Green Car Congress

MARCH 5, 2009

Toyota posted 7,232 units of the Prius, down 33.6% The Tahoe, Yukon and Escalade two-mode full-size SUVs posted a combined 632 units, representing 8.4% The two-mode Sierra pickup joined the Silverado two-mode pickup for 47 units representing 0.2% The Saturn VUE hybrid posted 188 units, for 6.4% by volume year-on-year.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 4, 2009

In advance of the market introduction of the new 2010 Prius, Toyota Prius sales dropped 61.5% General Motors sold 1,534 hybrids in April, comprising: 523 units of the two-mode SUVs (Tahoe, Yukon, Escalade), representing 4.5% 95 units of the two-mode pickups (Silverado, Sierra), representing 0.27% of sales of those models.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 3, 2009

Sales of the Toyota Prius were off 56.8% GM sold a total of 1,612 hybrids in March: 609 units of the Tahoe, Yukon and Escalade two-mode SUVs (7.3% 68 units of the Silverado and Sierra two-mode pickups (0.22% of total sales). 362 units of the Saturn VUE hybrid (10.4% 26 units of the Saturn Aura hybrid (1.3%

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 4, 2009

Hybrid gains were largely due to an increase in Prius sales (up 29.7% Chevrolet truck sales increased 27%, led by increases by Silverado, Suburban, Avalanche, Colorado, HHR and Equinox. Non-core brand sales declined when compared with June as Pontiac dipped 7%; Saturn was down 21%, and HUMMER and Saab declined 26%.

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Green Cars News

MAY 4, 2009

General Motors: The company sold 1,534 units in April which consisted of: 523 two-mode SUVS (Tahoe, Yukon Escalade); 95 two-mode pick-ups (Silverado, Sierra); 547 Malibu hybrids; 338 Saturn VUE hybrids; 31 Saturn Aura hybrids. Toyota Prius sales dropped 61.5 per cent compared to the previous year.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

"It is unreasonable to expect the Volt and any similar new technology to be immediately profitable when other technologies that started with a price premium, such as the Toyota Prius, became wild successes," said Chelsea Sexton, an advisory board member of Plug-In America. Haul or tow -- buy a Silverado. Let them go bankrupt.

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