||
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