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Junkyard Find: 2007 Saturn Vue Green Line

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Toyota followed with the Prius a year later, but it took GM until 2006 to introduce its first true gasoline-electric hybrid here. That car was the 2007 Saturn Vue Green Line, and I managed to find one in a Denver-area car graveyard recently. You could get a manual transmission in the regular Vue , but the Green Line was slushbox-only.

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Junkyard Find: 2009 Chevrolet Malibu Hybrid

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GM got serious about its hybrid game for the 2007 model year, when the Saturn Vue Green Line hit showrooms. In recent years, I've been making an effort to find discarded examples of early hybrid efforts that have faded from our memories.

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Nissan To Have More Hybrid Cars, This Time Home-Grown

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Nissan may have killed off its Altima Hybrid model, but the company is moving forward with a range of new hybrid models. This time, however, they'll be home-grown, based on the company's internally developed hybrid system.

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Who is winning the green car race? The Green Piece

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The Green Piece Column: Tuesday 27 October. With the global recession making drivers think about their wallets and the environment ahead of power and good looks, a green car race has emerged with manufacturers keen to offer more fuel efficient and environmentally friendly vehicles than their rivals. The green car race – the leaders.

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September Auto Sales Plunge in Aftermath of Cash for Clunkers; SAAR at 9.2M units, LDV Sales Down 41% from August, Hybrid Sales Down 48%

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Toyota Motor Sales (TMS) reported September sales of 126,015 vehicles, a decrease of 12.6% TMS posted September sales of 14,585 hybrid vehicles, down 5.3% Sales of the Escape/Milan hybrid were down 11.3% year-on-year to 878 units, but the Fusion and Milan hybrids accounted for 1,260 units. American Honda Motor Co.,

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Reported US Sales of Hybrids Up 11.4% in October Year-on-Year; 2.9% New Vehicle Share for the Month

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The LS Hybrid posted 21 units, down 61.8% The new HS Hybrid posted 1,527 units. Reported hybrid sales as a percentage of total new light vehicle sales by automaker, October 2009. Ford Motor sold 2,282 hybrid units in October 2009, a 14.3% Sales of the hybrid crossovers (Escape and Mariner) were down 52.5%

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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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General Motors. Combined sales for the Fusion and Milan hybrids and the Ford Escape and Mercury Mariner hybrids totaled 3,906—a new company record for hybrid sales in a single month. The previous record was set in April 2006, with 3,420 hybrids. Hybrids represented 2.5% Toyota Motor Sales, USA.

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