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.
Not exact matches
Although lead - acid batteries will continue to account for more than 62 percent of secondary battery demand in 2015,
sales of lithiumbased rechargeable batteries, which are widely used in both portable devices and
hybrid vehicles, will record the strongest
increases.
«Dealer contacts noted
increased sales of larger vehicles such as trucks and SUVs, and slower
sales for small and
hybrid cars,» the bank said.
Autoblog adds, «The study suggests that the
increase in
hybrid vehicle
sales will be influenced by such factors such as
increased pressure from government agencies to reduce fuel consumption and overall vehicle emissions, as well as a drastic reduction in the cost of
hybrid technology.»
He estimates automotive battery
sales will
increase nearly four-fold by then from an estimated ¥ 250 billion ($ 2.7 billion) in 2009 to ¥ 950 billion ($ 10.3 billion), 54 % of which will be for pure EVs and 46 % for
hybrids.
The Auris
Hybrid Touring Sports wagon
increased sales by almost a quarter.
Many manufacturers are aiming to produce more electric and
hybrid cars as
sales for such cars have been
increasing rapidly as experienced by BMW's recent petrol and electric plug - in
hybrids, the i8 and the i3.
All heavy
hybrids with V6 or V8 are going down in
sales while the smaller
hybrids with V4 are
increasing.
Overall, the number of
hybrid models on
sale in the US has declined (from 47 in 2015 to 31 in 2016), but average
sales per model has
increased (up to 11,194 in 2016).
Like the little
hybrid that could, Honda's 2012 carries over with updates in hopes of
increasing sales.
For the year, Volt
sales were down almost 20 percent, while Ford's plug - in
hybrid entries (Fusion and C - Max)
increased by 50 percent (even with mileage restatements reducing their fuel economy numbers).
Honda aims at
increasing hybrid and zero emissions vehicle
sales total of two thirds of its worldwide volume by as soon as 2030.
Ferrari says it will continue to add
hybrid technology to its cars in an attempt to boost the brand's profits,
increasing sales to more than 10,000 cars per year.
Meanwhile, the Prius
hybrid remains the best seller with
sales of 76,747 over the first five months, an
increase of 99.6 percent over the same period a year ago.
The last Accord
Hybrid suffered from production bottlenecks, but Honda is
increasing production capacity for what it hopes will be
increased sales.
The
hybrid publisher is equally incentivized to promote the book because marketing can
increase sales.
Per capita, we're using more energy even as
sales of
hybrid cars
increase and more green buildings get erected.
Toyota aims to
increase global
sales of
hybrids by 40 % to 430,000 units this year.
Sales of plug - in
hybrid vehicles now seem likely to
increase at faster rate than pure electric vehicles, and the key to offering a wide range of plug - in
hybrids is a to have a powertrain that can easily and cost - effectively be installed into different models.
A few years ago the agency started reviewing automakers» preliminary production plans, delivery projections and initial
sales goals for the 2018 - 2025 model years.Using those projections, CARB set a mandatory, annual target for each manufacturer to
increase its share of zero - emissions vehicles, a mix of plug - in
hybrids, battery - electric and hydrogen cars.
Photo: Flickr, CC Battle of the
Hybrids: Prius Narrowly Beats Honda Insight It's not just Japanese consumers that seem to like the new Toyota Prius (we wrote about the huge
increase in
sales).