The Truth About Cars

MARCH 18, 2024

Honda beat everybody to the production gasoline-electric hybrid game in the United States, putting the Insight in showrooms in 1999. Toyota followed with the Prius a year later, but it took GM until 2006 to introduce its first true gasoline-electric hybrid here. Even with $4/gallon gas ($6.13

VUE 98

VUE Saturn 2007 Green 98

Green Car Congress

MAY 1, 2009

Reported hybrid new vehicle share in April 2008 was 3.2%—the General Motors. General Motors dealers in the United States delivered 173,007 vehicles in April, down 34% compared with a year ago. Toyota Motor Sales (TMS), USA, Inc., The Prius mid-size gas-electric hybrid posted April sales of 8,385 units, down 61.5%.

Sale 150

Sale Hybrid Fusion 2008 150

Plugs and Cars

DECEMBER 22, 2006

There is more to Dan Neil's recent LA Times column than a favorable review of yet another gasoline-only hybrid. He likes the Nissan Altima Hybrid well enough. Calls it a "Camry hybrid in tight jeans." More important, Neil says, is that it comes from an automaker that had scoffed at "hybridization."

Altima Hybrid 100

Altima Hybrid Gasoline-Electric Lithium Ion Plug-in 100

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 4, 2009

Monthly sales of hybrids. General Motors. Toyota Motor Sales, USA (TMS) reported July sales of 174,872, down 11.4% TMS posted July sales of 24,295 hybrid vehicles, up 19.3% Some highlights: The all-new redesigned Prius mid-size gas-electric hybrid posted best-ever July sales of 19,173 units, up 29.7%

Cash For Clunkers 150

Cash For Clunkers Sale Hybrid Dodge 150

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 3, 2009

Toyota Motor Sales (TMS), USA reported January sales of 117,287 vehicles, a 31.8% Passenger car sales were led by Camry and Camry Hybrid, which posted combined sales of 20,782 units, down 34.2% Camry Hybrid accounted for 5.5% The Prius mid-size gas-electric hybrid posted January sales of 8,121 units, down 28.6%

Sale 150

Sale 2008 Camry Hybrid 2009 150

Green Car Congress

JUNE 3, 2009

General Motors. Combined sales for the Fusion and Milan hybrids and the Ford Escape and Mercury Mariner hybrids totaled 3,906—a new company record for hybrid sales in a single month. The previous record was set in April 2006, with 3,420 hybrids. Hybrids represented 2.5% Toyota Motor Sales, USA.

Sale 150

Sale Hybrid Civic Hybrid Altima Hybrid 150