Good news.
Carl Agnelly of channel 27 did a great job discussing hypermiling in his latest story
WKOW - Channel 27

He met up with Madison Hybrid Group member Jerad Parish. Jerad performed incredibly at last year's Hybridfest MPG Challenge.

We'll see if he competes this year at Hybridfest in July.(3rd weekend in July. Madison, WI)
Hybridfest - A Hybrid Electric Car Show and More!

Jerad is signed up for the Great Race, around-the-world MPG Challenge so may not even be in the country at that time Hybridfest comes around. Hey, that's ok with the rest of you who may want to compete at Hybridfest, right?

Channel 3 ran a story about hybrids and briefly mentioned the Madison Hybrid Group meetings at the end of the segment.
Thanks Channel 3!
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Eric

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Madison's History Of Environmentalism Leads To Spike In Hybrid Sales

November 9, 2007
MADISON, Wis. -- The sales of hybrid vehicles are higher here in Madison than anywhere else in the Midwest.

At one local dealership, hybrid sales make up nearly 28 percent of all new vehicle sales, including trucks and nearly 45 percent of car sales. Compare that figure to 114 Toyota dealers in the Upper Midwest region, which includes Wisconsin, Illinois, Minnesota, Indiana and Michigan, whose hybrid sales make up less than 15 percent of total new vehicle sales, according to Smart Motors.

But why are the hybrids becoming such a popular choice in Madison? Many said it has to do with the city's history of environmentalism.

While gas prices reaching astronomical figures... read more at
http://www.channel3000.com/news/14551594/detail.html

The Madison Auto Show is here!! I wish I would have posted this sooner, but better late than never. The Madison Auto Show takes place from today until Sunday. One highlight of the show that many hybrid enthusiasts will enjoy is the cut-out Hybrid Highlander that shows the HSD system in action.

I recently installed a wiki for the Madison Hybrid Group. This will be helpful as a lexicon for explaining hybrid related terminology or other terms that might be thrown around here. For those of you who are familiar with WikiPedia this will be a piece of cake for you since it uses the exact same software. Because this is currently stand-alone software your MHG account does not work for the wiki. I'm in the process of making an integrated version, but for the time-being this will do.

For those of you who want an RSS feed you may link to http://madisonhybridgroup.com/backend.php to keep up-to-date with your favorite RSS reader.

Madison Hybrid Group members and friends:

I just received a call from Representative Parasi's office stating that next
Tuesday, December 20th the utilities committee will hold a hearing on the
Hybrid Car tax credit bill.

A time has not been set yet, but I will let you know as soon as I hear more.

If you are interested in speaking at the hearing, you are welcome to do so.

You can use the MHG forums to discuss information about the hearing
(coordinate rides, etc)
http://madisonhybridgroup.com/yabb/index.php?board=12&action=display&threadid=29


Link to the Wisconsin Hybrid Tax Exemption press release
http://hybridcars.about.com/od/news/a/WITaxBreakPR.htm

Link to the article

As it stands now, there is a hearing that is going to take place in November on this proposal. I'll email everyone on the MHG mailing list as soon as I hear more.

Not on the MHG mailing list? Then drop me a line via the Contact Us page, or directly at Eric@MadisonHybridGroup.com. I'll keep you up to date.

Eric

As you can see Madison Hybrid Group now has it's own website. While I encourage you to register you should also sign up with the current mailinglist by sending an email to madisonhybridgroup@gmail.com and include your name and make/model/year of car you own.
-edit- You may also send an e-mail using the Contact Form


Some upcoming features for the site will include Forums, Photo album and non-time sensitive articles