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Site ranks several Wisconsin cities on list showing hybrid car interest
Published May 8, 2009 - BizTimes Daily
Cars.com recently released its second annual Green Cities Index which ranks cities across the country based on their interest in hybrid vehicles. Wisconsin cities on the list included Madison (15), LaCrosse/EauClaire (33), Wausau/Rhinelander(79), GreenBay/Appleton(84), and Milwaukee (98).
The list is calculated by evaluating the number of hybrid searches as a percentage of overall car searches in each market. According to the report, cities in the Pacific Northwest showed the greatest interest in hybrid vehicles. Eight out of the top 10 cities on the list are located in Oregon, California or Washington.
"What's interesting to note is, aside from the cities on the West Coast that one might guess would have a very strong interest in hybrid technologies, college towns rank high on the list for their interest in hybrid technologies," Cars.com senior editor Joe Wiesenfelder said. "Among the top 15 cities on the list are a group of smaller cities with large state universities where hybrids are very popular, including Charlottesville, Va., home to the University of Virginia; Gainesville, Fla., home to the University of Florida; and Madison, Wis., home to the University of Wisconsin."
