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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 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 two-mode Sierra pickup joined the Silverado two-mode pickup for 47 units representing 0.2%

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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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BrightDrop: GM’s silent push into electric commercial vehicles

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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. GMC started as a commercial-truck brand, and made largely the same light-duty trucks as Chevrolet. The Task Force ultimately agreed.

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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% Overall, Honda posted a 30% drop in light-duty vehicle sales in June. GM hybrids currently comprise the Chevrolet Malibu, Saturn Aura and Vue BAS hybrids; and the Tahoe, Silverado, Yukon, Sierra, and Cadillac Escalade two-mode hybrids.

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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% Chevrolet truck sales increased 27%, led by increases by Silverado, Suburban, Avalanche, Colorado, HHR and Equinox. Non-core brand sales declined when compared with June as Pontiac dipped 7%; Saturn was down 21%, and HUMMER and Saab declined 26%. to 443, 297 units.

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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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