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Visiting Byton, electric-car sales, Camry Hybrid video, natural-gas shutdown: Today's Car News

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Today, we've got a visit to electric-car startup Byton, ethical minerals, a Camry Hybrid video road test, and last month's plug-in electric car sales. All this and more on Green Car Reports. Over the weekend, as we do every seven days, we ran down last week's most important green-car stories.

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Tesla wins big among EV shoppers in KBB’s Q1 2022 Brand Watch report

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KBB noted that in the first quarter, one in four shoppers considered a green vehicle, particularly battery-electric cars and hybrids. Ford’s Maverick Hybrid pickup truck, F-150 Lightning, and Mustang Mach-E took 2nd, 7th, and 9th on the list. The Tesla Model 3, Model Y, and Model S placed 3rd, 4th, and 10th place in the list.

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Bosch Analysis Finds US Light Duty Diesels Had a Consumer Take Rate of About 30% in 2009 When Both Diesel and Gasoline Engines Offered

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BMW 335d: 8%. BMW X5 xDrive x35d: 17%. These rates compare favorably or surpass the percentage of buyers opting for a hybrid version of a vehicle, he said. Similarly, the Ford Escape Hybrid introduced in 2004, had a consumer take rate of 10% in 2009. An analysis by Bosch, using new car registration data provided by R.L

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Automotive Market Research Perspectives on Selling Green in a Try-to-Survive Market

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In a panel session entitled “Does Green Matter in a Try-to-Survive Market?” How big is the green market? Strategic Vision shared data that only a small portion of consumers in the US are “ truly green ”, which means the customer is willing to pay significantly more for a green vehicle.

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Toyota and Ford See Hybrid Gains in March, While Honda Hybrids Drop

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Toyota remains the leading seller of hybrids in the US, lead by the Prius, the sales of which jumped up 32.1% Sales of the Camry Hybrid were down 39.4% to 1,549 units, while sales of the Highlander Hybrid were down 42.7% The Lexus RX hybrid saw a 7.4% growth to 1,251 units, while the GS hybrid dropped 26.2%

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LA show displays green car ‘glimpse into the future’

Green Cars News

The 2009 Los Angeles Auto Show opens to the public today with a glittering display of green cars taking pride of place. More importantly, will feature more than 50 of the newest hybrids and alternative. fuel vehicles including hybrids, modern clean-diesel, electric, hydrogen fuel cell and ethanol powered vehicles. Audi Q7 TDI.

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Reported US Hybrid Sales Up 42% in December, Down 7.5% for CY 2009; New Vehicle Market Share of 2.8% for CY 2009

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These figures do not include sales of the new Mercedes S400 hybrid (Mercedes-Benz does not break out its sales by powertrain type) or the new BMW ActiveHybrid X6, which began reaching BMW Centers in December. . Monthly reported hybrid sales. Toyota reported December sales of sales of 17,964 hybrid vehicles, up 47.2%

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