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% new vehicle market share for hybrids in March—down from 2.82% in March 2008, but the highest mark so far in 2009.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 3, 2009

Hybrid new vehicle market share by month. Hybrids significantly outperformed the total light-duty vehicle market, which dropped 27.7% The GS 450h hybrid posted a 63% drop year-on-year to 27 units, while the LS 600h saw a 57.5% Click to enlarge. Reported sales of hybrids in the US increased 5.2% new vehicle share.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 4, 2009

The reported sales represented a 2.65% hybrid new vehicle market share (based on Autodata’s total LDV sales figure)—the highest monthly new vehicle share for hybrids so far this year, but below the 3.2% new vehicle market share. Hybrid monthly new vehicle market share. Sales of the LS 600h L were down 84.4%

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