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Toyota Motor Europe hybrid sales up 38%
Source: Green Car Congress: Toyota Motor Europe hybrid sales up 38% in first quarter; 30% hybrid mix
Toyota Motor Europe (TME) reported a 38% increase in its Q1 2016 hybrid sales (Toyota and Lexus brands) versus the same period last year, representing 30% of total sales, compared to 24% for the full calendar year 2015. The Toyota brand hybrids accounted for 59,608 units (+43% year-on-year) for a hybrid mix of 27%; Lexus brand hybrids posted 12,141 units (+15% year-on-year), for a hybrid mix of 67%.
Total TME sales for the first quarter of 2016 were 241,600 Toyota and Lexus vehicles, an increase of 5.1% from Q1 2015, in a European market still split between growth in the West and Central Europe (+7.9%) and further decline in the East (-10%). Total market share for the group stood at 4.8%.
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Toyota details design of fuel cell system
Source: Green Car Congress: Toyota details design of fuel cell system in Mirai; work on electrode catalysts
While other major automakers have either introduced (Hyundai, Honda) or are in serious development of new hydrogen fuel cell vehicles for the market, Toyota continues to take the point in not just promoting, but also supporting the broader technical (and infrastructure) development required for a large-scale realization of hydrogen-based electromobility.
At the 2015 CES, Toyota announced royalty-free use of approximately 5,680 fuel-cell-related patents held globally, including critical technologies developed for the Mirai fuel cell vehicle. (Earlier post.) At the SAE 2015 World Congress, Toyota presented a set of four technical papers detailing some of the technology innovations used in Mirai fuel cell stack.... -
2016 Chevy Cruze: MPG beats even last year's Eco model
Source: 2016 Chevy Cruze: Gasoline version's MPG beats even last year's Eco model - CSMonitor.com
The 2016 Chevrolet Cruze EPA fuel-economy ratings beat those of all gasoline versions of the previous-generation model.
The second-generation Cruze was unveiled last June, and shown in China before that, but is just now going on sale throughout the U.S..
It achieves a best of 30 mpg city, 42 mpg highway, 35 mpg combined, making good on Chevy's promise that the 2016 Cruze would achieve at least 40 mpg highway.
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So when I first read this, I wondered about the Cruze diesel that never went on sale. So I substituted a Jetta diesel:
model City Comb Hwy MSRP Volume 1 Cruze Limited 26 30 38 $16-24k 104 ft{3} 2 Cruze ECO 26 31 39 $20-21k 104 ft{3} 3 Cruze Premier 30 34 40 $23k 104 ft{3} 4 Cruze 30 35 42 $16-$21k 104 ft{3}...
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