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Hybrid sales double in 2005
by DEE-ANN DURBIN
AP Auto Writer
May 05, 2006 | 42 views | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend | print
DETROIT - U.S. hybrid vehicle sales more than doubled last year, according to new data released Thursday, but one analyst says it's difficult to predict where they'll go from here as gas prices fluctuate and new fuel-saving options such as ethanol vehicles hit the market.

Registrations for new hybrids rose to 199,148 in 2005, a 139 percent increase from the year before, as more models came on the market, according to R.L. Polk & Co., a Southfield-based company that collects and interprets automotive data. The Lexus RX400h and hybrid versions of the Toyota Highlander and Mercury Mariner were among the new models from which consumers had to choose.
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