Interest in hybrid cars up, but not sales
ROCHESTER, N.Y., Aug 10, 2012 -- UPI
A quarter of respondents in a U.S. survey say their interest
in hybrid cars is up from a year ago, but that's not reflected
in sales, market researchers say.
In a Harris Poll, 23 percent said they had more interest in
purchasing an alternative energy car, but at 2.7 percent of
total new-vehicle sales over the past three months, hybrids
still constitute a sliver of the sales picture, MediaPost News
reported.
That figure is actually down from prior months, it said.
Interest in hybrid vehicles also wanes with age, Harris said;
while nearly a third of those under 35 years of age are reported
being more interested in alternative vehicle choices than they
were a year ago, only 15 percent of those over the age of 67
said the same.
More than half of consumers still say internal combustion
engines are their power train of choice, Harris reported.
The poll was taken among 2,634 U.S. adults.
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