The American automotive industry is anticipating further increases in the sales of gas-electric hybrid vehicles in 2005, following the impact of the rising global cost of gasoline on 2004 sales of the eco-friendly cars, according to the Chicago Daily Herald.

Leading hybrid manufacturers Ford, Honda and Toyota, currently the only producers of gas-electric cars and SUVs in the US, are faced by a massive increase in demand for existing hybrid models at a time when they are also trying to focus on developing more advanced hybrid and zero-emission fuel cell technologies.

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250,000 hybrids in 2005 :blink: :o :lol: B)

Its almost hard to believe! I can't wait for these to saturate the market.