Hybrid sales plummet 40% in August; Prius records 37.5% decline

One month of dreary sales figures doesn’t signal the end of the hybrid, but the numbers reported for Augusthint that without a rise in gas prices, hybrid vehicle sales will likely continue to suffer. Overall hybrid sales dropped 40.4 percent in August compared to a year ago. Not even the mighty Toyota Prius could avoid the plunge. Prius sales fell 37.5 percent compared to August 2009 and dropped