By the Numbers
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2014: A year that will live in infamy? Edition
Last year was finally the year when US sales of hybrids, plug-ins and diesels dropped off, and December numbers were…
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April 2015: The who-da-thunk-it edition
Last month, the second-best selling plug-in made by an American automaker was the Chevrolet Spark Electric Vehicle. Let me repeat…
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May 2015: The-hits-just-keep-on-coming edition
Last month, the Volkswagen e-Golf electric vehicle had its best-ever sales month in the US, moving 410 units. It was…
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June 2015: Summertime blues edition
US sales of hybrids, plug-in vehicles, and diesels had another down month in June, as demand for fuel-efficient cars from…
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July 2015: The real-dog-days edition
Prospective buyers of advanced-powertrain vehicles continued to scale back on purchases of green cars last month, as Americans decided to…
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August 2015: Help-wanted edition
Those 2016 model-year hybrids and plug-ins can’t come soon enough. With updated technology either planned or expected for models such…
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September 2015: If-it-wasn’t-for-them-stinking-diesels Edition
All would’ve gone fine in the green-car world last month if it wasn’t for that German automaker and those emissions…
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December 2015: The was-it-or-wasn’t-it edition
December’s green-car demand marked a substantial uptick from the softer sales for hybrids, plug-ins and diesels that was evident for…
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January 2016: New Year, Old Problems Edition
US Green car sales started the year on a notably blue note. The combination of continued low Nissan Leaf demand,…
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March 2016: The let’s-thin-things-out Edition
US green-car sales in March once again fell from a year earlier, as more automakers who’d been selling low-volume models…
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