Toyota, which was closing in on this major hybrid milestone last time we looked, said this morning that combined U.S. sales of its Toyota and Lexus hybrids now has topped the one-million mark.
Most of those sales can be chalked up to the segment's volume leader the Toyota Prius, which became the world's first modern gas-electric hybrid when it was launched in Japan in 1997.
Toyota brought the Prius to the US early in 2000 an since has added five other hybrids to its fleet.
"One million hybrids in less than nine years indicates how quickly American consumers have accepted this important technology," Jim Lentz, president of Toyota Motor Sales USA, said in a statement released this morning.
Combined Toyota and Lexus hybrid sales account for more than 75 percent of the market in the U.S. Honda and Ford Motor Co. hybrids account for most of the rest.
Globally, Toyota is adding 10 new hybrid models over the next three years and expects to be selling one million gas-electric cars and SUVs a year by early next decade.
Source: Green Car Advisor
Most of those sales can be chalked up to the segment's volume leader the Toyota Prius, which became the world's first modern gas-electric hybrid when it was launched in Japan in 1997.
Toyota brought the Prius to the US early in 2000 an since has added five other hybrids to its fleet.
"One million hybrids in less than nine years indicates how quickly American consumers have accepted this important technology," Jim Lentz, president of Toyota Motor Sales USA, said in a statement released this morning.
Combined Toyota and Lexus hybrid sales account for more than 75 percent of the market in the U.S. Honda and Ford Motor Co. hybrids account for most of the rest.
Globally, Toyota is adding 10 new hybrid models over the next three years and expects to be selling one million gas-electric cars and SUVs a year by early next decade.
Source: Green Car Advisor
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