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Cash for Clunkers Buoys US Auto Sales; Hybrid Sales Up 31.8% for Monthly New Vehicle Share of 3.55%

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GM dealers delivered 189,443 total vehicles in July, a 19.4% Non-core brand sales declined when compared with June as Pontiac dipped 7%; Saturn was down 21%, and HUMMER and Saab declined 26%. Toyota Motor Sales, USA (TMS) reported July sales of 174,872, down 11.4% Monthly sales of hybrids. Click to enlarge. General Motors.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

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Establishing dealer network. Plans Saturn Vue PHEV-10. Aims to get Saturn Vue on road in 2010; no production goal. USA Today ) 10/25/06 DaimlerChrysler is downright reluctant, even though it has built four test models, commercial-size vans that run on gasoline and electricity. Ford Escape PHEV-40 around 2012.

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