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We’ve got the hybrid vehicle sales data courtesy of Nada.org. This is not great news for the hybrid manufacturers but there is also nothing to be too worried about. In December 2009 the sales picked up a little compared to the previous month but it didn’t help the tally and compared to the previous year, we are still more than 25,000 cars short.
What can we say to the “experts” who claimed that the sector would pick up and see a boom?
In December 2009 25,167 HVs were sold, which was a …
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When it comes to selling hybrid cars, there’s no consistency, really. We’ll look at hybrid sales in the USA because the market there is the most vibrant. Other parts of the world still largely see a Prius as a posh toy for treehuggers.
According to National Automobile Dealers association data, 16,837 passenger hybrid cars were sold in USA in September 2009. The figure went up in October by whole 20% to reach 20,244. We expected to see another improvement in November, alas, it went down even against the September figures - …
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The joint initiative of Toyota and EDF Energy to start producing Plug in Hybrid Vehicles (PHV) has been backed by the British government. As a part of this project Toyota will prepare 20 PHV-s by 2010. The cars will be leased to public organizations and private companies. A diversification of the usage pattern will help to understand the consumer behavior when it comes to electric cars.
A PHV is a hybrid vehicle that can operate as an
