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Reported US Sales of Hybrids Up 21% in November; New Vehicle Market Share of 2.7%

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All comparisons here are by volume, not by adjusted selling rate. Sales of the Saturn VUE mild hybrid were down 31% to 134 units, for 9.8% of all VUEs sold. November 2009 has 23 selling days, compared to 25 in November 2008. Toyota posted 14,473 hybrids in November 2009, up 16.3% from November 2008. to 133,700 units.

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GM Previews First Two-Mode, Front-Wheel-Drive Hybrid Transaxle

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At the recent SAE 2009 World Congress in Detroit, General Motors engineers presented the first front-wheel-drive (FWD) iteration of their two-mode hybrid transaxle, termed the 2MT70 ( earlier post ), scheduled for its first application in the Saturn 2009 VUE 2-Mode Hybrid light sport-utility vehicle later this year ( earlier post ).

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Plug-In Hybrids (or Plugin Hybrids)

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

The comparison keeps being raised, though studies are conclusive: The "well-to-wheel" emissions of electric vehicles are lower than those from gasoline internal combustion vehicles. See the press release , EPRI announcement and Daimlers description (with graphics). See CalCars-News Archive for updates.

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