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			<title><![CDATA[HybridCars Asks: Is The Hybrid Car Recession Proof?]]></title>
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				Clearly, our impending/new/ongoing recession is having an impact on the automotive industry (just ask GM and their <a href="http://jalopnik.com/355377/gm-uaw-agree-on-comprehensive-special-attrition-program-we-wonder-what-took-them-so-long">$38 billion disappearing act</a>). Consumers are having to ask questions they didn't have to ask in the carefree 1990's. And while small manufacturers like Maserati can <a href="http://jalopnik.com/345752/detroit-auto-show-maserati-reminds-you-youre-too-poor-to-afford-a-qp-collezione-cento">aim for the extremely affluent profiting on our economic troubles</a>, it's not as easy for others. Or is it? According to <em>HybridCars.com</em>'s "Hybrid Market Dashboard," hybrids in the U.S. saw a year-over-year 24.9% sales increase for January 2008, compared to a 2.9% decrease for all cars sold in the U.S.				<a href="http://jalopnik.com/356056/hybridcars-asks-is-the-hybrid-car-recession-proof" title="Click here to read more about HybridCars Asks: Is The Hybrid Car Recession Proof?">More&nbsp;&raquo;</a>
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			<category><![CDATA[Recession]]></category>
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			<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 13 Feb 2008 14:15:00 EST]]></pubDate>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Matt Hardigree]]></dc:creator>
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