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US Hybrid Sales in February Drop 29%; Lower Decline Than General LDV Market

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The decline in hybrids was less than the 41% decline in the overall light-duty vehicle market for the month. New hybrid sales represented 2.3% of the new vehicle market, essentially flat with the January 2009 results. In February 2008, hybrids held 1.9% Camry Hybrid sold 2,080 units, down 49.5% General Motors.

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US Hybrid Sales Down 45.5% in April

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The reported sales represented a 2.65% hybrid new vehicle market share (based on Autodata’s total LDV sales figure)—the highest monthly new vehicle share for hybrids so far this year, but below the 3.2% Year-to-date in 2009, hybrids are holding a 2.4% Hybrid monthly new vehicle market share. of Altima sales.

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Reported US Sales of Hybrids Drop 31.2% in January; 2.3% New Vehicle Market Share

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Hybrids as a component of brand sales, January 2009. Honda sold 1,076 units of the Civic Hybrid, a 38.3% Honda sold one Accord hybrid in the month. General Motors. 153 VUE Green Line hybrids, representing 5.3% 145 Malibu hybrids, representing 1.6% 19 Aura hybrids, representing 1.4%

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US LDV Sales Down 34.4% in April; Hybrid Sales Down 45.5%

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in April 2009. Combined reported US hybrid sales (from Toyota, Honda, Ford, GM and Nissan) in April totalled 21,735 units, a 45.5% Reported hybrid new vehicle share in April 2008 was 3.2%—the Year-on-year percentage change in car and light trucks sales for April 2009 for the top six OEMs. General Motors.

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Cash for Clunkers Buoys US Auto Sales; Hybrid Sales Up 31.8% for Monthly New Vehicle Share of 3.55%

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Monthly sales of hybrids. General Motors. Compared to June 2009, volume was up nearly 12,000 vehicles. Ford posted the first year-on-year 2009 sales gains of any major OEM in the US market in July, with total sales climbing 2% to 158,838 units. Toyota Motor Sales, USA (TMS) reported July sales of 174,872, down 11.4%

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US LDV Sales Down 33.7% in May; SAAR Up to 9.91M; Reported Hybrid Sales Down 28.5%; Hybrid New Vehicle Share of 2.8%

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by volume year-on-year in May 2009 to 925,824 units, according to figures compiled by Autodata. Although still a significant decrease compared to the prior year, the May 2009 results were the highest of the year so far, and raised the Seasonally Adjusted Annual Rate (SAAR) to 9.91 million units—its highest level yet in 2009.

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Who is winning the green car race? The Green Piece

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Toyota: When the Toyota Prius originally went on sale in 1997, it was the world’s first mass-produced hybrid car, meaning the Japanese automaker effectively stole a march on its rivals. The vehicle scooped the Car of the Year award in Japan in its debut year, and the third generation of the model took the prize again in 2009.