Green Car Congress

JULY 1, 2014

Only hybrids performed very well on both the green rating and the smog index. China’s Innovation Center for Energy and Transportation (iCET) recently released its 2014 Green Car China Annual Report , an evaluation of mainstream vehicles on sale in China by their lifecycle impacts and their health impacts.

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Green Car Reports

OCTOBER 4, 2016

The questions of whether and when sales of plug-in electric cars will resume their climb after a static 2015 are much on the minds of green-car advocates these days.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 2, 2010

Sales of new vehicles in Japan climbed 12.9% Automakers “are stepping up marketing activity, urging customers who are still driving old vehicles to buy new ones before the subsidies expire,” says an official at Mitsubishi Motors Corp. sales volume increase in July thanks in part to the hot-selling Prius hybrid.

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Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

Slow sales and a shrinking market for sedans have effectively shelved the Chevrolet Malibu Hybrid sedan—the last model from General Motors to use hybrid-system components from the much-loved Chevy Volt. The Chevrolet.

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Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 18, 2014

market share in light trucks and SUVs, hybrids are at least holding their own, and of course sales of plug-in electric cars are rising steadily. Wait.are we missing a green-car technology? Diesels seem likely to gain U.S.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 2, 2015

The BMW i8 plug-in hybrid ( earlier post ) was named the World Green Car at the World Car Awards in New York. The other two short-listed finalists in contention for the award were the Mercedes-Benz S 500 Plug-In Hybrid and the Volkswagen Golf GTE.

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Green Car Reports

JANUARY 23, 2017

What's a "green car"? Is it a hybrid? Or just one that uses less fuel than other cars in its segment? It's a perpetual conundrum, for Green Car Reports among others, but it illustrates one of the longstanding challenges in the field. Will the market for green cars expand as more enter the market, or is.

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Baua Electric

APRIL 4, 2024

Ford promises more hybrids but is delaying several key EVs. And will EV sales hold up with the phaseout of incentives in Canada’s EV hotbed? This and more, here at Green Car Reports. The automaker says it will add hybrid “offerings” to every gas-powered model in the lineup by 2030. Privacy Policy.

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Baua Electric

APRIL 1, 2024

Tesla hit six million cumulative EV sales, and we roundup all the achievements. Nissan and Mitsubishi team up for EVs, hybrids, and PHEVs, and next-generation pickups. And will next-generation batteries help plug-in hybrids make more sense at 70 miles? This and more, here at Green Car Reports.

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Green Car Reports

JANUARY 20, 2019

Last year, Tesla changed the game for plug-in and electric-car sales as it ramped up production of its relatively affordable Model 3 to almost 5,000 cars a week. Starting in October, Green Car. As we noted early this month, the Model 3 by itself outsold most whole luxury brands and some entire mainstream makes.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 7, 2010

Annual worldwide sales of the Prius to September 2010. Worldwide cumulative sales of the Toyota Prius have passed the 2-million mark, with approximately 2,012,000 units sold as of the end of September, according to Toyota. In 2007, sales in Japan represented 21% of all Prius sales worldwide and in 2008, 26%.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 17, 2024

Some automakers are launching small, affordable EVs for the European market, but Toyota currently has no plans to follow them, Andrea Carlucci, the automaker’s European development boss, said. Toyota has launched a C-HR plug-in hybrid in Europe, too. That model will start around 32,000 euros ($35,000), Carlucci revealed.

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Green Cars News

APRIL 14, 2013

Japanese carmaker Toyota has had a firm grip on the hybrid car market for many years: and now it is smashing through its own sales records. During the first quarter of the year, full hybrid car sales from Toyota and its luxury brand Lexus totalled 38,763: that’s up an incredible 82.3

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Green Car Congress

MAY 7, 2009

Frost & Sullivan, a global consultancy and market analysis firm, believes that there will three phases for the development of green cars in China: LPG/CNG and hybrids in the short term; electric vehicles in the middle stage; and fuel cell vehicles in the long run. Hybrids Prevail in the Short Term.

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Green Car Reports

AUGUST 23, 2016

Today, an aftermarket company plans to market a wireless-charging system for the Tesla Model S, Toyota is on track to sell almost 1.5 million hybrids globally this year, and we have pricing information for the 2017 Honda Fit. All this and more on Green Car Reports. Want to charge your Tesla wirelessly?

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Green Cars News

JUNE 6, 2013

It appears the market for plug-in hybrid electric and hybrid cars is gradually gathering momentum in the USA. According to figures released by the Electric Drive Transportation Association (EDTA), sales reached 48,796 hybrids during May. This is an increase of 14 per cent compared to sales levels d[.].

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Green Car Reports

DECEMBER 12, 2018

When General Motors announced in November that it would stop production of the Chevrolet Volt, it was a shock to many green car fans' systems. The Volt was one of the first two modern electrically powered cars to go on sale in 2010, and is still the longest-range plug-in hybrid on the market.

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Baua Electric

APRIL 7, 2024

Is CEO Elon Musk costing Tesla sales? This is our look back at the Week In Reverse—right here at Green Car Reports—for the week ending April 6, 2024. And instead it’s planning more hybrids. With other automakers expected to gain ground somewhat on Tesla’s massive EV market lead this year, is Musk costing Tesla sales ?

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Clean Fleet Report

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Asia’s EV market is growing rapidly. Most people are aware of key players like Hyundai and Nissan, but there are so many other EV manufacturers that are taking over Asia—and possibly set to conquer the international market, including the U.S. The VinFast VF 8–now on sale in the U.S.

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Green Cars News

FEBRUARY 22, 2013

The electric car is doomed.nobody is buying them.these unfounded myth is perpetuated across much of the mainstream media. And yet new research by Scientific American shows that electric car sales are actually performing better than hybrids did were when they were first introduced.

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Green Car Reports

NOVEMBER 2, 2016

Today, the Japanese-market Nissan Note e-Power is the first model to use the carmaker's new hybrid powertrain, dealers and carmakers make special offers to Volkswagen diesel owners taking buybacks, and the U.S. passes half a million plug-in electric car sales. All this and more on Green Car Reports.

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Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 29, 2017

Today, China changes the world, a monster markets a minivan, AM radio may vanish, diesels drop for 2018, and we cast a sceptical eye on Tesla's chances of destroying all German luxury brands. All this and more on Green Car Reports.

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Green Cars News

OCTOBER 2, 2013

Sales of hybrid and plug-in electric vehicles are projected to reach 6.6 million sales annually by 2020 to represent almost 7 per cent of the global market for light duty vehicles. According to new market analysis from Navigant Research, as the number of market offerings of plug-in vehicles grow[.].

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CleanTechnica EVs

SEPTEMBER 18, 2021

In fiscal year 2021, it found buyers for 750,000 cars. One of the primary rules for any sales organization is to know the wants and needs of its customers, so CarMax decided to do a survey to find out what people think about eco-friendly […]. CarMax is one of the largest sellers of automobiles in America.

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Green Car Reports

OCTOBER 15, 2014

Hyundai and Kia sell hybrids, an electric car, and a hydrogen fuel-cell vehicle in the U.S.--the the latter two in limited numbers--but there''s one green-car avenue the Korean automakers haven''t explored yet.

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Green Cars News

DECEMBER 22, 2013

After achieving international success with hybrid cars such as the Civic, Accord and Insight, Honda has now introduced a new hybrid vehicle in its home market of Japan. The company has started to sell the VEZEL hybrid: which is meant to fuse the qualities of an elegant coupe with a dynamic SUV whil[.].

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Green Cars News

DECEMBER 31, 0001

The new car market fell by 4.9% in June, with alternatively fuelled vehicle demand falling for first time in 26 months

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Green Cars News

MARCH 22, 2010

We may be at the dawn of a green car era but not all motorists are changing their buying habits with an environmental conscience. According to reports in the Korea Times, carmakers in South Korea sold just 591 hybrids in February, representing just 0.5 per cent of the market – that’s down from 0.6 per cent [.].

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All Cars Electric

DECEMBER 6, 2009

The Toyota Prius is the poster child of the green car movement. Its overall sales volume speaks for itself as the Prius has outsold every other hybrid model and the trends show that this dominance is likely to continue for some time. The Prius has won countless awards for its innovative technology and frugal use of fuel.

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Green Cars News

MARCH 6, 2013

Sales of alternatively-fuelled cars in the UK were up by more than a quarter last month compared to February 2012. According to the SMMT, the hybrid and electric vehicle market reported a 26.6 per cent rise in February with 834 units registered. Paired with January’s 7.9 per cent growth, this marks a 12.3 per cent [.].

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Green Cars News

JANUARY 7, 2014

Registrations of plug-in cars and hybrid vehicles rose by more than a fifth in 2013 (20.5 per cent), as the overall market for new cars in the UK soared to their highest levels since pre-recession times. Electric cars Hybrid cars'

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Green Cars News

OCTOBER 14, 2009

Hybrid car sales may have slumped as the recession continues to take its toll on the car industry, but Ford has made itself the exception that proves the rule. The trend continued during September when Ford sold 26,016 hybrid vehicles – a 73 per cent increase on the 15,015 units it sold during the same period last year.

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Green Cars News

NOVEMBER 14, 2011

Sales of hybrid cars in the US are plummeting, the Financial Times reports this morning. According to the newspaper, sales of all hybrid models have been suffering in recent times due to the weak economy in the States and an improvement in the fuel economy of non-hybrid rival models.

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Green Cars News

MAY 3, 2009

Green cars continue to be as badly hit as any during the on-going recession as sales of hybrid cars showed another dramatic year-on-year slump in April. Combined reported US hybrid sales from Ford, GM, Honda, Nissan and Toyota fell by 45.5 GM delivered a total of 1,534 hybrid vehicles in the month.

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Green Cars News

OCTOBER 5, 2009

What would happen when the cash for clunkers sales boom came to an end has been a question many automotive executives in the USA dared not think about. September 2009 light duty vehicle sales dropped back to pre-incentive lows with 745,997 cars and light duty trucks sold during the month according to Autodata. per cent in July.

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Green Cars News

APRIL 24, 2013

The market for hybrid cars has increased more than 40 per cent in the US last year, as American consumers increasingly look to reduce their fuel bills. per cent increase in 2012 means that hybrid vehicles took a 3.1 per cent overall share of the market for new cars [.]. Hybrid cars hybrid'

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Green Cars News

NOVEMBER 18, 2009

A recent report by Pike Research suggests that cumulative sales of hybrid vehicles in the fleet sector will total nearly four million vehicles worldwide between 2009 and 2015. The success of hybrids is expected to be spurred by companies needing to cut costs and reduce carbon emissions.

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