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The WSJ reports that registrations for hybrid cars are declining in the Bay Area.
“According to R.L. Polk & Co., which analyzes the auto industry, new hybrid-car registrations in the San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland area have steadily declined since peaking in 2007. That year in the region, there were new 27,292 registrations of hybrid cars, which are more fuel-efficient than cars that run only on gasoline. By 2009, that number had dropped 36%, to 17,575 registrations.”
Rigoberto Hernandez is a journalism student at San Francisco State University. He has interned at The Oregonian and The Orange County Register, but prefers to report on the Mission District. In his spare time he can be found riding his bike around the city, going to Giants games and admiring the Stable building.
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The WSJ article was pretty lame on analysis about how that stat compared to the overall drop of non-hybrid registrations, due to the recession. Also, the CA market is so much more mature than regions seeing their first hybrid in 2010, so I presume the economic are different. The overall findings may be accurate, but coming at it from a tone of “those wacky Californians had a fad and now it’s over” is a stretch. The quote from the roadster buyer adds nothing – of course he’s going to say that after dropping 100K. Here’s the article: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704868604575433491885339452.html