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MARCH 18, 2024

Honda beat everybody to the production gasoline-electric hybrid game in the United States, putting the Insight in showrooms in 1999. Toyota followed with the Prius a year later, but it took GM until 2006 to introduce its first true gasoline-electric hybrid here. The Vue's platform outlived Saturn and still lives today, though.

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MARCH 5, 2009

New hybrid sales represented 2.3% In February 2008, hybrids held 1.9% Toyota posted 7,232 units of the Prius, down 33.6% Camry Hybrid sold 2,080 units, down 49.5% Sales of the non-hybrid Camry dropped 39.8% General Motors. GM came in second for total hybrid sales in the month, with 1,807 units sold.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 4, 2009

Year-to-date US sales of Toyota hybrids through April are down 51% to 49,660 units from 101,334 for the same period last year. In advance of the market introduction of the new 2010 Prius, Toyota Prius sales dropped 61.5% Other results: Sales of the Camry Hybrid were down 67.1% of Altima sales. of Camry sales.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 3, 2009

Toyota posted sales of 16,744 hybrid vehicles in June, down 5.8% The improved performance (relative to recent months) was led by the Prius, which, with the 2010 model on sale, posted June sales of 12,998 units, up 10.5% General Motors. GM reported a total of 1,454 hybrid vehicles delivered in the month, up 26.5%

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AUGUST 4, 2009

Hybrids had an especially good month, with reported sales jumping 31.8% Hybrid gains were largely due to an increase in Prius sales (up 29.7% to 19,173 units) and Ford hybrids (up 323% to 5,353 units). Monthly sales of hybrids. General Motors. TMS posted July sales of 24,295 hybrid vehicles, up 19.3%

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Green Cars News

MAY 4, 2009

Meanwhile, the Ford Escape and Mariner hybrids saw sales drop by 40.5 General Motors: The company sold 1,534 units in April which consisted of: 523 two-mode SUVS (Tahoe, Yukon Escalade); 95 two-mode pick-ups (Silverado, Sierra); 547 Malibu hybrids; 338 Saturn VUE hybrids; 31 Saturn Aura hybrids.

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Green Cars News

JULY 5, 2009

Here is a look at how each manufacturer faired: Ford: It was a decent month for Ford with the new hybrid version of the Fusion and Milan boosting overall hybrid sales to 3,649 units - a June sales record and up 91 per cent compared to the previous year. The Civic Hybrid meanwhile posted 1,583 units, which is a fall of 41.6

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