About a third of the nation's 50 largest cities have now signed on as endorsers of Plug-In Partners http://www.pluginpartners.org. From the national campaign's blog, here are the most recent numbers -- if you add these to previous tallies, the total is now over 5,500 vehicles.

http://pluginpartners.blogspot.com/­2006/­05/­chicago-plugging-green.html Wednesday, May 24, 2006 Chicago Plugging Green

Through the leadership of Mayor Richard Daley, the City of Chicago has joined Plug In Partners with a big bang by committing to purchase 850 plug in hybrid vehicles.

Now, as a Plug In Partner, Chicago becomes an important part of the
move toward Plug in Hybrids.

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The plug in partner campaign has recently received fleet orders from
other cities and states. Here are the most recent.

Minnesota Dept. of Natural Resources 1800
City of Seattle 410
King County, WA 22
Shohomish Co, WA 300
Chicago 850