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Building a BEV is Not a License to Use Resources Inefficiently

EV Adoption

We also need to understand that in the US, it will take until at least 2035 for most American buyers of new cars and trucks to embrace buying a full BEV. While GM has unwisely discontinued both the Chevrolet Volt PHEV and Malibu Hybrid, from the 212.7 Chevrolet Malibu Hybrids (1.5 Chevrolet Volts (18.4

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Reported US Sales of Hybrids Drop 31.2% in January; 2.3% New Vehicle Market Share

Green Car Congress

Year-on-year sales of passenger cars dropped 36.3% Hybrids took a 2.34% share of the new vehicle market for the month. 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%

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Is it time up for green car brands?

Green Cars News

However, as green cars become more mainstream could it mark the end for exclusive green car brands? It was expected to function in a similar fashion to the Scion brand with a compact, mid-size and SUV model. Tags: Green cars Latest news Toyota general motors green car brands Saturn Toyota Prius.

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More information on hybrid sales slump

Green Cars News

Together the two cars sold 2,299 units. Meanwhile, the Ford Escape and Mariner hybrids saw sales drop by 40.5 General Motors: The company sold 1,534 units in April which consisted of: 523 two-mode SUVS (Tahoe, Yukon Escalade); 95 two-mode pick-ups (Silverado, Sierra); 547 Malibu hybrids; 338 Saturn VUE hybrids; 31 Saturn Aura hybrids.

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