Green Car Congress

MAY 4, 2009

Reported sales of hybrids in the US reported by Toyota, Honda, Ford, GM and Nissan dropped 45.5% year-on-year in April to 21,735, despite full month sales for the new Honda Insight and the Ford Fusion and Milan hybrids. Sales of the RX 400h Hybrid were down 59.7% Honda sold 3,361 Civic Hybrids in April, down 22.3%

Sale 186

Sale Hybrid LS 600H VUE 186

Green Car Congress

MARCH 5, 2009

The Rx 400h represented a bright spot, with sales up 30.8% General Motors. Honda posted 1,362 units of the Civic Hybrid, down 24.7% The Highlander Hybrid sold 956 units, down 50.7%, representing 19.1% of all Highlander models sold. Sales of the non-hybrid Highlander dropped 54.1% to 4052 units. Click to enlarge. to 14,325 units.

GS 450h 170

GS 450h VUE Sale Hybrid 170

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 4, 2009

The Rx 400h posted 1,556 units, an increase of 28.5% Honda sold 1,076 units of the Civic Hybrid, a 38.3% Honda sold one Accord hybrid in the month. General Motors. The Highlander Hybrid posted 984 units, a 54.1% drop year-on-year, representing 17.1% of all Highlander models sold. Total Highlander sales were down 53.3%

LS 600H 150

LS 600H GS 450h VUE Sale 150

Green Car Congress

MARCH 2, 2009

Major components, including motor-generators, from the 2 nd generation Prius transaxle (left) and the new 2010 Prius transaxle (right). Power output of the more compact transaxle traction motor (motor-generator 2, or MG2) has been increased to 60 kW (80 hp), and torque has been reduced by about half to 207 Nm (153 lb-ft).

Prius 186

Prius 2010 Toyota Hybrid 186

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Honda Insight, Civic and Accord use an entirely different design: the electric motor never runs without the gasoline engine running at the same time. The 2006 Civic Hybrid, though it can theoretically drive solely on electric power, has too small an electric motor to effectively power the car by itself.

PHEV 37

PHEV Nickel Metal Hydride Prius EPRI 37