34,000 hybrid reasons for pause
The technologically impressive Ford Fusion hybridI've been dying to get my hands on December's auto sales to help me through my holiday hangover. I guess I'm not the only one a little off as most automakers have yet to report their numbers.
Yet, how exciting can the numbers really be? If you remove the sales data for the Toyota Prius, the numbers are depressing.
For instance, while Ford might be a little excited about possibly eclipsing Honda as the second best hybrid seller in the US, Ford will still probably sell less than 35,000 hybrid cars for all of 2009. Alone the Prius can achieve that in less than 3 months.
And, unfortunately, there isn't much reason to believe 2010 will be any different.
Labels: Ford fusion hybrid, hybrid vehicle sales, toyota prius
posted by Dahcredyns at
12:52 PM
3 Comments:
Ford sold almost 400,000 F150's last year and 34,000 Fusion hybrids.
That about sums it up.
With virtually no tax incentives for Hybrids and relatively low gas prices, why would we expect anything else?
Good points.
Gas prices are on the rise though. If its a sustained increase, hybrid interest will spike.
Of course, would that change much for Ford?
They've kept their battery supplies pretty low for years, so i wouldn't expect any big increase in production, unfortunately.
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