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Prius tops the charts in Japan

Green Cars News

To the surprise of… well, nobody really… the Toyota Prius was once again the top-selling car in Japan in June marking the second month in a row the vehicle has topped the sales charts in its native country. It wasn’t the only green car to enjoy success in Japan, however.

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Insight tops Japanese best-sellers list

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Having already surpassed the Toyota Prius during its first month of sales in the UK, Honda’s Insight is now ranked as the best selling car among all new vehicle registrations in Japan in April marking the first time a hybrid model has been the top seller during any monthly sales period.

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Prius number one in Japan again

Green Cars News

Now you could say the same about the top selling passenger vehicle list in Japan. For the fourth successive month, the Toyota Prius topped the charts according to data from the Japan Automobile Dealers Association. Overall, sales in Japan increased by eight per cent year on year, to 179,766 units.

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One in 10 new cars sold is… a Toyota Prius

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Success doesn’t come much more resounding than this – one out of every 10 new cars sold in Japan during November was a Toyota Prius. The vehicle maintained its top spot in Japan new passenger car sales for the seventh month in a row, posting 26,815 units according to data from the Japan Automobile Dealers Association.

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Prius tops the sales charts again

Green Cars News

Whoever thought the only certainties in life were death and taxes clearly hasn’t paid attention to the sales charts in Japan lately. It is the fifth successive month for Prius to be the number one selling new car in Japan according to official data from the Japan Automobile Dealers Association.

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The green cars of the Tokyo Motor Show. The Green Piece

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In Tokyo itself, car ownership stands at under 0.5 Throw in the on-going global financial crisis and it’s no surprise that some members of the Japanese Automobile Manufacturers Association (JAMA) had considered scrapping this year’s Tokyo Motor Show altogether. per household – less than half of the national average.

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Big Science tools for clean transportation: neutron scattering at ORNL

Green Car Congress

First up is a quick look at the two advanced neutron-scattering facilities at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) in Tennessee, which Green Car Congress recently had the opportunity to tour: the newer (2006) $1.4-billion WAND: US/Japan Wide-Angle Neutron Diffractometer. Powder: Neutron Powder Diffractometer.