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JUNE 3, 2009

Total sales of light-duty vehicles in the US decreased 33.7% to 488,045 units; sales of light trucks declined 27.2% OEM-reported sales of hybrids in the month dropped 28.5% to 25,693 units; hybrids thus held a 2.8% to 81,009 units; light trucks were down 20.8% Hybrid monthly new vehicle market share.

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MARCH 5, 2009

Reported sales of hybrids. Reported sales of light-duty hybrids in the US dropped 29% by volume in February year-on-year to 16,020 units. 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 all Altima models sold.

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FEBRUARY 4, 2009

Reported sales of hybrids in the US in January dropped 32.2% by volume from the year before to a combined 15,400 units, a lower rate of decline than that of the overall light-duty vehicle market in the month. Total light duty vehicle sales in the US dropped 37.1% Honda sold one Accord hybrid in the month. Earlier post.)

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APRIL 3, 2009

US sales of hybrids in March 2009 as reported by the automakers dropped 44% by volume year-on-year to 21,433 units; that performance was worse than the total light duty vehicle market, which posted a 36.8% new vehicle market share for hybrids in March—down from 2.82% in March 2008, but the highest mark so far in 2009.

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MAY 1, 2009

Reported US sales of light-duty vehicles in April dropped 34.4% to 432,939 units, while sales of light trucks dropped 34.5% Passenger cars continued to expand their market share against light trucks in April, with a 52.8% Reported hybrid new vehicle share in April 2008 was 3.2%—the US LDV SAAR. Click to enlarge.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2009

Sales of light-duty vehicles (LDV) in the US continued their descent in January, dropping 37.1% to 315,863 units in January, while sales of light trucks dropped 37.8% Light-duty trucks claimed a 51.9% and total light truck sales (including crossovers) of 84,255 were down 42.5% Camry Hybrid accounted for 5.5%

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AUGUST 4, 2009

to 554, 527 units, while light truck sales dropped 14.1% TMS posted July sales of 24,295 hybrid vehicles, up 19.3% Light truck sales were down 10.1% Light truck sales were led by the RAV4 compact SUV with best-ever July sales of 15,912 units, up 32.5% to 76,724; total light truck sales were down 20.6%

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