Saturday, July 21, 2012

Plug-in hybrid sales soar; all-electric car sales stay slow

LA Times: Since a new generation of electric cars went on sale 18 months ago, the results have been far from jolting. Sales of what are considered "pure" electric cars -- they run off just a battery -- have risen to slightly over 4,100 during the first six months of this year, up just 6% from the same period a year earlier, according to auto information company Edmunds.com. The gain, which amounts to just 234 cars, comes even though Ford, BMW, Honda and Mitsubishi all have joined pioneer Nissan in offering...

URL: http://www.latimes.com/business/autos/la-fi-0721-autos-electric-vehicles-20120721,0,6581128.story
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