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NOVEMBER 11, 2010

Cruze Eco’s highway fuel economy beats non-hybrid segment competitors—including 23% greater highway fuel economy than the Honda Civic—as well as the Ford Fiesta subcompact and hybrid models, including the Ford Fusion Hybrid, Nissan Altima Hybrid and Toyota Camry Hybrid. Ford Fusion Hybrid.

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OCTOBER 15, 2009

The Ford Fusion and Mercury Milan hybrid sedans come in second, at 41/36, followed by the Honda Civic Hybrid; Honda Insight; Lexus HS250h; Nissan Altima Hybrid; Ford Escape, Mazda Tribute, Mercury Mariner Hybrid; smart fortwo Cabriolet and Coupe; Toyota Camry Hybrid; and Lexus RX450h hybrid.

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Green Car Reports

AUGUST 23, 2010

The upcoming 2012 Infiniti M35h hybrid sedan will be the first vehicle featuring Nissan's own proprietary gasoline-electric hybrid system. If you don't recall, Nissan has sold a hybrid vehicle before, in the form of the Altima Hybrid, but this model relied on technology borrowed from Toyota.

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Green Cars News

MAY 2, 2009

Police Commissioner Raymond W Kelly and Mayor Michael Bloomberg have announced that the department is going green by sending hybrid police vehicles out on patrol. Around 40 Nissan Altima hybrids will be deployed across the five boroughs. The pilot programme will be reassessed in a year’s time.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 7, 2010

For the year, GM hybrid sales increased 30% from the year before to 16,142 units. Nissan reported sales of 842 Altima hybrids in December, an 18.6% of all Altima sales. Sales of all Altima models increased 7.7%. For calendar year 2009, Altima hybrid sales totalled 9,357 units, a 6.1% to 73,404 units.

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FEBRUARY 4, 2009

GM reported a total of 923 hybrid sales in January, including: 599 2-mode full-size SUVs (Tahoe, 299; Yukon, 168; Escalade, 132), presenting 8.0% 153 VUE Green Line hybrids, representing 5.3% 145 Malibu hybrids, representing 1.6% 19 Aura hybrids, representing 1.4% Nissan sold 644 units of the Altima hybrid, a 36.2%

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OCTOBER 5, 2009

A total of 1,011 GM hybrid vehicles were delivered in the month, down 48.3% Sales of the Altima Hybrid dropped 26.6% Tags: Hybrids Sales. from September 2008. Nissan North America, Inc. NNA) reported September 2009 sales of 55,393 units versus 59,565 units last year, a decrease of 7%. year-on-year to 345 units.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 5, 2009

Nissan posted sales of 299 Altima Hybrids in October, a 46% drop year-on-year, representing 2% of all Altimas sold. Tags: Hybrids Sales. Total GM light-duty vehicles sales rose 4.7% to 176,632 units. This was the company’s first year-on-year sales gain since January 2008.). Overall, Nissan sales increased 5.6%

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DECEMBER 8, 2009

The Malibu mild hybrid sedan posted 212 units, up 371% from the year before, for 1.9% Nissan sold 503 Altima Hybrids in November, up 42.5% of Altima sales. Tags: Hybrids Sales. of all Malibus sold. The Saturn Aura sold 29 units, down 17%, for 2.0% of model sales. from the year before, representing 3.2%

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MARCH 5, 2009

Combined sales of the Escape and Mariner hybrids fell 25.8% Sales of the non-hybrid Escape and Mariner fell 47.8% Nissan reported 463 units of the Altima Hybrid sold, a 12.5% of all Altima models sold. Sales of the non-hybrid Altimas dropped 32%. to 1,294 units in February, representing 11.2%

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APRIL 3, 2009

GM sold a total of 1,612 hybrids in March: 609 units of the Tahoe, Yukon and Escalade two-mode SUVs (7.3% 362 units of the Saturn VUE hybrid (10.4% 547 units of the Malibu hybrid (3.7% 26 units of the Saturn Aura hybrid (1.3% Nissan posted 834 units of the Altima Hybrid, a 0.2% of total Altima sales.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 3, 2009

GM hybrids currently comprise the Chevrolet Malibu, Saturn Aura and Vue BAS hybrids; and the Tahoe, Silverado, Yukon, Sierra, and Cadillac Escalade two-mode hybrids. Nissan posted 666 units of the Altima Hybrid, down 50% from June 2008. Sales of conventional Altima models were down 32%. year-on-year.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 4, 2009

General Motors sold 1,534 hybrids in April, comprising: 523 units of the two-mode SUVs (Tahoe, Yukon, Escalade), representing 4.5% 547 units of the Malibu hybrid, representing 3.7% 338 units of the Saturn VUE hybrid, representing 11.3% 31 units of the Saturn Aura hybrid, representing 1.7% of Altima sales.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 2, 2009

Nissan posted 3,164 units of the Altima hybrid, even with its limited availability. Total sales of the Altima increased 6.1% Ford saw its total sales increase 17% year-on-year in August, including fleet sales. The company posted a 21% increase in retail sales. That represented a 615.8% to 26,833 units.

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Green Cars News

MAY 3, 2009

Green cars continue to be as badly hit as any during the on-going recession as sales of hybrid cars showed another dramatic year-on-year slump in April. Combined reported US hybrid sales from Ford, GM, Honda, Nissan and Toyota fell by 45.5 per cent share last year, which was hybrid cars’ highest monthly share to date. .

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Green Car Congress

MAY 1, 2009

Sales of the volume leading ALtima were down 46.9% to 12,012 units, including 222 Altima hybrids. Passenger car sales were off 38.3% to 30,249 units; light truck sales were down 36.9% to 16,941 units. Chrysler LLC reported April US total sales of 76,682 units, representing a 48% decrease versus 2008.

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Green Cars News

SEPTEMBER 2, 2009

Honda: The company sold a total of 4,943 hybrids during the month with 4,226 of these units being the new Honda Insight. The Civic Hybrid meanwhile sold 717 units, down 77 per cent compared to August 2008. Nissan: Despite limited availability, the Altima Hybrid sold 3,164 units during the month – that’s a 615.8

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Green Cars News

NOVEMBER 5, 2009

Honda: Thanks to the introduction of the new Honda Insight Hybrid, which sold 1,739 units during the month, Honda reported a 21.9 per cent increase in hybrid sales during October with a total of 1,978 vehicles sold. Sales of the Civic Hybrid however, dropped 85.3 per cent; the GS Hybrid posting 39 units, an increase of 77.3

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Green Cars News

MAY 4, 2009

The Insight sold 2,096 units in April pushing combined Honda hybrid sales up 25 per cent year-on-year. Meanwhile, the Honda Civic Hybrid sold 3,361 units, down 22.3 Nissan: Just 222 units of the Altima hybrid were sold in the US in April - a drop of 72.3 Toyota : Its’ combined hybrid sales dropped by 62.8

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Green Cars News

JULY 5, 2009

The Civic Hybrid meanwhile posted 1,583 units, which is a fall of 41.6 Nissan: The Japanese manufacturer posted 666 units of the Altima Hybrid, which is a fall of 50 per cent compared to June 2008. Toyota : Taking the lion share of hybrid sales in the US, the Japanese manufacturer posted 16,744 units in June.

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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."

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Green Cars News

OCTOBER 5, 2009

Sales of the Civic hybrid plummeted by 92.5 Sales of the Altima Hybrid suffered a particularly significant fall down 26.6 per cent compared to the previous year – hybrid sales fell to 14,585 units, down 5.3 The Highlander Hybrid sold 269 units, down 70.8 per cent to 345 units.

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Green Cars News

JUNE 7, 2009

The new Honda Insight did help to boost sales however - 2,780 models were sold meaning hybrid sales of Honda cars increased by 3.5 The Altima remained the volume leader although sales of the Altima Hybrid dropped by 78.5 Total hybrid sales in May reached 14,846 - down 43 per cent year on year.

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Green Cars News

AUGUST 5, 2009

GM delivered a total of 1,487 hybrid vehicles in the month - an increase of 36.3 The company sold 1,030 units of its Altima Hybrid, which represented a 44.1 per cent compared to June and hybrid sales increased to 24,295 - an increase of 19.3 per cent year on year. per cent year on year. per cent increase year on year.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 3, 2009

The Altima was the top-selling car with 14,135 units, down 34.7% Nissan sold 644 units of the Altima Hybrid, an increase of 36.2% Car sales dropped 27.0% to 33,173; truck sales dropped 33.6% year-on year. from the prior year. The Rogue crossover saw sales of 5,802 units, an increase of 6.8% from January 2008.

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AUGUST 4, 2009

Nissan sold 1,030 units of the Altima hybrid, up 44.1% Total Altima sales were down 21.2% Nissan North America reported sales for July of 71,847 units, a decrease of 24.6%. Car sales were down 7.8% to 51,399 units, while light truck sales dropped 48.4% to 20,448 units. year-on year. to 19,252 units.

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Green Cars News

OCTOBER 27, 2009

The Green Piece Column: Tuesday 27 October. With the global recession making drivers think about their wallets and the environment ahead of power and good looks, a green car race has emerged with manufacturers keen to offer more fuel efficient and environmentally friendly vehicles than their rivals. The green car race – the leaders.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 3, 2009

The Altima remained the volume leader, with a 46.5% Sales of the Altima Hybrid dropped 78.5% The Altima Hybrid represented 0.5% Sales of cars were down 39.8% to 42,831 units; sales of trucks were down 17.2% to 24,658 units. drop in sales to 18,408 units. to 345 units. of Nissan sales.

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Green Car Reports

JUNE 22, 2011

Nissan may have killed off its Altima Hybrid model, but the company is moving forward with a range of new hybrid models. This time, however, they'll be home-grown, based on the company's internally developed hybrid system.

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Green Cars News

NOVEMBER 17, 2009

The green car race may have been dominated by Japanese and German manufacturers to date, with American automakers playing catch-up, but now it is the French who are fighting back with Peugeot, Citroen and Renault all revealing a greener outlook…. The green car race: the French are coming. PSA Peugeot Citroen – one to watch.

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