The Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association, Inc. (JAMA) announced on October 13, 2004 the figures for Japanese factory shipments of low-emission vehicles (LEVs) for fiscal 2003. The number of all types of LEV shipments totaled 4,017,684 units, an increase of 370,735 units or 10 percent from the previous year.

Hybrid vehicles were the best seller among alternative fuel vehicles, one category of LEV, and their shipments rose sharply to 42,423 units, an increase of 173 percent (26,909 units) over the previous year.

The breakdown in the alternative fuel vehicles shows 49 electric vehicles, a decrease of 34 units, (41 percent) from the previous year; 3,852 natural gas vehicles, a decrease of 120 units, (3 percent); and 14 fuel cell-powered vehicles, for which statistics first began in fiscal 2003.

Shipments of vehicles certified in the high fuel-economy/low-emissions category amounted to 3,968,102 units, an increase of 342,916, (9.5 percent). Vehicles certified in this category, implemented from fiscal 2003, are authorized as a system to ensure emissions based on fiscal 2005 standards. Diesel-alternative LPG vehicles shipped amounted to 3,244 units, an increase of 1,050, (48 percent).

JAMA has posted on its website updated statistics on LEV ex-factory shipments for every year since fiscal 2000.



Posted: 2005/02/12 09:07:08 AM
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