Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 4, 2013

One involves approximately 133,000 MY 2006-2010 Highlander Hybrid and MY 2006-2008 Lexus RX 400h vehicles. In the involved Toyota Highlander Hybrid and Lexus RX 400h vehicles, transistors within the hybrid system’s inverter assembly can experience heat damage due to variations in characteristics of the transistors’ parallel circuits.

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400h Highlander Toyota Hybrid 199

Green Car Congress

MARCH 5, 2009

Reported sales of hybrids. 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. New hybrid sales represented 2.3% Click to enlarge.

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GS 450h VUE Sale Hybrid 170

Green Car Congress

APRIL 3, 2009

Reported US sales of hybrids. 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% US hybrids monthly new vehicle market share. The RX 400h posted 1,165 units, a 25.8%

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2009 LS 600H GS 450h Sale 170

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 4, 2009

Monthly reported sales of hybrids in the US. Reported sales of hybrids in the US in January dropped 32.2% by volume from the year before to a combined 15,400 units, a lower rate of decline than that of the overall light-duty vehicle market in the month. Total light duty vehicle sales in the US dropped 37.1% Earlier post.)

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LS 600H GS 450h VUE Sale 150