Worldwide Sales of Toyota Hybrids Top 6 Million Units


Toronto, ON.(January 16, 2014 Toyota Motor Corporation announces that cumulative global sales of its hybrid vehicles topped the 6 million unit mark as of December 31, 2013, reaching 6.072 million units1, including more than 90,000 from Canada. The latest million-unit milestone was achieved in the fastest time yet for Toyota, taking just nine months.
 
Helping mitigate the environmental effects of vehicles is a priority at Toyota. Based on its belief that environment-friendly vehicles can only truly have a positive impact if they are widely used, Toyota has endeavored to encourage the mass-market adoption of hybrid vehicles. Continuing hybrid leadership in 2013, 2 out of every 3 hybrids sold in Canada were Toyota and Lexus vehicles.
 
Toyota sells 10 hybrid vehicles and a plug-in hybrid in Canada under the Toyota and Lexus brands. With 5 hybrid Lexus vehicles, Lexus has the largest luxury hybrid lineup in Canada. As of this month, Toyota sells 24 hybrid passenger car models and one plug-in hybrid model in approximately 80 countries and regions around the world. Furthermore, within the next two years, Toyota will launch a total of 15 new hybrid vehicles worldwide, including the new “Highlander Hybrid” in Canada early this year. Toyota will continue augmenting its product lineup even further and increasing the number of countries and regions where it sells hybrid vehicles.
 
Toyota calculates that as of December 31, 2013, Toyota hybrid vehicles2 have resulted in approximately 41 million fewer tons3 of CO2 emissions—believed to be a cause of global warming—than would have been emitted by gasoline-powered vehicles of similar size and driving performance. Toyota also estimates that its hybrid vehicles have saved approximately 15 billion litres of gasoline compared to the amount used by gasoline-powered vehicles of similar size.
 
In August 1997 in Japan, Toyota launched the “Coaster Hybrid EV” and launched the “Prius”—the world’s first mass-produced hybrid passenger vehicle—in December of that year.  The Prius arrived in Canada in late 2000, and since then, Toyota hybrid vehicles have received tremendous support from consumers across the country and around the world.
 
Toyota has positioned hybrid technology as the core vehicle technology of the twenty-first century by using it as a platform for other environmentally friendly vehicle technologies including plug-in hybrids, electric vehicles, and hydrogen fuel cells.   Toyota plans to continue working to raise performance, reduce costs, and expand its product lineup of advanced technology vehicles in order to create vehicles that are popular with consumers and continue to help achieve our environmental goals.
 
1Including plug-in hybrid vehicles; Toyota data
2Excluding the Coaster Hybrid EV and Quick Delivery 200
3Number of registered vehicles × distance traveled × fuel efficiency (actual fuel efficiency in each country) × CO2 conversion factor
 
Toyota Hybrid Vehicle Sales     
Based on TMC data (Unit = 1,000 vehicles)
 
 
Global
Japan
North America
Europe
1997
0.3
0.3
 
  
1998
17.6
17.6
 
  
1999
15.2
15.2
 
  
2000
19
12.5
5.7
0.7
2001
36.9
18.4
15.9
2.3
2002
41.3
19.9
20.3
0.8
2003
53.2
27.1
24.8
0.8
2004
134.6
68.7
55.9
8.1
2005
234.9
58.5
149.9
23.3
2006
312.5
72.4
197.6
36
2007
429.4
81.9
287.8
48.9
2008
429.7
104.4
254.9
57.8
2009
530.1
251.1
205.2
54.7
2010
690.1
392.2
195.8
70.1
2011
628.9
316.3
185.1
82.8
2012
1219
678
344.6
106.8
2013
1279.4
679.1
358.1
153
Total
6072.9
2814.2
2302.4
646.6
 
*Global figures contain sales from markets other than Japan, North America and Europe


Cumulative Sales of TMC Hybrid Passenger Vehicles*1 
  (Unit = 1,000 vehicles)
 
 
Global
Japan
North America
Europe
Prius
3166.6
1407.6
1404.8
268.6
Prius α, Prius v, Prius +
405.1
289
91.4
21.7
Aqua, Prius c
633.6
529.3
83
 
Camry Hybrid
418.7
35.8
294.4
 
Alphard Hybrid*2
44.6
43.3
   
Auris Hybrid
128
   
124.2
Yaris Hybrid
75.4
   
73.4
Avalon Hybrid
17.2
 
17.2
 
Highlander Hybrid, Kluger Hybrid*3
138.3
3.4
133.1
 
Vellfire Hybrid
17.1
17.1
   
Sai
71
71
   
Estima Hybrid
105
105
   
Crown Hybrid
77.9
77.9
   
Harrier Hybrid
23.7
23.7
   
Crown Mild Hybrid*4
6.4
6.4
   
Crown Majesta (hybrid only)
3
3
   
Corolla Axio Hybrid
8.7
8.7
   
Corolla Fielder Hybrid
21.3
21.3
   
Lexus LS 600h/LS 600hL
35.3
23.5
2.8
4.3
Lexus GS 450h/GS 300h
38.7
14.2
6.8
12.4
Lexus RX 400h/RX 450h
288.6
27.4
145.3
86
Lexus HS 250h
61.6
39.3
22.3
 
Lexus CT 200h
169
37.8
51
41.3
Lexus ES 300h
47
 
24.6
0.2
Lexus IS 300h
16.7
8.7
 
5.9
 
*1Global figures contain sales from markets other than Japan, North America and Europe; Figures as of December 31, 2013 and based on Toyota data; *2Production ceased in 2008 and production of a new model started in 2011; *3Kluger Hybrid (for the Japanese market) production ceased in 2007; *4Crown Royal production ceased in 2003, Crown Sedan production ceased in 2008

 
TMC Hybrid Vehicle Chronology
 
Year Month Milestone
1997 Mar. Toyota Hybrid System (THS) unveiled
Aug. Coaster Hybrid EV launched (Japan only)
Oct. Prius unveiled (launched in December)
2000 Nov. Cumulative global Prius sales top 50,000 vehicles
2001 Jun. Estima Hybrid launched (Japan only)
Aug. Crown Royal series with Mild Hybrid System launched (Japan only)
2002 Mar. Cumulative global hybrid vehicle sales top 100,000 mark
Aug. Cumulative global Prius sales top 100,000 vehicles
Oct. Crown Sedan with Mild Hybrid System launched (Japan only)
2003 Apr. Toyota Hybrid System II (THS II) unveiled
Jul. Alphard Hybrid launched (Japan only)
Sep. Completely redesigned second-generation Prius launched
Dyna Hybrid and Toyoace Hybrid unveiled (launched in November; Japan only)
2005 Mar. Harrier Hybrid (Lexus RX 400h) and Kluger Hybrid (Highlander Hybrid) launched
Oct. Cumulative global hybrid vehicle sales top 500,000 mark
Dec. Second-generation Prius production commenced at SFTM’s Changchun plant in China
2006 Mar. Lexus GS 450h launched
Apr. Cumulative global Prius sales top 500,000 vehicles
May Camry Hybrid launched (for sale outside Japan)
Jun. Completely redesigned Estima Hybrid launched (Japan only)
Oct. Camry Hybrid production commenced at Kentucky Plant in the U.S.; Quick Delivery 200 launched (Japan only)
2007 May Cumulative global hybrid vehicle sales top 1 million mark; Lexus LS 600h/LS 600hL launched
2008 Feb. Crown Hybrid unveiled (launched in May; Japan only)
Apr. Cumulative global Prius sales top 1 million vehicles
2009 Jan. Lexus RX 450h unveiled (launched in April)
May Completely redesigned third-generation Prius launched
Jul. Camry Hybrid production commenced at TMT’s Gateway Plant, Thailand; HS 250h launched
Aug. Cumulative global hybrid vehicle sales top 2 million mark
Oct. Sai unveiled (launched in December, Japan only)
Dec. Camry Hybrid production commenced at TMCA’s Altona Plant, Australia
2010 Apr. Camry Hybrid production commenced at GTMC’s plant in China
Jun. Auris Hybrid production commenced at TMUK’s Burnaston Plant, UK; Auris Hybrid launched (for sale outside Japan)
Jul. Cumulative sales in Japan of hybrids top 1 million vehicles
Sep. Cumulative global Prius sales top 2 million vehicles
Nov. Third-generation Prius production commenced at TMT’s Gateway Plant, Thailand
2011 Jan. Annual Prius sales in Japan of new vehicles in 2010 were 315,669 vehicles, the largest amount of annual sales ever recorded; Lexus CT 200h launched
Feb. Cumulative global hybrid vehicle sales top 3 million mark
May Prius α launched
Aug. Prius sales in Japan top 1 million mark
Sep. Completely redesigned Camry Hybrid launched in Japan; Alphard Hybrid and Vellfire Hybrid unveiled (launched in November, Japan only)
Oct. TMEC of China conducts cornerstone laying ceremony and announces plan to produce and sell vehicles with hybrid systems produced in China jointly with China FAW Group and GTMC around 2015
Nov. Prius PHV unveiled (launched in January 2012 in Japan, in March 2012 in the U.S., in the summer of 2012 in Europe)
Dec. Production of third-generation Prius commenced at SFTM’s Changchun Plant in China; Aqua launched
2012 Jan. Completely redesigned Lexus GS 450h unveiled (launched in March)
Feb. Start of Highlander Hybrid production at Indiana Plant in the U.S. in the second half of 2013 announced
  Production and sale of Camry Hybrid in Kuozui’s Kuanying Plant, Taiwan commenced
Apr. Cumulative global hybrid vehicle sales top 4 million mark
May Yaris Hybrid launched (for sale outside Japan)
Jul. Start of Lexus RX 450h production at TMMC’s Cambridge Plant in early 2014 announced; Lexus ES 300h launched (for sale outside Japan)
Oct. Cumulative hybrid vehicle sales in Japan top 2 million mark
  Cumulative global hybrid vehicle sales from January through October 2012 top 1 million mark
Nov. Completely redesigned Auris Hybrid launched (for sale outside Japan)
Dec. Completely redesigned Crown hybrid unveiled (launched in January 2013, Japan only); Avalon hybrid launched (for sale outside Japan)
2013 Mar. Cumulative global hybrid vehicle sales top 5 million mark
May Lexus IS 300h launched
Aug. Corolla Axio Hybrid and Corolla Fielder Hybrid launched
Sep. Crown Majesta (only hybrid version available) launched
Oct. Lexus GS 300h launched
Nov. Completely redesigned Harrier Hybrid unveiled (launched in January 2014)
Dec. Cumulative global hybrid vehicle sales top 6 million mark
 
 
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