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projected to triple in next 7 years, survey reports Jan. 5Hybrid vehicle sales are forecasted to more than triple during the next seven years, but will remain a small portion of overall purchases, J.D. Power and Associates reports. Hybrid sales will grow from about 212,000 vehicles last year to 780,000 vehicles in 2012, the Westlake Village, Calif.-based J.D. Power said. Hybrids accounted for about 1.3 percent of all light-vehicle sales in 2005, and that number will increase to 4.2 percent in 2012, the company said.
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