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Hybrid-car sales grew in 2006, starting to slow

It was a good year for hybrid sales last year, up 28 percent over 2005 numbers, according to numbers out from R.L. Polk & Co. today. But, thanks to some tax credits ending (sorry, Toyota) the rate of increase might have peaked. Polk's numbers are: 254,545 hybrids sold in 2006 199,148 hybrids sold in 2005 One Polk analyst told MSNBC that hybrid sales growth in 2006 was the second lowest since 2000, thanks in part to "more environmentally friendly options." Hybrids only made up 1.5 percent of the U.S. vehicle market last year, and the ... Read more →

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