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Electrified Blondes in Convertibles For Everyone!

Creative Greenius

Electric cars everywhere you looked, quiet as a mouse and making a total mockery out of General Motors, Ford, and Chrysler who could have been making these cars for the last decade, but instead had to be pushed to the brink of bankruptcy and shame-filled failure before they would start even talking about making these cars.

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US LDV Sales Down 33.7% in May; SAAR Up to 9.91M; Reported Hybrid Sales Down 28.5%; Hybrid New Vehicle Share of 2.8%

Green Car Congress

There were 26 selling days in May 2009, compared with 27 in May 2008. General Motors. A total of 1,739 GM hybrid vehicles were delivered in the month, a 39% increase compared to May 2008. Sales were up 20% compared to April 2009, and were the highest monthly tally since July 2008. Toyota Motor Sales, USA.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

In late 2008, BYD started selling the first production PHEV in China. Weve kept the summary table below generally up-to-date for passenger PHEVs, but not for BEVs, motorcycles or larger vehicles like buses and trucks. First Escape PHEV delivered to SCE Nov 2007; 20 in 2008-2009. See our frequent comments at our news archive.

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