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Sales of natural gas powered cars increase in Germany

Despite the general economic downturn – felt in Germany as much as anywhere else – sales in Germany of natural gas (CNG) powered cars increased by 14 percent this year. Specifically, the increase saw 6,561 more CNG vehicles sold this year so far, adding about 80,000 CNG vehicles to German roads. Most of these models belong to two home brands, Volkswagen and Opel. The top sellers were the VW Caddy (with 2,476 units), the Opel Zafira (839 units), the VW Passat (758 units) and the Volkswagen Touran (562 units). One of the reasons ... Read more →

Hybrid sales up despite another down month overall, Prius leads charge Sebastian Blanco

Initial strong sales of the 2010 Honda Insight slowed last month, but new models of the Toyota Prius and Ford Fusion helped give hybrids car sales in June 2009 a nine percent increase over last ...

2009: Year of the hybrid sales boom bust? Sebastian Blanco

Three things to note: The new Honda Insight went on sale in Japan earlier this year and has been selling well. Toyota has sold a million hybrids in the U.S. Ford has built 100,00 hybrid ...

We can get down to 130 g/km of CO2 in 2012! Xavier Navarro

After the long story regarding the future CO2 emission limits in the EU - worthy of a telenovela - it looks like the average will be set at 130 g/km (we'll likely get the final confirmation in ...

Sales of low-polluting cars in China going down Xavier Navarro

The sales of lower emission cars are down in China. During the first half of this year, sales of these cars are down 11.67 percent, according to an article published by the Chinese official news ...

Sales of natural gas powered cars increase in Germany 1 month ago on Autoblog Green

Despite the general economic downturn – felt in Germany as much as anywhere else – sales in Germany of natural gas (CNG) powered cars increased by 14 percent this year. Specifically, the increase saw 6,561 more CNG vehicles sold this year so far, adding about 80,000 CNG vehicles to ...

Hybrid sales up despite another down month overall, Prius leads charge 4 months ago on Autoblog Green

Initial strong sales of the 2010 Honda Insight slowed last month, but new models of the Toyota Prius and Ford Fusion helped give hybrids car sales in June 2009 a nine percent increase over last June. In the U.S., dealers sold 26,205 new hybrids in June, 49.6 of which (12,998 units) were ...

2009: Year of the hybrid sales boom bust? 8 months ago on Autoblog Green

Three things to note: The new Honda Insight went on sale in Japan earlier this year and has been selling well. Toyota has sold a million hybrids in the U.S. Ford has built 100,00 hybrid SUVs. Sounds good, right? Not so fast. The truth is that, overall, hybrids are not selling well. ...

We can get down to 130 g/km of CO2 in 2012! 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

After the long story regarding the future CO2 emission limits in the EU - worthy of a telenovela - it looks like the average will be set at 130 g/km (we'll likely get the final confirmation in December). As for how automakers will go about reaching this goal, there is good news and bad news. The ...

Sales of low-polluting cars in China going down 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

The sales of lower emission cars are down in China. During the first half of this year, sales of these cars are down 11.67 percent, according to an article published by the Chinese official news agency, Xinhua. The data is important because car sales in China were up a 30 percent in 2006. Experts ...


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