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At Lexus, sales fell 4.6% on 22,716 deliveries.
In a twist of the narrative for most brands this year, it was light trucks that upended the brand’s result, not cars. Lexus car deliveries were flat, up 0.6% on a DSR basis, but light trucks fell 7.0% due to losses at all nameplates.
The LX large SUV posted the biggest drop, down 40.5% on 377 deliveries, but the typically strong NX and RX CUVs also fell, down 11.5% and 1.2%, respectively.
Both models’ hybrid variants posted good results, however. The NX hybrid, with 656 deliveries, was up 232.0% from October 2017 and the RX hybrid, with 1,416 sold, rose 101.7%.
Among cars, only two models, the new ES midsize sedan and new LS flagship, posted increases. The ES achieved a 29.5% increase on an adjusted basis vs. year-ago, while the LS boosted that model’s results 144.8%.
Through October, Toyota’s U.S. vehicle sales were flat, down 0.2% on volume of 2.015 million. The Toyota brand was up 0.1% while Lexus was down 2.6%.
That's interesting that the normal NX/RX were down but the hybrids were up, and that Honda's bright spot was their EVs. I wonder if the EV mass market is actually finally materializing.
Lots of environmental news last month... "11 years to save the world," etc. That correlation might be far fetched, but I wonder if that could be fueling some of the changes?
The thing I don't fully understand but have been meaning to post is that a month or two ago, I read an article talking about how auto-related pollution increased significantly and it was due to emissions released during coal burning. The article pointed out how there is starting to be a measurable impact from electric cars and it's stressing the power grid, requiring more and more coal to be burnt to power it. If I recall correctly, it seemed to indicate that the burden of electric cars is just as bad of a pollutant as ICE cars, and possibly worse.
I wish I could dig it up.
It also makes me feel like while Toyota's investment in hydrogen has seemed far fetched to some, it really might be our cleanest and most viable long term solution. It's unfortunate that there isn't more infrastructure to support it.
Theoretically, solar-powered sources pumping energy into the grid that supports EVs would also be clean, but it does seem to me that the coal burning required to power EVs doesn't make batteries as clean of a solution as many would like to envision.
Lots of environmental news last month... "11 years to save the world," etc. That correlation might be far fetched, but I wonder if that could be fueling some of the changes?
The thing I don't fully understand but have been meaning to post is that a month or two ago, I read an article talking about how auto-related pollution increased significantly and it was due to emissions released during coal burning. The article pointed out how there is starting to be a measurable impact from electric cars and it's stressing the power grid, requiring more and more coal to be burnt to power it. If I recall correctly, it seemed to indicate that the burden of electric cars is just as bad of a pollutant as ICE cars, and possibly worse.