toyota hybrid sales

A million here, a million there. Sooner or later, those numbers add up. Toyota announced today it has sold over four million hybrids around the world since introducing the first Prius in Japan all the way back in 1997. Sales were slow, at first, but the pace is now picking up. For example, it ...

Toyota is banking on an expanded lineup of hybrid vehicles to return the company to profitability in Europe. By the end of 2013, the Japanese automaker will launch ten additional gas-electric models in Europe, including a hybrid ...

The number of Toyota hybrids sold over the past decade or so has officially passed the three-million mark, hitting 3.03 million back on February 28th. Toyota claims that its hybrids have directly reduced carbon dioxide ...

Toyota will launch its gasoline-powered version of the Etios subcompact in India by the end of this year. With a trial production run set to begin this September, Toyota is now mulling the addition of several alternative fuel ...

Teasing information out of an unidentified source often leads to inaccuracies and, occasionally, erroneous reports. For example, let's skim over the recent report regarding Toyota's hybrid production, which was released earlier ...

Japan's Nikkan Kogyo newspaper reports that Toyota's hybrid production plans for 2011 may fall well short of the company's targeted one million units. The report, drawing information from an unidentified source who is ...

Last week, we noted that sales of the Toyota Prius had dropped sharply in July, falling some 30 percent from the reported numbers of a year ago, yet Toyota was pleased with the results. While it seemed rather odd that Toyota was ...

Back in August of 1997, Toyota launched its Coaster Hybrid EV minibus, the company's first hybrid vehicle. Though the Coaster Hybrid is not a common name, it was the vehicle that started the hybrid revolution at Toyota. Just ...

If you'd like to know what it's like to be on top in the hybrid segment of the automotive industry, just ask Toyota. The company has held the top spot for eons and it certainly doesn't look like Toyota will relinquish the honor in ...

We often talk about the the polarizing exterior design of some hybrids and upcoming electric vehicles as a negative attribute which could hamper their sales success. But the look-at-me design of the best-selling Toyota Prius may ...