Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 21, 2012

The RX 400h, launched in 2005, was the world’s first production full hybrid luxury SUV. The LS 600h extended the range further in 2007, marking another first in being the first production car to use a full hybrid powertrain with a V8 engine. including the Lexus brand—since 1997 topped 4.60 Earlier post.). Global total. %

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 3, 2009

US sales of hybrids in March 2009 as reported by the automakers dropped 44% by volume year-on-year to 21,433 units; that performance was worse than the total light duty vehicle market, which posted a 36.8% new vehicle market share for hybrids in March—down from 2.82% in March 2008, but the highest mark so far in 2009.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 4, 2009

by volume from the year before to a combined 15,400 units, a lower rate of decline than that of the overall light-duty vehicle market in the month. Hybrids took a 2.34% share of the new vehicle market for the month. Monthly new vehicle market share for hybrids in the US. of all LS sales. to 341,113 units. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 11, 2009

Toyota plans to introduce 10 new hybrid models between now and 2012 in various global markets, with sales of one million gas-electric hybrids per year, worldwide, sometime early in the next decade. Toyota launched of the Prius in late 1997 in the Japan market, and in the US in July 2000. million vehicles through January of this year.

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HS 250h Lexus LS 600H GS 450h 150

Green Car Congress

MAY 4, 2009

The reported sales represented a 2.65% hybrid new vehicle market share (based on Autodata’s total LDV sales figure)—the highest monthly new vehicle share for hybrids so far this year, but below the 3.2% new vehicle market share. Hybrid monthly new vehicle market share. Sales of the LS 600h L were down 84.4%

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