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California Hybrid Facts:

• Arnold Schwarzenegger signed bill that promises to reduce California’s greenhouse emissions by 25 percent by the year 2020.

• Californians registered 52,619 new hybrid vehicles in 2005.

• Los Angeles tops the list of hybrid-driving cities with 22,922 new hybrid cars registered, followed by San Francisco with 15,828.

• On September 29, 2006, Governor Schwarzenegger signed a bill that will allow 10,000 more hybrid cars to obtain permits to drive in carpool lanes.

• The Los Angeles City Council votes to extend a free metered-parking program for LA hybrid drivers in the city limits to 2008.

• California hybrid owners can now take advantage of a 10 percent discount* on auto insurance offered by Travelers

* A discount of up to 10% applies only to certain coverages. The discount is available in California 10/17/06.  For a list of available states and to find out more, click here.


California Hybrid News:
 
• Students from “SUV families” use hybrid vehicles in Drivers Ed Direct schools in Southern California.

• EV Rental Cars opened its doors in California in December 1998 offering a fleet of all-environmental hybrid-electric vehicles at five airport locations.

• With a focus in Southern California, scientists are developing plug-in technology allowing hybrid vehicles to operate almost exclusively in electric mode and with just a half gallon of gas.  

• UCS's Clean Vehicles Program in Berkeley, California develops and promotes strategies including building better cars such as hybrids and advanced fuel-cell vehicles to reduce the adverse environmental impacts of the US transportation system.
 

California Hybrid Press Release:

CALIFORNIA LEADS NATION IN HYBRID OWNERSHIP;
TRAVELERS TO OFFER 10 PERCENT DISCOUNT ON HYBRID CAR INSURANCE
HARTFORD, Conn., October 17, 2006