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Cars > Chevrolet market share 3.2%
Ranked 6th.
36.9%
Ranked 1st. 12 times more than Canada
Cars > Chevrolet vehicle sales 150,540
Ranked 6th.
1.18 million
Ranked 1st. 8 times more than Canada
Cars > Chevrolet vehicle sales per thousand people 4.37
Ranked 1st. 16% more than United States
3.77
Ranked 3rd.
Cars > Hybrid vehicles 16,167
Ranked 3rd.
434,498
Ranked 2nd. 27 times more than Canada

Cars > Hybrid vehicles per million people 479.35
Ranked 4th.
1,384.13
Ranked 3rd. 3 times more than Canada

Expressway length 17,000 km
Ranked 4th.
76,334 km
Ranked 2nd. 4 times more than Canada
Length of motorways per capita 0.62 mm
Ranked 75th.
10.21 mm
Ranked 36th. 16 times more than Canada
Motor vehicles per 1000 people 607
Ranked 15th.
797
Ranked 3rd. 31% more than Canada
Motorway density 1.69 m of motorway per square km
Ranked 23th.
7.79 m of motorway per square km
Ranked 18th. 5 times more than Canada
Motorway length 16,900 km
Ranked 2nd.
75,008 km
Ranked 1st. 4 times more than Canada
Motorway length per capita 534.59 mm
Ranked 1st. 2 times more than United States
253.05 mm
Ranked 4th.
Public road per capita 44.56 m
Ranked 1st. 2 times more than United States
21.69 m
Ranked 7th.
Radar detector legality Legal in British Columbia , Alberta , and Saskatchewan . Illegal in Newfoundland and Labrador , Nova Scotia , Prince Edward Island , New Brunswick , Quebec , Ontario , Manitoba , Yukon , Northwest Territories and Nunavut . Law varies from state to state, but detectors are generally legal in private vehicles under the Communications Act of 1934 and illegal in commercial vehicles by DOT regulation ( 49 CFR 392.71 ). Exceptions:
Road density 141 m of road per square km
Ranked 26th.
668 m of road per square km
Ranked 19th. 5 times more than Canada

SOURCES: Wikipedia: Chevrolet (Top Ten Chevrolet sales markets) (GM Press Release (2012-01-20). "GM global sales up 7.6% in 2011 to 9.026M vehicles; China and US largest markets" . Green Car Congress . Retrieved 2012-01-20 ., GM Press Release (2012-01-20). "GM global sales up 7.6% in 2011 to 9.026M vehicles; China and US largest markets" . Green Car Congress . Retrieved 2012-01-20 .); Wikipedia: Chevrolet (Top Ten Chevrolet sales markets) (GM Press Release (2012-01-20). "GM global sales up 7.6% in 2011 to 9.026M vehicles; China and US largest markets" . Green Car Congress . Retrieved 2012-01-20 ., GM Press Release (2012-01-20). "GM global sales up 7.6% in 2011 to 9.026M vehicles; China and US largest markets" . Green Car Congress . Retrieved 2012-01-20 .). Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; Wikipedia: Hybrid electric vehicle (Top national markets for hybrid electric vehicles between 2007 and); Wikipedia: Hybrid electric vehicle (Top national markets for hybrid electric vehicles between 2007 and). Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; Wikipedia: List of countries by road network size; https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/2085.html, Roadways.; Wikipedia: List of countries by vehicles per capita; Wikipedia: List of OECD countries by road network size (Motorway network) ("Selected year 2006 road traffic data" . OECD International Traffic Safety Data and Analysis Group (IRTAD).); Wikipedia: Radar detector (Legality) ("Radar Speed Trap Warning Apparatus (Licence)" . Hansard . 1967-03-02 . Retrieved 2010-04-25 . "a pocket-sized instrument is being produced by Marchant House Limited of New Street, Oadby, Leicester, to be used in motor vehicles to give instant warning of a police radar speed trap ... Anyone wishing to use this type of apparatus would require a licence under the Wireless Telegraphy Act, 1949. The firm in question has recently been informed that I am not prepared to issue a licence for such purposes")

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