Friday, July 8th, 2011
While Toyota has not announced any revised predictions for 2011 sales, the automaker announced today that it expects to sell more of it’s hybrid Prius cars by the end of the year than it did in 2010, despite setbacks in production after the earthquake and tsunami that hit Japan in early March. In some parts [...]
Filed under: Buying Trends, Going Green, Toyota by Mel
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Wednesday, July 6th, 2011
There’s only one natural gas car available in the United States and made by a mainstream auto company, and that’s the Honda Civic GX, but despite this, General Motors formed an agreement to work with Westport, a manufacturer of natural gas engines, on the joint development of small compressed natural gas (CNG) engines that could [...]
Filed under: Chrysler, GM, Going Green by Mel
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Monday, July 4th, 2011
Ahh, the 4th of July. A day to celebrate Americana, whether it’s with hot dogs and watermelon, apple pie, or Chevrolet. Not just any Chevrolet will do, however – we’re a decade into the twenty-first century so for this Independence Day, we’re celebrating the 2011 Chevy Volt, which represents the perfect blend of environmental consciousness [...]
Filed under: Chevy, Going Green, Media Monday by Mel
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Friday, July 1st, 2011
Despite severe shortages in the Infiniti inventory, which resulted in a sales dip of 24% for that brand caused by last March’s earthquakes and tsunami in Japan, Nissan’s sales increased by 17% in June, with the sales for Nissan North America Inc. rising to 71,940 units – an 11 percent increase. All totaled, Nissan Division [...]
Filed under: Economy, In the News, Nissan by Mel
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