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Last year the U.S. auto sales set an all-time record for the first time in 15 years. The slow but steady economic recovery, low interest rates and depressed gas prices managed to make the 2015 economic environment a carmaker's dream. Unfortunately, this dream may morph into a full-fledged nightmare in just a few short years at least for members of the industry establishment like Ford Motor Co. (ticker: F), General Motors Co. (GM), Honda Motor Co. (HMC) and Toyota Motor Corp. (TM) If we take a look at the U.S. vehicle sales in 2016 thus far, we'd see no particular reason to p...
Electric car sales are rising in US, it seems like green cars are finally being appreciated as they deserve to be. This July was the 22nd consecutive month of rising hybrid car sales. It's been registered 19,252 sold green cars in the first six months of the year, which is a 31.9% increase. Sales have grown exponentially since the first months of 2011, when only 625 models were sold. Nissan's head said the surge suggested the tipping point for mass EV uptake is close. It was the highest-selling purely electric model between January and June, with 2,336 units sold, but the be...
Have you seen the new Ford Fusion's Hybrid and Fusion Energi Plug-in Hybrid? These models might become the new Ford's step to high sales since they are loved by potential buyers, and most importantly they are bought. The mid-size stalwart started selling its 2017 model-year version last month, and Ford has told to the media that Fusion's two hybrid models got high sales boost in LA. Considering the mid-size Ford vehicles were down for five years now, it is an exceptionally important moment to see how they were brought up to the new stage by the brand. This plug-in car ma...
Probably all of us have already heard about the Nissan's Leaf electric vehicle. The Japanese automaker is currently introducing a hybrid version of the Murano. Taking into account that the number of produced cars is expected to be small, the Murano Hybrid model could become a collector's item. The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) certified that the hybrid crossover gets a combined 29 miles per gallon for the front-wheel drive version and 28 mpg for the all-wheel-drive version. The conventional Murano gets 24 mpg in both FWD and AWD. In fact, Nissan does not have ter...
Despite the gas low prices, fuel economy cars are still among the most sought in America.The statistics from the Consumer Federation of America say that 4 from 5 consumers are sure that next time they go shopping for a car they'll take care of its gas mileage. Jack Gills, director of public affairs for the nonprofit organization thinks it's no surprise, since consumers have had a long history with volatile gas prices.Motorists have saved $12 billion this year, but the consumers still expect the prices to rise again soon. The average respondent to CFA's survey predicted a ...