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As we've already learned, 2013 was a pretty big year for diesel and hybrid sales. According to registration data, there are now 7 million diesel passenger vehicles and 2.8 million hybrids on the roads in the US. Diesel registrations grew by 410,040 last year, and hybrids increased by 531,385. From 2010 to 2013, diesel registrations increased by 30 percent, and hybrid sales grew by 64.5 percent. When compared to an overall market growth of just 3.7 percent, those numbers are remarkable. Diesel Technology Forum has analyzed registration data from IHS Automotive to let us which states are leading the way in diesel and hybrid vehicle sales, (with a heavier focus on the diesel analysis).
Texas has the most diesel passenger vehicles, at 837,426, of which 747,760 are pickups. Wyoming has the highest percentage of diesel drivers, at 10.8 percent, while diesel registrations are fastest growing in North Dakota (up 24.1 percent). Washington DC, Illinois and Delaware are also jumping on the diesel bandwagon, each with greater than 10-percent growth from 2012 to 2013. When you exclude pickups, Illinois, Arizona, California and North Dakota have seen the largest increase by percentage in diesel car and SUV registrations, followed by Delaware, Mississippi, Texas, Idaho, Wyoming and Arkansas. Allen Schaeffer, the executive director of the Diesel Technology Forum, said in a statement that diesel sales could make up 10 percent of the US market by 2020.

California, not surprisingly, leads in the total number of hybrid vehicles (698,560), followed by Texas (153,557) and Florida (150,885), mimicking the rankings for the states with the most diesel cars and SUVs. Rounding out the top 10 hybrid states are New York, Illinois, Washington, Virginia, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts and Georgia.

Georgia, Oklahoma and Michigan saw the most growth in hybrid registrations, at 54.3 percent, 47.4 percent, and 35.7 percent, respectively. The next seven states to see the largest hybrid growth are Illinois, Alabama, South Carolina, California, Missouri, Hawaii and Arizona.

To see all the numbers for yourself, check out Diesel Technology Forum's chart sheet here or check out the gallery of graphs. We've also got the press release below.Continue reading Here's where green cars are the most popular

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