The HybridCars.com monthly sales dashboard is a collaboration of HybridCars.com and Baum & Associates, a Michigan-based market research firm focusing on automotive issues including the hybrid and electric vehicle market. Plug-in vehicles had a strong month. Both the Toyota Prius PHEV and the Chevy Volt turned in their best-ever monthly sales, and the Volt has
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The HybridCars.com monthly sales dashboard is a collaboration of HybridCars.com and Baum & Associates, a Michigan-based market research firm focusing on automotive issues including the hybrid and electric vehicle market. While the Toyota Prius Liftback continues to pace the hybrid vehicles, the Camry Hybrid continues to perform well at over 10 percent of Camry sales,
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Last week the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) released a study showing that pending Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) regulations have begun a cascade of benefits that far outweigh the costs of their implementation. The Obama administration’s CAFE rules are expected to be finalized in August, or possibly as early as July. The NRDC’s report,
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Audi has confirmed that the long-awaited Q5 Hybrid will finally be coming to the United States for 2013, according to a report on Cars.com’s Kicking Tires blog. The compact crossover will be Audi’s first hybrid available for purchase in North America. Audi’s experiments with hybrids date back to at least 1989, when it showed off
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Not so long ago the U.S. vehicle market was all but diesel-free, thanks in part to California’s strict air standards that prohibit high nitrogen oxide emitters. But with the debut of the Volkswagen Jetta TDI in 2008 and subsequent releases from Mercedes, BMW and Audi, diesel’s fortunes here are beginning to change. Far from the
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In spring of 2010, Audi and parent company Volkswagen AG joined a growing group of carmakers planning to integrate hybrid and electric drive into their model lineups. Among the several plug-in and hybrid-electric vehicles Audi unveiled at the 2010 Geneva Motor Show was the A8 hybrid. Though details about the car were scarce at the
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Audi is said to be preparing to bring a hybrid version of its A6 luxury vehicle to the United States. According to several media reports, the carmaker plans to release the A6 hybrid in U.S. sometime during the 2012 calendar year, and the car has recently appeared on the EPA’s fueleconomy.gov website on a list
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Contents Toyota Prius Wagon Arrives Hybrids Become Indispensable Luxury Feature Hyundai and Kia Enter Hybrid Market, With Great Cars Fisker Finally? Hybrids Will Face Competition from 40-MPG Gas Cars EV Buzz Continues (at Lower Pitch) After three years of declining sales, hybrid gas-electric cars will resume a growth trajectory in 2011. That’s due to two
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In early December, Audi said that it would add an Audi A6 Hybrid sedan to its existing hybrid plans—which include the Audi Q5 Hybrid crossover and a hybridized Audi A8 sedan in the works. While making or breaking an appearance at a major auto show is no proof of future plans, the Audi A6 full-size
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When we attended a Volkswagen press conference in July, company chairman Dr. Martin Winterkorn said, “In the future, the heart of Volkswagen will also beat with electricity.” He added that hybrid and electric vehicles will account for three percent of the German carmaker’s global sales by 2018. In a sign that VW is making its
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