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Reported US Sales of Hybrids Up 21% in November; New Vehicle Market Share of 2.7%

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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 light-duty vehicle sales were down 1.8%

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US Hybrid Sales in March 2009 Down 44% Year-on-Year; Monthly New Vehicle Market Share of 2.5%

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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%

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US Hybrid Sales in February Drop 29%; Lower Decline Than General LDV Market

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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%

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Reported US Hybrid Sales Up 5.2% Year on Year in June; 3% New Vehicle Market Share for the Month

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Hybrids significantly outperformed the total light-duty vehicle market, which dropped 27.7% American Honda posted total hybrid sales of 3,662 units in June, up 34.5% The improvement was driven by sales of the new Insight, Honda’s hybrid leader in the month, with 2,079 units sold. new vehicle share. year-on-year.

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ISU study finds large potential for biobased materials in auto industry, but with challenges

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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. Cost to manufacture is one of the main considerations. General Motors.

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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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to 554, 527 units, while light truck sales dropped 14.1% Non-core brand sales declined when compared with June as Pontiac dipped 7%; Saturn was down 21%, and HUMMER and Saab declined 26%. Light truck sales were down 10.1% Light truck sales were led by the RAV4 compact SUV with best-ever July sales of 15,912 units, up 32.5%

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Sales of hybrid cars increase in US

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Indeed sales of hybrids have significantly out-performed the total light duty vehicle market, which dropped by 27.7 GM hybrids currently include the Chevrolet Malibu, Saturn Aura and Saturn VUE BAS; as well as the Tahoe, Silverado, Sierra, Yukon and Cadillac Escalade two-mode hybrids. per cent in volume to 859,847 units.

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