While SUV sales roar. . . hybrids slip (The Michigan View.com 10.04.10)

Posted by hpayne on October 4, 2010

Despite a record 29 models on the market (nearly double the number three years ago) – and loud predictions from Democratic pols and their media parrots that hybrids are in demand – hybrid vehicle market share continued to tank last month from their high in the $4-a-gallon gas spring of 2008.

August hybrid sales came in at just 2.3 percent – down from 2.8 percent a year ago and 3.2 percent in April, 2008. The huge increase in green offerings looks less like a way to meet market demand and more like a way for manufacturers to get credits towards federal mpg fleet mandates.

The Toyota Prius – the king of the green niche – continues to account for over 50 percent of hybrid sales.




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