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 liter engine and automatic).

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 3, 2009

Production totals include joint venture production of 3,000 vehicles in January 2009 and 13,000 vehicles in January 2008.). The region’s 2009 first-quarter production forecast is 380,000 vehicles (118,000 cars and 262,000 trucks), which is down about 57% compared with a year ago. Camry Hybrid accounted for 5.5%

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 4, 2009

Some highlights: The all-new redesigned Prius mid-size gas-electric hybrid posted best-ever July sales of 19,173 units, up 29.7% Camry and Camry Hybrid remained Toyota’s volume leader in July, posting combined monthly sales of 33,974 units, down 19.4% Nissan sold 1,030 units of the Altima hybrid, up 44.1%

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