US hybrid sales can’t top 3 percent market share

December 8th, 2009 | Tags:

Hybrid vehicle sales are improving compared to last year. Still, hybrids only represent less than 3 percent of total new vehicle market share.Fusion hybrid sales up 73 percent

Compared to last year, this year’s November hybrid vehicle auto sales were up 21 percent. Still, total new car market share was only 2.7 percent for hybrid cars.

Almost half of all hybrids sold were Toyota Prius hybrids, and almost three-quarters of all hybrids sold were made by Toyota.

The only real bright spot outside of Toyota was the Ford Fusion hybrid with 2,361 total units sold. For comparison the similarly-sized Toyota Camry hybrid sold 1,465 units. However, the Prius sold 9,617 units.

 US hybrid sales cant top 3 percent market share

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