Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 8, 2009

new vehicle market share, up from 2.2% new light-duty vehicle market share. Total Ford, Lincoln and Mercury sales were down 0.2% Sales of the Saturn VUE mild hybrid were down 31% to 134 units, for 9.8% The Saturn Aura sold 29 units, down 17%, for 2.0% Reported hybrid sales thus represented a 2.7% in October 2009.

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Sale Hybrid VUE Saturn 210

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% Overall, Ford, Lincoln and Mercury sales for the month totaled 148,153, down 11% versus a year ago—the best performance of any of the major automakers. Click to enlarge. new vehicle share.

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LS 600H Camry Hybrid GS 450h Sale 150

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 16, 2012

The ability to market the use of biobased in automotive manufacturing is important in having the customer accept or appreciate the use of biobased materials without sacrificing performance or characteristics of the automotive vehicle they choose to buy. Soy-foam headliners were put in place for the 2010 Ford Escape and Mercury Mariner.

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Auto Industry Industrial Industry Auto 252

Charged EVs

MAY 31, 2022

That would give the radically slimmed-down GM a mass-market brand and a luxury brand. Just like, say, Ford—which was then in the process of killing Mercury, to leave it with only Ford and Lincoln. Thus, the restructured GM was composed of Chevrolet, Buick, GMC and Cadillac, while the Hummer, Pontiac, Saab and Saturn brands died.

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Commercial Vehicles GMC GM 137

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 4, 2009

Monthly new vehicle market share for hybrids. year-on-year to 35,429 units, representing a 3.55% new vehicle sales market share for the month—the highest monthly share yet. Non-core brand sales declined when compared with June as Pontiac dipped 7%; Saturn was down 21%, and HUMMER and Saab declined 26%. Click to enlarge.

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Cash For Clunkers Sale Hybrid Dodge 150

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Several after-market companies have done PHEV conversions of the Ford Escape hybrid and one has done a retrofit of the F-150 pickup -- see Where PHEVs Are and ICE-Conversions.) Plans Saturn Vue PHEV-10. Aims to get Saturn Vue on road in 2010; no production goal. Raising money to bring a PHEV to market.

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