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

Green Car Congress

Monthly sales of hybrids. Non-core brand sales declined when compared with June as Pontiac dipped 7%; Saturn was down 21%, and HUMMER and Saab declined 26%. Total sales of the fuel-efficient Honda Civic increased 3.1% Sales of the Civic Hybrid, however, plunged 71.8% The new Honda Insight hybrid posted 2,295 units.

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Plug-In Hybrids (or Plugin Hybrids)

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

2 Plug-in hybrids are cleaner 3 Plug-in hybrids are cheaper 4 Plug-in hybrids are domestic 5 Plug-in hybrids already exist 1. What Are Plug-In Hybrids? How does this sound: 100+ MPG in a regular vehicle? We can achieve that -- today -- with a plug-in hybrid (PHEV). Using the average U.S.

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