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If you are looking for hybrid vehicle information for a way to go green, then first you must decide what is important to you. With 20 different models to choose from, the hybrid vehicle is coming of age. Hybrid sales have grown dramatically since their first introduction in 2000. There were 9,367 vehicles sold that first year. The number has grown rapidly to be over 330,000 sold in the year 2007.

The best selling hybrid for the year 2008 was the Toyota Prius with 158,884 cars purchased. The Toyota Camry was the second best seller at 44,384. This places Toyota as leader in sales by far with over half of all hybrid sales going to this one company. But not surprising, the third, fourth, fifth and sixth place goes to manufacturers from Japan also. But what are American companies doing?  We are still waiting for that answer but a hybrid Tahoe/Yukon was seventh in sales with 3683 vehicles sold. This is a hybrid with a fuel economy hovering around 20 mpg.

Good news for Americans is that there is a cooperative agreement from the Electric Power Research Institute and the Chattanooga Area Regional Transportation Authority to develop and put in place an information collection program on the operations of electric and hybrid buses and infrastructure.  This will be an electronic database to share the wealth of information on the subject that will be used for the public good.

With a mass transit system using electric and hybrid vehicles, A large portion of the emissions generated in all of the cities of America will be reduces. This is a positive step and has already been expanded to include buses that use alternative fuel sources.

This is a great step forward for America. Now I hold my breath when I am near a bus as it pulls away from a stop.  If only the car manufactures of this country could share hybrid vehicle information and start competing with the Japanese.