So which cities are the greenest when it comes to car shopping? According to the Cars.com Green Index, a ranking of hybrid vehicle searches by market, West Coast shoppers show the greatest interest in going green. San Francisco, Portland, Seattle, Sacramento and San Diego make up the top five. In each of these markets, hybrids account for more than 3 percent of new car searches on Cars.com. While West Coast cities seem to embrace hybrid vehicles more than their counterparts in the Midwest and on the East Coast, cities in the South lag behind most major cities in the country, with Houston, Oklahoma City, Memphis, Birmingham and Miami rounding out the bottom five.
Cars.com Green Index:
The Cars.com Green Index monitors hybrid vehicle interest in the 50 largest markets in the country. Rankings are calculated based on the number of hybrid searches in a market as a percentage of all new-car searches in the market.
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Percentage of Hybrid Searches
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