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NADA forecasts light-duty vehicle sales of 16.94M in US in 2015; 56% trucks and SUVs

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Low gasoline prices and pent-up consumer demand will combine to drive new car and light truck sales to an estimated 16.94 million in 2015, according to the National Automobile Dealers Association. NADA’s original sales forecast of 16.4 On the downside, small and mid-sized cars are likely to face a tougher market in 2015.

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Cheap Oil Will Last A Decade, Says Huge Oil Trader

Green Car Reports

The low oil prices that boosted new-car sales and caused average fuel-economy gains to sputter last year may be here to stay, for a while at least. With fuel prices low throughout 2015, Americans bought more new cars, but many of them were less-efficient SUVs and crossovers.

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You can lease a Toyota bZ4X for next to nothing right now

Baua Electric

4% of Toyota’s total US sales, and much less than the number of EV sales from much smaller companies. It reminds me somewhat of the deals on the original Fiat 500e back in 2015 or so. Deal is subject to availability and participation, so contact your local dealer if you’re interested in a cheap bZ4X.

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Volvo makes its last diesel car and puts it in a museum

Baua Electric

Between 2012 and 2016, diesel accounted for half of the company’s global sales. Electrek’s Take It’s good to see the end stages for diesel, which peaked in 2015, some 30 years after it first achieved a double-digit share of the European market. In the US, diesel never had the same traction, due the abundance of cheap gas.

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Ninth annual Green Innovation Index finds California light-duty vehicle emissions spike; major challenge to 2030 climate goals

Green Car Congress

Between 2006 and 2015, California’s GDP per capita grew by almost $5,000 per person, nearly double the growth experienced by the US as a whole. Job growth between 2006 and 2015 in California outpaced rates experienced prior to 2006, and outpaced total US employment gains by 27%. in emissions from on-road vehicles. —Adam Fowler.

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AlixPartners study finds post-crisis auto industry facing new set of challenges; sales projected below historical levels for foreseeable future

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—things are far from back to “normal,” or at least the normal defined by the consumer-incentive-induced sales levels of the past. —things are far from back to “normal,” or at least the normal defined by the consumer-incentive-induced sales levels of the past. million units in lost vehicle sales this year.

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Mitsubishi Mirage to Be Discontinued by 2025

The Truth About Cars

Despite fuel prices and an economy that seems poised to bolster the sale of value-focused cars, the United States is losing another one. sales of the Mirage four-door hatchback and sedan to make way more crossovers and EVs. The above hasn’t helped sales. sales went from 144,528 in 2015 to just 13,399 in 2022.