Green Car Congress

APRIL 13, 2013

Toyota Motor Europe (TME) posted 2013 first quarter sales of 197,309 Toyota and Lexus vehicles in Europe. During that period, Toyota and Lexus full hybrid sales reached 38,673, up 82.3% Full hybrid models now constitute around 20% of total Toyota and Lexus sales in the first quarter, doubling from the same period in 2012.

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Plug In Partners

AUGUST 30, 2007

23, 2007 -- General Motors Corp. Bloomberg, citing anonymous sources, reported Wednesday that first year sales of the automaker's plug-in hybrid could quadruple that of the Toyota Prius' U.S. It took about five years for the Prius, which sells for about $22,000, to reach annual sales of 60,000, Bloomberg reported.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

And were gratified that General Motors recognizes this study as validation of its decision to evolve to the electrification of transportation. Cost increments for a plug-in hybrid compact vehicle will be 10-20% more than a regular hybrid: $2000-3000 extra for a sedan; $5000 for an SUV. Thats 20-25 cents a gallon.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

By about 2000, BYD had become one of the worlds largest manufacturers of cellphone batteries. Thats less than Ford ( F , Fortune 500 ) ($7 billion at the beginning of April), but more than General Motors ( GM , Fortune 500 ) ($1.3 More Will the Motor City shakeup work? tons of carbon dioxide. 107.12% Rite Aid Corporation 0.66

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