Greenest Cities When it Comes to Cars

car.gifGoing green is all the rage, so its not surprising that searches for hybrid vehicles on Cars.com are at an all-time high. In fact, a recent Cars.com survey showed that 59% of car shoppers have purchased or would consider purchasing a hybrid as their next car.

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.

 

Market

 

Percentage of Hybrid Searches

1) San Francisco/Oakland/San Jose 5.622
2) Portland, Ore. 4.784
3) Seattle 3.979
4) Sacramento, Calif. 3.973
5) San Diego 3.912
6) Los Angeles 3.504
7) Denver 3.394
8) Washington, D.C. 3.225
9) Minneapolis/St. Paul 3.188
10) Boston 3.174
11) Phoenix 3.163
12) Charlotte, N.C. 3.135
13) Raleigh/Durham, N.C. 3.098
14) Harrisburg, Pa. 2.811
15) Indianapolis 2.792
16) Hartford, Conn. 2.783
17) Salt Lake City 2.712
18) Louisville, Ky. 2.669
19) Las Vegas 2.625
20) Albuquerque/Santa Fe, N.M. 2.613
21) Kansas City, Mo. 2.610
22) Chicago 2.600
23) GreensboroWinston-Salem, N.C. 2.460
24) Nashville, Tenn. 2.427
25) Columbus, Ohio 2.389
26) Philadelphia 2.384
27) West Palm Beach, Fla. 2.349
28) Detroit 2.317
29) Greenville, SC 2.308
30) Milwaukee 2.307
31) Buffalo, N.Y. 2.307
32) Tampa/St. Petersburg, Fla. 2.302
33) Grand Rapids, Mich. 2.286
34) St. Louis 2.266
35) San Antonio, Texas 2.249
36) New York City 2.220
37) Orlando, Fla. 2.207
38) Cincinnati 2.202
39) Pittsburgh 2.148
40) Cleveland 2.148
41) Baltimore 2.089
42) Norfolk, Va. 2.081
43) Jacksonville , Fla. 2.000
44) Atlanta 1.995
45) Dallas/Fort Worth 1.960
46) Houston 1.937
47) Oklahoma City 1.913
48) Memphis, Tenn. 1.851
49) Birmingham, Ala. 1.844
50) Miami/Fort Lauderdale 1.829
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