Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 5, 2009

In the aftermath of the summer sales boom fueled by the US Cash for Clunkers program, September 2009 light duty vehicles sales dropped back to pre-incentive lows. GM retail sales were down 46% while fleet sales declined 43%. Reported hybrid sales by month. Click to enlarge. year-on-year, and off 41% from August. General Motors.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 4, 2009

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% Retail sales were down 9% while fleet sales declined 47%. Monthly new vehicle market share for hybrids. Click to enlarge. to 997,824 units, according to summary figures from AutoData.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 30, 2009

Cash for Clunkers. There are two bills in the US House of Representatives to give people cash for replacing an old, fuel inefficient vehicle with a new, more efficient, one. “ People were concerned about spending $35,000 for an SUV that seats five, they were saying for $21,000 I can get a sedan that seats five.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 14, 2010

Well, America’s auto industry delivered over 100,000. It helps that the auto industry will be building more efficient new vehicles. So these retrofits will cost less to drive right away, benefitting public, military, and private fleets, and individual drivers. It’s a 21st-century equivalent of what we did in 1942.

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