Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 3, 2009

Retail sales were off 38%, but GM held its retail market share steady compared with December. Toyota Motor Sales (TMS), USA reported January sales of 117,287 vehicles, a 31.8% Still, Ford’s F-Series truck and Fusion mid-size sedan brought Ford a fourth consecutive month of retail market share increases. compared with a year ago.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 4, 2009

Monthly new vehicle market share for hybrids. Hybrids had an especially good month, with reported sales jumping 31.8% year-on-year to 35,429 units, representing a 3.55% new vehicle sales market share for the month—the highest monthly share yet. Hybrid gains were largely due to an increase in Prius sales (up 29.7%

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Green Cars News

NOVEMBER 5, 2009

Hybrid sales in the USA enjoyed a significant leap during October, increasing by volume to 24,475 units – an increase of 11.4 per cent market share. However, with overall light duty vehicle sales remaining essentially flat over the month, there are clear signs that hybrid cars are developing into a more mainstream alternative.

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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 new vehicle share of the market - that’s down from the 3.2

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Green Cars News

JULY 5, 2009

Indeed sales of hybrids have significantly out-performed the total light duty vehicle market, which dropped by 27.7 General Motors: A total of 1,454 hybrid models were delivered in the month, which is a rise of 26.5 The Civic Hybrid meanwhile posted 1,583 units, which is a fall of 41.6

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Green Cars News

AUGUST 5, 2009

per cent to 566,527 with hybrids having a particularly good month. per cent new vehicles sales market share for the month, the highest monthly share to date. Ford: The US manufacturer posted the first year-on-year sales gains of any major car manufacturer in the US market with total sales climbing two per cent to 158,838 units.

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Green Cars News

OCTOBER 5, 2009

per cent compared to the previous year at 19,977 units (though they do not include sales of the Mercedes S400 Hybrid which went on sale in the USA at the end of August). Compared to August results, this meant that hybrid sales were down 48.4 per cent and market share dropped down to 2.7 Sales of the Civic hybrid plummeted by 92.5

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Green Cars News

JUNE 7, 2009

Ford: Retaining the number two position in the US market, Ford (along with its brands Lincoln and Mercury) reported sales of 155,954 - down 24.3 This also represented Ford’s highest market share in three years with sales up 20 per cent compared to April 2009. per cent compared to the previous year. Nissan: Sales fell by 33.1

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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 Car Congress

JUNE 3, 2009

General Motors. Despite the public speculation on a bankruptcy outcome for GM during the month of May, GM outpaced the performance of the overall market by posting 190,881 light-duty vehicle sales, a decrease of 29% by volume. Hybrid monthly new vehicle market share. Hybrids as a percentage of light vehicle sales.

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Green Cars News

OCTOBER 27, 2009

Volkswagen: German manufacturer Volkswagen has taken an alternative route to early success in the green car race by placing the emphasis on clean diesel models, which it has been marketing in Europe since 2003. The company has enjoyed a 73 per cent increase in hybrid sales this year (see article ). Faye Sunderland. Faye Sunderland.

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Green Cars News

NOVEMBER 17, 2009

The car will also be marketed under the Citroen brand as the C-ZERO. The PROLOGUE puts the internal combustion engine up front and runs on diesel, while the RC uses petrol with the electric motor going at the back. The batteries can be recharged in six hours or to 80 per cent capacity in 30minutes using a fast charge system.

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