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Cash for Clunkers Buoys US Auto Sales; Hybrid Sales Up 31.8% for Monthly New Vehicle Share of 3.55%

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Buoyed by the US government’s CARS (“Cash for Clunkers”) program, US auto sales slowed their decline in the US in July, dropping on 12.1% The first new 2010 Ford Taurus sedans were delivered at the end of July, as well as the first Transit Connects. Monthly new vehicle market share for hybrids. Click to enlarge.

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Perspective: Drive Star Conversion Program Could Cut US Oil Use in Half by 2020

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Well, America’s auto industry delivered over 100,000. It helps that the auto industry will be building more efficient new vehicles. We’ll add targeted incentives to jump-start this successor to the $4,500 “Cash for Clunkers” program. It’s a 21st-century equivalent of what we did in 1942. We just had to do it.

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Can Electric Vehicles Speed Up As The Economy Slows Down?

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Moreover, EVs are not only proving to be more robust amidst an auto industry in decline, but they are also already displaying some signs of recovery. auto market, are currently suing the federal government to be able to set their own emission standards. California and 14 other states, which make up more than ? of the U.S.

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