Share 'Americans Want More Fuel-Efficient Cars, US Hybrids Up 48%'

Susan Kraoremer, September 8th, 2009, Gas2.org Total US hybrid sales jumped 48.6% in August from last August, buoyed up by Cash for Clunkers. We Americans did the right patriotic thing with our clunker money last month, it turns out. We bought more American. And we bought more hybrid cars. Ford was the big winner, making a big dent in Toyota’s hybrid sales. Consumer reports tells us that 80% w…