What with Ford announcing record “conquest” hybrid sales this year over Toyota’s Prius line, Toyota has indeed confirmed lagging Prius sales, but this month its entire “family” of Prii will see sales in excess of the 21,477 units sold in May 2012. The Prius line includes four variants: the Prius Liftback, Prius v (pictured), Prius
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With its adjacent battery manufacturing and assembly plants now operational in Smyrna, Tenn., Nissan has established a state-of-the-art manufacturing process in the U.S. The electric car, launched in December 2010, had its best sales month in March this year with 2,236 units sold and Nissan is set up to produce as many as 150,000 per
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Toyota Motor Corporation announced that it has sold five million hybrid vehicles worldwide. Nearly two million (1,951,243) of those hybrid vehicles have been sold in the United States, under the Toyota and Lexus brands. In Canada, over 77,000 hybrids have been sold to date and Toyota Canada’s products accounted for more than 80 percent of
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The Toyota Avalon Hybrid was named the “Best Green Car” at the 2013 Atlanta International Auto Show by the Greater Atlanta Automotive Media Association (GAAMA). The group of automotive journalists has been awarding “best of show” vehicles for four years running, said Davis Adams, president of GAAMA. “The Avalon is an impressive option in the
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It’s already two months into the calendar year, and several months since automakers have revealed their 2013 offerings, but Hyundai says it will soon launch a significantly revised 2013 Sonata Hybrid. The vehicle has been a sportier competitor to the Toyota Camry Hybrid and Ford Fusion Hybrid offering swoopy styling, the best power-to-weight ratio, and
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Toyota Canada Inc. (TCI) reached a record number of hybrid vehicle sales during the month of January. The TCI hybrid sales record was accomplished with 853 vehicles sold (up 30.4 percent when compared to January 2012). These sales were led by the Prius family (up 63.1 percent) and Lexus hybrids (up 23.5 percent). Toyota hybrid
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Data released today by Ford points to the fact its newly launched Fusion Hybrid is well received in the marketplace while appealing to a younger demographic. Ford said the new hybrid is off to a fast start after achieving an all-time sales record in December 2012, helping Ford to reach record hybrid sales and market
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Ford announced yesterday that the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) awarded the company’s Fusion and Fusion Hybrid a top safety rating for overall performance in NHTSA’s New Car Assessment Program (NCAP) testing. The relatively new testing procedure combines vehicle performance in frontal and side-impact crash tests, and resistance to rollover. The 2013 Fusion was
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Toyota Motor Sales (TMS), U.S.A., Inc., reported December 2012 sales of 194,143 units. This brought the yearly total to 2,082,504 vehicles, up 26.6 percent over last year. In total, TMS posted December sales of 30,788 hybrids, up 38 percent over the same period last year. TMS hybrid sales in 2012 totaled 327,413 units, up 83.3
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Hybrids have helped propel Toyota Canada’s sales to an 18.4 percent year-over-year increase. Toyota hybrid sales in Canada represented 928 units in December, marking a new annual record of 14,595 units (up 250 percent from 2011). Hybrids represented 8.5 percent of Toyota sales in 2012. The Prius family sold 614 units last month, for a
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