Η Toyota πούλησε 6 εκατ. υβριδικά

H Toyota ξεκίνησε να πουλά υβριδικά αυτοκίνητα το 1997 και έως τα τέλη του 2013 πούλησε 6.072.000 υβριδικά αυτοκίνητα, 9 μήνες μετά από τότε που πούλησε 5 εκατ. αυτοκίνητα.

Μέσα στα επόμενα 2 χρόνια η Toyota θα βγάλει στην αγορά 15 νέα υβριδικά αυτοκίνητα, με best seller υβριδικό αυτοκίνητο

της, να είναι το Prius το οποίο έως και τον περασμένο Ιούνιο πούλησε 3 εκατ. αυτοκίνητα.

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WORLDWIDE TOYOTA HYBRID SALES PASS SIX MILLION UNITS

The progress of Toyota’s hybrid power technology has reached another landmark with cumulative global sales of Toyota hybrid vehicles reaching 6.072 million units at the end of December. Notably the latest million-milestone has been reached in the fastest time yet, just nine months since the figure moved past five million.

Toyota recognises that its cleaner, efficient technologies can only truly make a positive impact if they are widely used, hence its on-going efforts to encourage the mass-market take-up of its hybrid vehicles.

As of this month, Toyota Motor Corporation sells 24 hybrid passenger car models and one plug-in hybrid in approximately 80 countries and regions around the world. In the UK, home to production of the hybrid versions of Auris and Auris Touring Sports, the range extends to 10 Toyota and Lexus hybrids, plus Prius Plug-in.

Within the next two years, Toyota will launch 15 new hybrids. It will continue to develop its product range and the number of markets where its hybrid models are available.

Toyota calculates that, as of 31 December 2013, Toyota hybrid vehicles have reduced the amount of CO2 entering the atmosphere – believed to be a cause of global warming – by approximately 41 million tonnes, compared to the impact the same number of equivalent petrol-powered vehicles would have. On the same basis, it also estimates its hybrids have saved around 15,000 million litres of petrol.

Toyota entered hybrid vehicle production in August 1997 with the launch in Japan of the Coast Hybrid EV bus, followed in December by the first generation Prius, the world’s first mass-produced hybrid car. Since then Toyota’s hybrids have enjoyed increasing support from customers around the world.

Toyota’s hybrid system is designed as a core technology that can be used in different forms to create environmentally efficient vehicles for different customer requirements. The company will continue to work to raise performance, reduce costs and expand its product line-up – including the introduction of environmentally efficient non-hybrid vehicles.

Toyota hybrid vehicle sales – all brands

YearGlobalEuropeUK19970.3--199817.6--199915.2--200019.00.70.184200136.92.30.622200241.30.80.291200353.20.80.3702004134.68.11.5952005234.923.35.2792006312.536.08.3432007429.448.913.1952008429.748.912.8092009530.154.711.1902010690.170.116.4322011628.982.817.54520121,219.0106.819.90520131,279.4153.024.649TOTAL6,072.9646.6132.409

(1 = 1,000 units)

Cumulative sales of Toyota hybrid passenger vehicles

ModelGlobalEuropeUKPrius3,166.6268.663.244*Prius α/Prius v/Prius +405.121.71.937Aqua/Prius c633.6--Camry Hybrid418.7--Alphard Hybrid446.7--Auris Hybrid128.0124.217.303**Yaris Hybrid75.473.48.521Avalon Hybrid17.2--Highlander Hybrid/Kluger Hybrid138.3--Vellfire Hybrid17.1--Sai71.0--Estima Hybrid105.0--Crown Hybrid77.9--Harrier Hybrid23.7--Crown Mild Hybrid77.9--Crown Majesta3.0--Corolla Axio Hybrid8.7--Corolla Fielder Hybrid21.3--Lexus LS 600h35.34.30.609Lexus GS 450h/300h38.712.43.163Lexus RX 400h/450h288.686.022.565Lexus HS 250h61.6--Lexus CT 200h169.041.313.1161Lexus ES 300h47.00.2-Lexus IS 300h16.75.91.751

(1 = 1,000 units) * Including Prius Plug-in; ** including Auris Hybrid Touring Sports.