Hybrids: All about California

Prius sales up 38 percent in 2007

When it comes to cars, it has often been said, as goes California, so goes the rest of the Nation. If true, then hybrid cars have a very sunny future.

There used to be a time when I would go from my home in Northeast Los Angeles up to Pasadena, and I would be shocked by how many hybrids I'd see on the street. They were everywhere. But that was Pasadena, not my working class neighborhood.

Today, however, hybrids are now everywhere, even in my neighborhood. Hybrids are no longer just about rich people.

According to MSNBC, over 26 percent of all hybrid vehicles are sold in California. Florida was second at 5.5 percent. So, if California still leads the future of the auto market, expect a lot more hybrids in your state soon.