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% drop by volume for the month compared to March 2008, based on total sales figures from Autodata ( earlier post ). of all GS sales.

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2009 LS 600H GS 450h Sale 170

Green Car Congress

MARCH 5, 2009

The decline in hybrids was less than the 41% decline in the overall light-duty vehicle market for the month. of the new vehicle market, essentially flat with the January 2009 results. In February 2008, hybrids held 1.9% Monthly new vehicle market share for reported hybrids. The GS 450h posted 22 units, a 71.4%

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GS 450h VUE Sale Hybrid 170

Green Car Congress

MARCH 11, 2009

Toyota plans to introduce 10 new hybrid models between now and 2012 in various global markets, with sales of one million gas-electric hybrids per year, worldwide, sometime early in the next decade. Toyota launched of the Prius in late 1997 in the Japan market, and in the US in July 2000. million vehicles through January of this year.

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