Even as the Honda Accord hybrid bit the dust, Toyota announced that it had sold its one-millionth hybrid on a worldwide basis. What does that mean in practical terms? "As U.S. hybrid sales jumped to 45,000 vehicles - their highest monthly total ever - Toyota Motor Co. captured 80 percent of all new hybrid customers ... While other automakers reported sizable increases in hybrid sales, Toyota saw sales of its hybrid Prius more than double from a year earlier. With sales of 24,009 vehicles - more than all other hybrids combined - the Prius was the ninth top-selling U.S. model in the industry for May, outselling mass-market names such as the Nissan Altima, Ford Mustang and Chevrolet Cobalt. The only car model from a Detroit automaker that outsold the Prius last month was the Chevrolet Impala." ... In fact, May 2007 may be the month when hybrid sales settled into a groove and remained there for good -- accounting for an all-time high of nearly 3 percent of total auto sales in the U.S. ...
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