Add reduced car insurance premiums to the list of benefits of driving a hybrid vehicle. Farmers Insurance Group, which last year became the first company to discount car insurance to hybrid owners in California, is giving Kansans a similar break as of September 1.
Farmers reduces insurance premiums by 10 percent for hybrid owners, and plans to extend the deal to 29 states by next year. The discounts start immediately for new customers and on policy renewal dates for existing customers.
Farmers believes that hybrid owners are more sensitive to the environment, more likely to drive less, and therefore cost less to insure.
So driving in HOV lanes, tax credits, better parking spots -- the hybrid perks just keeps on growing. For those of you driving gas guzzlers, remember that the all those gallons of gasoline saved by hybrid drivers are keeping fuel prices from going even higher.
