Sentences with phrase «hybrid sales»

But, despite strong hybrid sales, automakers aren't terribly keen on the plug - in notion at the moment.

Hybrid sales fell somewhat short of the growth in the overall market, while diesel sales enjoyed stronger growth.

While higher sticker prices still hamper hybrid sales, one day this technology could become not just the smartest choice, but the most popular one as well.

As you can see in the table above, hybrid sales went from 300 in 1997 to almost 1.3 million for the past few years.

The company, which was founded in 2003, has rocketed to the top spot in plug - in hybrid sales in its home country.

With Honda hybrids that looked like regular cars (other than the Insight) and propulsion systems that couldn't carry you a mile or two on battery, Honda ceded to Toyota the bulk of hybrid sales over the past decade.

Ford claims to have sold more than 20,000 hybrids in December, the second consecutive month that Ford has broken its own record for hybrid sales.

So how do GM's total hybrid sales stack up against those of Toyota or Honda?

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New hybrids in 2011, like the Hyundai Sonata Hybrid, could mean the first year of expanding hybrid sales since 2007.

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 share.

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Sales of the C - Max Hybrid also led Ford to achieve its best October hybrid sales month ever with a total of 4,612 sales, up 142 % over October 2011.

Ford reported that 25 % of C - Max Hybrid sales took place in California, with Los Angeles and San Francisco as the top selling regional markets.

If we combine regular hybrid sales with plug - ins, only the Outlander PHEV shows decent numbers against Toyota's products, but even so, far from the leader Camry Hybrid

The Fusion sits safely in second place as far as hybrid sales are concerned, but the Prius is still keeping its crown.

«Ford's launch of the new C - MAX hybrids and Fusion Hybrid this past fall led the company to deliver record - setting hybrid sales in December,» said Ford in a press release Jan. 30, 2013, «resulting in a 9 percent market share gain to 16 percent.

Ford's C - Max and Fusion hybrids continue to sell well, with Fusion hybrid sales running at 15 percent of total vehicle sales, slightly higher than the Camry hybrid's share of that nameplate.

Honda says it's planning to skyrocket up from low - volume hybrid sales today to more than two - thirds of U.S. volume coming from green cars by 2030.

Honda says it's planning to skyrocket up from low - volume hybrid sales today to more than two - thirds of U.S. volume coming...

As America is enjoying sub $ 2 gas, and U.S. hybrid sales are below 2 percent — and as Americans vote with their wallets in favor of larger vehicles — Honda is sitting back.

Hybrid sales overall are down this year and represent roughly 2 percent of the U.S. automotive sales market, roughly 150,000 cars for 2010 through August.

In Canada, hybrid sales represented only 1 % of the market in 2010, which is actually a drop of half a percentage point from the previous year, according to Geoff Helby, a director at the market research firm J.D. Power and Associates.

These complaints, and the introduction of the new Honda Insight and CR - Z hybrid coupe — other small Honda hybrids that potentially compete for sales — help explain why Honda Civic Hybrid sales dropped by 50 percent between 2009 and 2010.

«Lexus hybrids currently make up 90 percent of all luxury hybrid sales in the U.S., so you can imagine how excited we are to continue our leadership in this market with the CT 200h.»

Further, enhancements to production methods for the two - motor system will help lead to a strong increase in Accord Hybrid sales.»

Since the beginning the RX hybrid has been in the top ten hybrid sales column and was the most popular hybrid sport utility in 2012.

The official thinks such a percentage is achievable since Toyota Auris hybrid sales are already «about 60 percent in Western Europe», and describes Toyota's latest efforts as «bullish».

Some may attribute a lack of a hybrid version for the new Accord to the fall in oil prices that have caused hybrid sales to fall along with it.

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With slumping hybrid sales totaling less than five percent of all Q50s, the environmental option has been shoved aside with a new rhetoric that spotlights these powerful turbocharged engines.

Sales of the Lexus ES 300h and Toyota Avalon Hybrid (each over 16,000) may have contributed to the slight decline in Camry Hybrid sales.

The 2011 Hyundai Sonata Hybrid sales in the U.S. began near the end of February 2011.

More than two decades and over 8 million Toyota hybrid sales later, the all new, no compromises 2016 Prius stands side by side with its sibling, the hydrogen powered Mirai, poised to change the game yet again.

It is reported that Honda plans to increase hybrid sales in Japan to more than 20 % of its total sales in fiscal year 2011, from 14.8 % in previous year.

A funny thing happened to Toyota Prius hybrid sales last month.

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Hyundai says that although it doesn't officially break out hybrid sales from the rest of the Sonata lineup, at its peak the last - generation Sonata Hybrid represented about 12 percent of total Sonata sales.

Yes, Ford is accelerating, has reported this year's first quarter as its best ever for hybrid sales, and just today announced software recalibration intended to help the Fusion and other hybrids maximize their fuel efficiency.

Ford is breathing down Honda's neck (36,151 vs 38,796 for last year) in number of hybrid sales.

Toyota has much higher total hybrid sales than Ford.

The Yaris Hybrid - R concept is not intended for serial production, but rather to draw attention to Toyota's 5.5 million global hybrid sales since the introduction of the Prius in 1997.

Not surprisingly, Fusion Hybrid's best - selling markets are San Francisco, Los Angeles and Washington, D.C., but Ford reports stronger sales in the more traditional buying areas of the Central, Southeast and Great Lakes regions — areas not known for strong hybrid sales.

Toyota also sold 131 «regular» Prius liftbacks, meaning the plug - in made up almost 80 percent of total Prius hybrid sales.

Sales of the Focus are down 3.2 percent so far this year; C - Max Hybrid sales are down 16.9 percent.