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Over 300K hybrids have been sold since the first hybrid came on the market
Back to the future
By Lou Ann Hammond
We keep hearing how many hybrids are being sold and how many are coming out. Since the first Honda Insight was sold till July of 2005 311,718 hybrids have been sold. The hybrids currently available on the market, along with how many have been sold since their inception are;
Ford: (11,795)
Ford Escape (11,795)(first American hybrid)
Honda: (99,143)
Honda Accord (10,376)
Honda Civic (75,882)
Honda Insight (12,885)(first hybrid in the United States)
According to John Mendel, Senior Vice President auto operations, American Honda sales, they are not sure if an Acura hybrid will come out, but if it does it will most likely use the Honda hybrid system.
General Motors: (2,500)
Chevrolet Silverado/GMC Sierra (mild hybrid) (2,500)
New Flyer hybrid buses using Allison Electric Drive ( 364 buses in 25Cities in the U.S., Canada & Yosemite National Park)
Mazda:
Mazda Demio (Japan)
Renault:
Renault Kangoo (France)
Toyota: (198,280)
Toyota Prius (182,854)(most popular hybrid)
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Lexus RX 400h (10,029)(Harrier in Japan)
Toyota Highlander (5,397)(Kluger in Japan)
24 passenger Coaster Bus (Japan)
Toyota Crown (Japan)
Toyota Estima (a 3/4 Previa) (Japan)
Alfard (Japan)
HINO diesel/hybrid 2 variants of package delivery trucks (Japan)
Future Hybrids:
2006
Chevy Silverado/Sierra mild hybrid (in all 50 states)
Dodge RAM HEV (less than 100;fleet only)
Mercury Mariner
Nissan Altima
Toyota Camry
2007
Dodge Durango SUV
Saturn VUE
Lexus LS 600h V-8
Mazda Tribute
Mercury Mariner
VW Touran (according to Reuters, made by Volkswagen and Shanghai Automotive for the Chinese market)
2008
Ford
Ford Fusion
Mercury Milan
General Motors
Chevy Malibu
Chevy Yukon/GMC Tahoe (two-mode full hybrid)
Toyota Prius in China (made in Japan, assembled |
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the boxfish is a diesel-hybrid shown last year
in China and sold in China)
Toyota Sienna Van (according to auto industry insider)
2009
General Motors
Chevy Silverado/GMC Sierra (two-mode full-hybrid)
Dodge Ram Pickup
Concepts: If the concepts shown below could say anything it is that DaimlerChrysler/Mercedes-Benz will probably be the first automotive group that will come out with a diesel-hybrid, and it will probably incorporate Fuel-Saving Multi-Displacement System (MDS) and Selective Catalytic Reduction (SRC).
Chrysler ESX3 (shown some 7 years ago as a diesel-hybrid)
Mercedes-Benz Bionic (aka boxfish; diesel-hybrid with SRC that gets 84mpg)
Mercedes-Benz S-Class (diesel-hybrid)
Hybrid Suppliers
Toyota has their own technology and Ford licenses part of the technology.
According to Reuters, German automotive suppliers Continental AG and ZF Friedrichshafen have joined forces to develop hybrid technology, ZF said on Tuesday.
BMW, Daimler Chrysler and General Motors have just signed an agreement to use the same hybrid sytem (created by General Motors) on their vehicles.
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the ESX3 is a diesel-hybrid shown 7 years ago
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