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0Report: Ford will pass its own annual hybrid record seven months early 1368109500
What used to take Ford a year now takes less than five months. The automaker continues to expand its stable of hybrid-electric and plug-in vehicle models, and that's one reason why the company is about to pass its previous annual hybrid-sales record this month, Bloomberg News says. Through the ...
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By The Numbers: April 2013: Prius sales slow, competition grows edition 1367596560
Year-over-year advanced-powertrain sales numbers in the US continued to slow last month as Japanese automakers like Toyota and Honda failed to hit the demand levels seen in 2012. A surge in Nissan Leaf sales, which helped push plug-in sales up 41 percent from a year earlier, and demand for newer ...
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Official: Diesel, hybrid sales rocket past overall US market growth rate 1367274660
Hybrid sales have grown rapidly in the US during the past couple of years – well outpacing the overall automotive market – and it looks like diesel sales are beginning to follow that trajectory as well. US hybrid light-duty vehicle registrations have jumped 34 percent from 2010 ...
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By The Numbers: March 2013: Flat numbers hide a turbulent story edition 1365118980
Last month, sales of advanced-powertrain vehicles illustrated what appears to be a zero-sum gain situation: newer plug-in models and record sales of the Nissan Leaf battery electric were offset by a drop in demand for variants of the Toyota Prius hybrid, leaving overall green car sales virtually ...
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Official: Nissan Leaf has best sales month ever with 2,236, Chevy Volt steady at 1,478 1364916960
It's been a slow couple months for the Nissan Leaf, with sales hovering around 650 for each of the first two months of the year. Throughout the slowdown (late last year, monthly sales totals were closer to 1,500), Nissan representatives kept saying there was no need to worry, that once production ...
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Hybrid sales up 32% so far this year, could hit 8% of market by 2020 1364860260
Hybrid vehicle sales jumped high in the first two months of 2013 – up 32 percent compared with the same period of 2012, according to Autodata Corp. A long-term forecast by Gartner Inc. is even more optimistic – while the market share for US new vehicle sales has grown to four percent ...
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Official: Nissan's operating chief shifts roles to oversee Leaf EV sales 1363088640
Nissan is sending more juice to its electric-vehicle sales efforts following disappointing demand forits all-electric Leaf. The company says all "zero emission vehicle planning and strategy" will now fall under Chief Operating Officer Toshiyuki Shiga's responsibility. EV division corporate vice ...
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Official: PwC: Electrified vehicle market share will climb to 6.3% by 2020 1362920700
Hybrids, plug-in hybrids and electric vehicles will account for about one in 16 new vehicles sold globally by the end of the decade, consulting agency PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) says. The increase will come as automakers reduce the price premium on advanced-powertrain vehicles and governments ...
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Official: February green car year-over-year vehicle sales plateau, Prius lags 1362353340
Americans may have finally gotten a taste of Toyota Prius overkill, hinted at by last month's rare decline in year-over-year sales for the world's most popular hybrid. The Prius' decline caused overall advanced powertrain vehicle sales numbers in February to level off considerably relative to ...
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Official: February 2013 Leaf vs. Volt sales flash report: bouncing up, slightly, edition 1362160500
The plug-in vehicle field is getting more and more crowded, but the two long-timers remain barometers for how electric vehicles are being accepted in the US. Last month, the Chevrolet Volt was up and the Nissan Leaf held steady. Let's get to the numbers. The Volt continued to bounce up and down, ...

