Worldwide Cumulative Sales of Prius Pass 1M
15 May 2008
Worldwide cumulative sales of the Toyota Prius have passed the 1 million mark, according to Toyota Motor, with approximately 1,028,000 units sold as of the end of April 2008.
Toyota launched the Prius in Japan in 1997 and began selling in Europe, North America and other markets in 2000. In 2005, Toyota began first overseas production of the Prius in Changchun, China, and sales of Prius vehicles in South Korea are expected to begin in the latter half of 2009.
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| Worldwide sales of the Prius. Click to enlarge. |
Distribution of cumulative Prius sales. Click to enlarge. |
In 2003, the second-generation Prius, equipped with the Toyota Hybrid System II, was introduced with improved environmental performance and power. In August 2007, Prius G, S and S “Standard Package” Japan models achieved a fuel efficiency of 29.6 km/l (70 mpg US) in the Japanese Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport’s newly introduced JC08 test cycle. (In the US, the Prius is rated at 46 mpg US combined city and highway by the EPA.)
Toyota aims to sell 1 million or more hybrid vehicles annually as early as possible in the 2010s.
Hooray! Now let's see some model diversity in decent numbers. Come on ... you can do it GM, Ford, Chrysler, Daimler, Nissan, blah, blah, blah!
Unless everybody wants literally ALL their automotive parts supplied by Denso, there needs to be more depth in the hybrid supplier base.
Posted by: NCyder | 15 May 2008 at 05:19 AM
NCyder:
Agree with your first statement.
Denso ($40+ billion/year) is certainly a large worldwide (Japanese) auto-parts supplier. Others like Magna ($30 billions/year) are moving in the same market. Magna will even build their own PHEV shortly. Delphi USA is still around?
Posted by: Harvey D | 15 May 2008 at 08:32 AM