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July's green-car sales results, while still somewhat tepid, were enough to make auto-industry watchers downright patriotic, as increased demand for Ford and General Motors' hybrids and plug-in vehicles partially salvaged what was still a tough month. In fact, take out the impact of Volkswagen's continued stop-sale on diesel vehicles (of which more than 8,000 were sold in July 2015), and green-car sales were about dead-even with year-earlier figures. As it was, US green-car sales fell 17 percent to about 40,500 units. As for plug-in vehicles, demand spiked 20 percent from a year ear...
By asking the electrified car owners why they consider they have made a good choice by buying a green car, you will hear many reasons which will justify it. Most of the owners are pretty convinced their plug-in hybrid have all of the positive attributes they were going for. In 2015 the U.S. Purchased 17.39 million passenger cars and light trucks, 43,143 of them were plug-in hybrids, or 0.25%, and 71,105 were battery electric, which is 0.41%. Plug-in market share in June 2016 wasn't really better than two years ago, but it doesn't change the fact that people never regret buying a hybrid...
Probably all of us were convinced that the US plug-in vehicle sales increase every week, but this is not what actually happens. When Tesla Motor released its second-quarter deliveries, it turned out that the sale expectations were not fulfilled. Tesla considers that the huge truck sales spoil the statistics. A week ago Tesla Motors announced that it delivered 14370 cars for the quarter. Among them there are 9,745 Model S sedans and 4,625 Model X SUVs. It was revealed that this delivery rate was the California-based automaker's lowest since the third quarter of 2014. It turned ou...
As it was revealed, the auto industry is concerned about the new fuel economy standards, which are going to be even tighter soon. So far, automakers have been able to meet tougher emissions and fuel economy standards. It will be more difficult soon, as between 2018 and 2025 these standards will be much tougher. According to the research made at the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI), the US new-vehicle fuel economy decreases in June. The market share of SUVs and pickup trucks rose, while new hybrid, plug-in hybrid, electric and hydrogen-powered vehicles...
The growing popularity of crossovers and SUVs on the U.S. market is no more a secret, but lately more and more experts speak about a sweeping growth of the hatchbacks demand. The U.S. market for hatchbacks is expected to grow faster than any of the other nine vehicle body styles according to the results of a specialized research. As specialists expect a 37 percent growth in U.S. hatch sales through to 2020, to 1.1 million vehicles, some of the biggest automakers are supplementing their car lineups with five-doors. Potential high-volume entries such as the Honda Civic and Ch...
