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Junkyard Find: 2007 Saturn Vue Green Line

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Honda beat everybody to the production gasoline-electric hybrid game in the United States, putting the Insight in showrooms in 1999. That car was the 2007 Saturn Vue Green Line, and I managed to find one in a Denver-area car graveyard recently. Geo and Oldsmobile were already gone, with Pontiac and Saturn following in 2010.

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Musk blames SpaceX’s latest Starship explosion on Raptor engine leak

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As promised, the new information offers some insight into the cause of Starship SN11’s premature demise and the challenges of iteratively developing systems as complex as a fully-reusable Saturn V-class launch vehicle.

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US Hybrid Sales Down 45.5% in April

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year-on-year in April to 21,735, despite full month sales for the new Honda Insight and the Ford Fusion and Milan hybrids. With the first full month of sales of the Insight, Honda moved up to the number two slot behind Toyota, with 5,457 units sold. 338 units of the Saturn VUE hybrid, representing 11.3% Earlier post.).

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US Hybrid Sales in March 2009 Down 44% Year-on-Year; Monthly New Vehicle Market Share of 2.5%

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The month also saw the debut of three new hybrids—the Honda Insight and the Ford Fusion and Milan—all of which only came on sale toward the end of the month. In its partial month debut, the new Honda Insight sold 569 units. 362 units of the Saturn VUE hybrid (10.4% 26 units of the Saturn Aura hybrid (1.3%

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

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However, the new dedicated hybrid Insight posted 1,403 units. Sales of the Saturn VUE mild hybrid were down 31% to 134 units, for 9.8% The Saturn Aura sold 29 units, down 17%, for 2.0% Total sales were down 3% to 74,003 units. Sales of the Civic Hybrid were down sharply, dropping 77% to 243 units, for 1.8% of all Civic sales.

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Reported US Hybrid Sales Up 5.2% Year on Year in June; 3% New Vehicle Market Share for the Month

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The improvement was driven by sales of the new Insight, Honda’s hybrid leader in the month, with 2,079 units sold. GM hybrids currently comprise the Chevrolet Malibu, Saturn Aura and Vue BAS hybrids; and the Tahoe, Silverado, Yukon, Sierra, and Cadillac Escalade two-mode hybrids. year-on-year. from June 2008. General Motors.

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More information on hybrid sales slump

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per cent year-on-year to 21,735 even though it incorporated a full month’s sales for new vehicles such as the Honda Insight, as well as the Ford Fusion and Mercury Milan Hybrids. Honda: The first full month of sales for the Insight gave Honda a boost to the number two slot behind Toyota. per cent year-on-year.

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