The chart below gives information on the global sale of hybrid vehicles* between 2006 and 2009. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant. * vehicles that use both fuel and electricity
The chart shows how many hybrid vehicles were sold in
Japan
, the US and the rest of the world from 2006 to 2009. During this
time, total sales
more than doubled from 360,000 to 740,000. However
, the trends in the US and Japan
were very different.
According to
the data, sales
were high in the US, but the pattern fluctuated. While
they rose by 100,000 from 2006 to 2007, they peaked in 2007 at 350,000. After that, there was a steady fall to 280,000 in 2009. On the other hand
, sales
in Japan
were much lower at the start. They rose gradually to 90,000 in 2008, but then
they jumped to 330,000 in 2009. Sales
in the rest of the world increased steadily from 50,000 to 120,000 during the four-year period.
Overall
, the data show that more hybrid vehicles were bought in the US than in any other country. However
, in 2009, Japan
overtook the US and became the country where most vehicles were sold.Submitted by sharifialireza213 on
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