Green Car Congress
DECEMBER 8, 2009
Overall light-duty vehicle sales were essentially flat for the month, according to figures from Autodata, with 746,928 units sold in November 2009, compared to 746,789 units in November 2008. new light-duty vehicle market share. Total light-duty vehicle sales were up 2.6% Total Ford, Lincoln and Mercury sales were down 0.2%
Charged EVs
MAY 31, 2022
Upcoming electric passenger vehicles and light trucks from GM get most of the attention, but its new commercial EV brand is a quiet and very serious push too. Just like, say, Ford—which was then in the process of killing Mercury, to leave it with only Ford and Lincoln. The Task Force ultimately agreed. Why not GMC?
Green Car Congress
APRIL 3, 2009
US sales of hybrids in March 2009 as reported by the automakers dropped 44% by volume year-on-year to 21,433 units; that performance was worse than the total light duty vehicle market, which posted a 36.8% Hybrid sales as a percentage of total light duty vehicle sales by automaker. 362 units of the Saturn VUE hybrid (10.4%
Green Car Congress
MARCH 5, 2009
Reported sales of light-duty hybrids in the US dropped 29% by volume in February year-on-year to 16,020 units. The decline in hybrids was less than the 41% decline in the overall light-duty vehicle market for the month. The Saturn VUE hybrid posted 188 units, for 6.4% The Saturn Aura posted 23 units, representing 1.5%
Green Car Congress
DECEMBER 16, 2012
To create the largest impact, the researchers concluded, emphasis should be placed on the largest producers of vehicles; the five largest producers of automotive vehicles in the United States are General Motors, Ford, Toyota, Chrysler, and Honda. The 2010 Ford Flex’s third-row interior storage bins contained 20% wheat straw biofiller.
Green Car Congress
JULY 3, 2009
Hybrids significantly outperformed the total light-duty vehicle market, which dropped 27.7% Overall, Honda posted a 30% drop in light-duty vehicle sales in June. Buoyed by sales of the new hybrid Fusion and Milan, Ford’s hybrid vehicles posted sales of 3,649 units, a June sales record and up 91% versus a year ago.
Green Car Congress
AUGUST 4, 2009
to 554, 527 units, while light truck sales dropped 14.1% to 19,173 units) and Ford hybrids (up 323% to 5,353 units). Non-core brand sales declined when compared with June as Pontiac dipped 7%; Saturn was down 21%, and HUMMER and Saab declined 26%. Ford, Lincoln and Mercury retail sales increased 9% versus a year ago.
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