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DECEMBER 5, 2009

Toyota’s Prius maintained its top spot in Japan new passenger car sales in November for the seventh month in a row, posting 26,815 units, according to data from the Japan Automobile Dealers Association. Total passenger car sales for the month were 268,450 units. Monthly sales of the Prius in Japan since 2007.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2009

Ten days after it went on sale in Japan ( earlier post ), the new Honda Insight Hybrid has racked up orders for more than 10,000 units—more than double the monthly sales goal.

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NOVEMBER 27, 2010

plans to have hybrids account for more than 20% of its Japanese sales next fiscal year, double fiscal 2010’s roughly 10%, citing the company’s sales plan. Honda forecasts overall domestic automobile sales to decline by 20,000 units on the year to 635,000 units in fiscal 2011.

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MARCH 6, 2009

Honda’s Insight hybrid was Japan’s 10 th -best-selling new car in February, excluding minicars, according to figures from the Japan Automobile Dealers Association. Honda received more than 15,000 orders for the Insight, which was launched that month. Nevertheless, the Insight made No.

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AUGUST 7, 2010

has decided to sell its new hybrid car for around ¥1.59 million (about US$18,600), which will be the lowest price for a gasoline-electric vehicle sold in Japan, according to company sources. million yen price tag for the cheapest model of its Insight hybrid put on sale in February last year.

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JULY 13, 2009

confirmed plans to begin sales in Japan of the CR-Z sporty hybrid model in February 2010 and Fit Hybrid before the end of 2010. The Fit was Japan’s top-selling model from January-June this year, with 65,589 units sold. 1 line at its Suzuka Factory, the production of Insight also began on Suzuka’s No.

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OCTOBER 11, 2009

Toyota’s Prius continued its run as the top-selling new car in Japan in September, posting 31,758 units, representing an increase of 341% from September 2008. This marked the Prius’ fifth consecutive month as the number one selling new automobile in Japan, according to data from the Japan Automobile Dealers Association (JADA).

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JANUARY 10, 2010

The Toyota Prius was the top-selling passenger car (excluding mini-cars and imported cars) in Japan in 2009, according to data from the Japan Automobile Dealers Association (JADA). Top 10 sellers in Japan in 2009. of the total new passenger car sales (standard, compact and mini-cars) of 3,923,740 units. Click to enlarge.

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APRIL 1, 2009

The Honda 2010 Insight hybrid, which made its sales debut in the US in limited quantities on 24 March, posted sales of 569 units through the end of the month. Sales of the Insight in Japan, which began in February, have been brisk, and have helped the automaker weather the slump there.

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MAY 27, 2009

The Nikkei reports that Honda will release the hybrid version of its Fit subcompact in Japan in fall 2010, about 18 months ahead of the earlier schedule. The company had initially planned to introduce the hybrid Fit in 2012, when the vehicle will be fully remodeled. The hybrid Fit is to be equipped with a 1.3-liter

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APRIL 23, 2010

Honda will begin selling two hybrid models produced in Japan—the Insight and CR-Z—in China before the end of 2012, said Honda Motor Co., In addition, said Ito, Acura will introduce its first hybrid model within the next three years. Last year, Honda sales set a new record of 580,000 units in China.

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APRIL 30, 2020

The outbreak of COVID-19 has already impacted the automotive industry significantly, according to JATO Dynamics, a leading provider of global automotive data and insight. Global vehicle sales totalled 5.55 Overall, the total for the first quarter of 2020 already highlights a reduction of 26% Q1 2019 with sales decreasing to 17.42

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JUNE 6, 2009

Hybrids represented 12% of new light-duty vehicle sales—excluding minicars—in Japan in May, according to figures from the Japan Automobile Dealers Association. With a total of 21,601 units sold, this was the first time that the monthly new vehicle share of hybrids topped 10%. Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2013

Honda''s all-new Fit launches today in its home country of Japan, and with it comes the latest version of the Fit Hybrid--with Honda''s completely new hybrid drivetrain technology.

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JULY 10, 2009

Toyota’s Prius was the top-selling car in Japan in June for the second month in a row, with sales of 22,292 units—3.58 times June 2008 results of 6,231 units— according to data from the Japan Automobile Dealers Association (JADA). In April, the Honda Insight had been the top-seller—the first hybrid to be such—with 10,481 units.

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MARCH 26, 2024

Japanese carmaker Nissan Motor plans to introduce its e-power hybrid technology car in Tunisia, its Africa head said on Tuesday, as part of plans to test demand in the African market for electric vehicles. Africa is the world’s last remaining automotive frontier due to the low level of vehicle ownership. .”

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FEBRUARY 19, 2009

Cumulative hybrid sales by model and region. Global sales of Honda hybrid vehicles reached 300,740 units on a cumulative basis at the end of January 2009. Honda first began hybrid sales in November 1999 with the introduction of its first-generation Insight in Japan. Click to enlarge.

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JUNE 4, 2009

Toyota’s new Prius was Japan’s top-selling vehicle in May, according to new car sales rankings —excluding minicars with displacements of less than 660 cc—released by the Japan Automobile Dealers Association (JADA). Prius sales in Japan by month since January 2007. Data: JADA. Earlier post.)

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OCTOBER 27, 2011

Japanese carmaker Honda has announced the introduction of a refreshed Insight Hybrid model, which will be accompanied by an Insight Exclusive model with a 1.5litre engine. Both hybrid cars will go on sale at dealerships in Japan on November 11 with a combined sales target of 1,500units monthly.

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MAY 7, 2014

Batteries for hybrids and plug-in vehicles are growing fast, more than tripling over the past three years to reach 1.4 Lux Research analysts used historical and current vehicle sales, detailed battery specifications for each car, and supplier relationships to create the Automotive Battery Tracker. Source: Lux Research.

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APRIL 10, 2012

Overall, Honda will introduce more than 10 new and full-model-change Honda models during the 3-year period from 2013 to 2015, and is targeting a doubling of 2011 unit sales in 2015. Within this year, Honda will introduce three hybrid models to the China market. Earlier post.). Earlier post.). Earlier post.). Production.

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APRIL 1, 2024

The Arc Plan is full of business objectives such as sales targets, shareholder dividend and returns, profit margins and potential new business ventures. There was no breakdown of what models will be sold in North America, but adding to the company’s two EVs on sale currently, Leaf and Ariya , will be boost to their dealer network.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2017

Hitachi Automotive Systems and Honda Motor have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) aiming to establish a joint venture company for the development, manufacture and sales of motors for electric vehicles. The company has delivered a high volume of these motors to vehicle manufacturers in Japan and throughout the world.

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JANUARY 23, 2012

It was another successful year for Honda’s range of hybrid cars – as they surpassed 800,000 cumulative sales worldwide at the end of December, 2011. It has been 12 years and two months since the first generation Honda Insight was introduced in Japan in November, 1999.

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FEBRUARY 11, 2010

Honda had initially set a sales goal of the newly redesigned Honda Insight at 200,000 units in 2010, its first full year of production. Last year, the company sold 130,445 total units worldwide since the Insight's introduction which began in Japan in February and spread throughout the rest of the.

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MAY 12, 2009

Hybrids and EVs May Capture 10% Of Japan New Car Sales in Fiscal 2009 A tally by the Nikkei finds that sales of hybrids and electric vehicles in Japan may exceed 220,000 units and could account for more than 10% of domestic new-car sales in the current fiscal year (excluding mini-vehicles), up from 4.4%

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DECEMBER 22, 2013

After achieving international success with hybrid cars such as the Civic, Accord and Insight, Honda has now introduced a new hybrid vehicle in its home market of Japan. The company has started to sell the VEZEL hybrid: which is meant to fuse the qualities of an elegant coupe with a dynamic SUV whil[.].

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AUGUST 10, 2010

With the 2011 Honda CR-Z headed for dealerships this summer, and the 2010 Honda Insight struggling to make a sales impression, the third of Honda's three new hybrid models is being cued up in Japan. That would make it.

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JANUARY 31, 2024

Analysts say the group companies’ problems are likely to have a limited impact on Toyota’s earnings because their sales and profits are a small fraction of Toyota’s overall global earnings. Its group global vehicle sales for 2023 were a record 11.22 Hours after the probe began at Toyota Industries Corp.’s

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MAY 11, 2009

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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NOVEMBER 9, 2010

The circles represent the year in which new vehicle sales equal 100% alternative powertrains/fuel. Global Insight for powertrains/fuels for each country formed the basis for a moderately aggressive model for penetration of alternative powertrains/fuels into each country’s new vehicle fleet from 2010 to 2020. Click to enlarge.

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MARCH 2, 2009

Of that 10% improvement, about 6% can be attributed to the new hybrid system (including the larger combustion engine) and about 4% to efficiency improvements in other aspects of the vehicle, such as better aerodynamics, said Chief Engineer Akihiko Otsuka. Hybrid Synergy Drive. Click to enlarge. Click to enlarge.

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JULY 12, 2009

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. In June, Prius sales were 71.5

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OCTOBER 12, 2009

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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MARCH 23, 2010

Honda can't afford another hybrid failure. After lackluster sales of the newly redesigned Insight, Honda needs a hit in the hybrid segment. They are hopeful that the upcoming CR-Z can garner sales success and be a hit here in the States, but the outlook is uncertain.

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NOVEMBER 6, 2015

When the first Honda Insight and Toyota Prius hybrids launched in 1999 and 2000, expectations for their sales were low. And hybrids indeed logged annual sales in the low thousands until the second-generation Prius came along for 2004.

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2009

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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