Green Car Congress

MAY 20, 2014

Sister brand Lexus is closing in on 50,000 UK sales, achieved since the debut there of the RX 400h in 2005. Fourteen years after the launch in the UK of the first-generation Prius, Toyota has sold its 100,000 th hybrid there.

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Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 5, 2013

Toyota announced yesterday that it would conduct a voluntary recall of 133,000 Highlander Hybrid and Lexus RX400h crossover utility vehicles. The affected vehicles cover model years 2006 through 2010 for the Highlander, and 2006 through 2008 for the RX. Both vehicles share a platform and use the same powertrain.

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Green Car Reports

DECEMBER 21, 2012

Since the company's first hybrid, the Lexus RX 400h hit the roads in 2005, over 506,000 have followed. 259,000 RX 400h and RX 450h models have rolled. Luxury automaker Lexus has hit a major milestone in hybrid sales: Half a million units.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

Lexus introduced the first luxury hybrid—the 2006 RX 400h—and now holds 40% of the US luxury hybrid market. The RX 450hL is set to go on sale at dealers in April. With the new RXhL model, Lexus extended the body length 4.3

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Lexus Nickel Metal Hydride Hybrid Price 210

Green Car Congress

MAY 18, 2019

The first stage of the new process uses calcium hydroxyapatite to produce higher linear and branched alcohols at above 80% selectivity at up to 40% conversion with high stability for over 400h time-on-stream operation. Increasing conversion decreases selectivity, producing predominantly mono-ene and diene byproducts.

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Green Car Reports

JUNE 11, 2012

Ever since Lexus launched the RX 400h hybrid SUV in 2005, gasoline-electric hybrids have been an integral part of the Lexus lineup.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 23, 2019

Since the launch of the RX 400h in 2005, Lexus has led in electrification technologies such as the two-stage reduction gear and the multi-stage hybrid system which leverage technology to offer excellent performance and the direct driving sensation characteristic of Lexus Hybrid vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 22, 2012

In third place is the Rx 400h/Rx 450h, with 238.6 After the Prius, the second-best selling hybrid for TMC has been the Camry, with 269.6 thousand units sold, with 95% of those sales occurring outside of Japan. thousand units sold cumulatively, with 92.8% of those sales outside of Japan.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 18, 2010

The diesel-electric BAE Systems HybriDrive system being installed in the new ADL Enviro 400h hybrid buses for Oxford and Manchester will deliver fuel consumption and carbon dioxide emissions that are up to 30% lower than conventional buses.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 8, 2012

of the global total—followed by the RX 400h/RX 450h with 256,600 units (5.6%). Of the global 4.6 million units, the Prius family accounts for 3.3 million (71.5%): 2,804.9 million Prius; 224,000 Prius α (Prius v); 259,700 Aqua (Prius c). The hybrid model with the next highest cumulative sales is the Camry (317,200)—6.9%

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Japan Toyota Hybrid Sale 268

Green Car Congress

MARCH 5, 2009

The Rx 400h represented a bright spot, with sales up 30.8% The Highlander Hybrid sold 956 units, down 50.7%, representing 19.1% of all Highlander models sold. Sales of the non-hybrid Highlander dropped 54.1% to 4052 units. Monthly new vehicle market share for reported hybrids. Click to enlarge. by volume to 1,502 units, representing 24.2%

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GS 450h VUE Hybrid Sale 170

Green Car Congress

MARCH 11, 2009

In April 2005, Lexus introduced the crossover RX 400h, the world’s first hybrid-powered luxury vehicle. The successful launch of the Prius encouraged Toyota to expand its hybrid technology to existing models in both the Toyota and Lexus lineups. Two months later Toyota launched the Highlander Hybrid sport utility vehicle (SUV).

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 3, 2009

The RX 400h posted 1,165 units, a 25.8% Highlander Hybrid sold 1,037 units, down 53.7% and representing 19.2% of all Highlanders sold. Sales of conventional Highlander models were down 49%. Hybrid sales as a percentage of total light duty vehicle sales by automaker. Click to enlarge. drop, representing 18.9% of all RX sales.

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2009 LS 600H GS 450h Sale 170

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 4, 2009

The Rx 400h posted 1,556 units, an increase of 28.5% The Highlander Hybrid posted 984 units, a 54.1% drop year-on-year, representing 17.1% of all Highlander models sold. Total Highlander sales were down 53.3% to 5,757 units. year-on-year, representing 23.9% of Rx models sold. Total Rx sales were down 3.5% to 6,520 units. of GS models sold.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 4, 2009

Sales of the RX 400h Hybrid were down 59.7% Sales of conventional Camry models were down 31%. Sales of the Highlander Hybrid were down 63.8% to 933 units, representing 16.7% of Highlander sales. Sales of conventional Highlander models were down 37%. to 655 units, representing 10.5% of RX sales. Sales of conventional RX models were up 1%.

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Green Cars News

APRIL 23, 2009

The changes will affect the most polluting hybrids such as the Lexus RX 400H and biofuel ready cars such as the Saab 9-5 Biopower. This will bring the taxation system more in line with reforms of the Vehicle Excise Duty (VED) tax bands, which are to take effect from 1 May 2009 as announced in the 2008 Pre-Budget report.

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Alternative Fuels Companies Fuel Tax 36

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

See Car and Driver s review ] Other hybrids, including the Toyota Highlander and Lexus 400h, are possible future candidates. The 2006 Civic Hybrid, though it can theoretically drive solely on electric power, has too small an electric motor to effectively power the car by itself.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 2, 2009

The all-new hybrid transaxle adopts improvements first used in previous post-2004 Toyota/Lexus hybrids such as the Camry hybrid, Highlander hybrid, and Lexus RX 400h, as well as refinements not previously employed. Click to enlarge. The result is 20% lighter in weight compared to the previous model.

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