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FEBRUARY 4, 2010

will recall an estimated 270,000 units of its new third-generation MY 2010 Prius in Japan and the US to fix a brake problem. The scope of recalls and voluntary repair offers may expand further because the Sai and Lexus HS250h hybrids, which were released after the third-generation Prius, use the same braking system.

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OCTOBER 6, 2010

On 8 October, Honda will introduce the refreshed Fit model—sold as the Jazz in some countries—and the all-new Fit Hybrid in Japan. million-unit mark at the end of September 2010, since the introduction of the first-generation model in June 2001. million-unit mark at the end of July 2010.

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OCTOBER 15, 2012

announced that its cumulative worldwide sales of hybrid vehicles surpassed 1 million units as of the end of September 2012. This milestone was reached 12 years and 11 months after the start of sales of the first generation Insight in Japan November 1999, which realized fuel economy of 35 km/liter (82.3 History of Honda’s Hybrid Models.

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OCTOBER 14, 2015

The challenge comprises six individual challenges across three areas: Ever-better cars, quantified as reducing global average new-vehicle CO 2 emissions by 90% by 2050 compared to Toyota’s 2010 global average; ever-better manufacturing (zero CO 2 emissions at all plants by 2050); and enriching the lives of communities. Achieving sales of 1.5

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JUNE 16, 2011

Fit Shuttle Hybrid. Honda’s all-new Fit Shuttle and Fit Shuttle Hybrid are now on sale in Japan. The Fit Shuttle Hybrid features Honda’s 1.3-liter L/100km) as measured in 10·15 mode—the same as the Fit Hybrid. Fit Shuttle Hybrid chassis. Layout of the Fit Shuttle Hybrid components.

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JULY 17, 2009

plans to begin selling hybrid vehicles based on its own technology in Japan in 2011. Nissan is likely to develop a low-cost, compact powertrain similar to those in Honda hybrids, with an electric motor to provide additional power to a constantly working engine. Hybrids accounted for about 9% of new-car sales in Japan last month.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2009

will begin selling the all-new Insight hybrid ( earlier post ) in Japan on Friday, 6 February, starting at ¥1,890,000 (~US$21,100). The Insight features a newly developed hybrid system including a 1.3-liter The 2010 Honda Insight hybrid car made its world debut at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit in January.

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MARCH 2, 2009

The 2010 Prius. Of that 10% improvement, about 6% can be attributed to the new hybrid system (including the larger combustion engine) and about 4% to efficiency improvements in other aspects of the vehicle, such as better aerodynamics, said Chief Engineer Akihiko Otsuka. Hybrid Synergy Drive. The 2010 Prius 1.8L

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FEBRUARY 27, 2010

has begun sales of the all-new CR-Z (“Compact Renaissance Zero”) hybrid ( earlier post ) in Japan on Friday, February 26, 2010. Honda is targeting monthly sales of 1,000 units of the new hybrid. The CR-Z is Honda’s third hybrid currently in the market, along with the Civic Hybrid and new Insight.

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APRIL 24, 2016

On the eve of the 2016 Beijing International Automobile Exhibition, Toyota announced that it will launch plug-in hybrid versions of the Corolla and Levin—two mass-market models, both of which have conventional hybrid variants—in China during 2018. At present, it is available in models sold in Europe and Japan.

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FEBRUARY 9, 2010

As part of what has become a global recall of the third-generation Prius, Toyota Motor Sales (TMS), USA Inc, will conduct a voluntary safety recall on approximately 133,000 2010 Model Year Prius vehicles and 14,500 Lexus Division 2010 HS 250h vehicles to update software in the vehicle’s anti-lock brake system (ABS). Earlier post.)

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MAY 13, 2011

Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) has launched the Prius α (Prius alpha) in Japan. Derived from the third-generation Prius hybrid, the α offers an interior allowing multiple seat arrangements. Hybrid system net power: 100 kW (134 hp). Hybrid system net power: 100 kW (134 hp). Earlier post.). 1,797 cc (2ZR-FXE).

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OCTOBER 14, 2009

Mitsubishi Fuso Truck & Bus Corporation (MFTBC) has sold ten Fuso Canter Eco Hybrid ( earlier post ) trucks to Ireland’s leading utility company, the Electricity Supply Board (ESB), in Dublin. MFTBC is planning to expand its hybrid trucks business into targeted export markets starting in 2010.

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FEBRUARY 9, 2010

Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) announced a recall related to the software program that controls the antilock braking system (ABS) in current-model Prius, the Prius Plug-in Hybrid, Sai and HS250h sold in Japan. Worldwide, Toyota has sold about 400,000 of the hybrid vehicles subject to the recall announced in Japan.

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JULY 12, 2009

has received about 1,500 preorders for its Lexus HS hybrid car ( earlier post ) in Japan, roughly three times more than the firm’s monthly sales target. Meanwhile, Toyota’s new Prius hybrid, released in May, has been selling extremely well. In the US, hybrid versions of the Lexus RX represented 7.2%

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NOVEMBER 27, 2010

plans to have hybrids account for more than 20% of its Japanese sales next fiscal year, double fiscal 2010’s roughly 10%, citing the company’s sales plan. The company also plans to release a hybrid version of the Freed next autumn—its first hybrid minivan. The Nikkei reports that Honda Motor Co.

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NOVEMBER 20, 2012

released the updated Nissan LEAF electric vehicle (EV) in Japan. In addition to the LEAF, Nissan plans to use the lower dysprosium motor in future hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs). At present, there are approximately 400 sales outlets in Japan that are equipped with quick chargers. Click to enlarge. Nissan Motor Co.,

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JANUARY 20, 2012

Honda Motor’s cumulative worldwide hybrid vehicle sales surpassed 800,000 units as of the end of December 2011—12 years and 2 months after the start of sales of the first generation Honda Insight in Japan November 1999. As of today, Honda sells seven hybrid models in approximately 50 countries around the world.

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MAY 23, 2012

Daimler’s Japanese commercial vehicle subsidiary, Mitsubishi Fuso Truck and Bus Corporation (MFTBC), has launched the sale of its Fuso Canter Eco Hybrid truck in Japan. The new Canter Eco Hybrid at the Tokyo Motor Show in 2011. The predecessor model of today’s Fuso Canter Eco Hybrid was already launched back in 2006.

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DECEMBER 15, 2013

By 2040, hybrids are expected to account for about 35% of the global light-duty vehicle fleet, up from less than 1% in 2010. Hybrids are expected to account for about half of global new-car sales by 2040. In 2010, about 75% of the world’s vehicles were in OECD countries. liters per 100 km) in 2010.

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2010

According to a new report from Pike Research, worldwide adoption of plug-in hybrid (PHEVs) and battery-electric vehicles (BEVs) will grow quickly over the next five years, with sales totaling 3.2 million vehicles between 2010 and 2015 and a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 107% and 106% CAGR, respectively, between 2010 and 2015.

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JULY 20, 2010

Honda Motor Company will introduce a battery-electric vehicle (BEV) and a new plug-in hybrid vehicle (PHEV) to the US market in 2012, said President & CEO Takanobu Ito in his mid-year address in Tokyo, Japan. The City of Torrance will also receive a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle for evaluation by the end of 2010.

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DECEMBER 2, 2009

Toyota Prius Plug-In Hybrid Demonstration Program Vehicle 002. The 2010 Toyota Prius Plug-in Hybrid vehicle (PHV) made its North American debut at the Los Angeles Auto Show. In early November, PEVE began producing the first of more than 500 lithium batteries on a dedicated assembly line at its Teiho production facility in Japan.

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2012

million in 2010 to 76.8 Hybrids remain below 2% of total vehicle output. China, for instance, wants to put 5 million plug-in hybrid-electric and fully electric vehicles on its roads by 2020, which could account for more than 40% of the global EV fleet that year. Global sales of passenger vehicles increased from 75.4

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JANUARY 17, 2010

Toyota plans to begin a gradual rollout in Japan in mid-2010 of its newly developed “G Sports” (G) sports conversion car series. The GRMN Sports Hybrid concept. Tokyo Auto Salon 2010 Prius G Sports Concept. Click to enlarge. Click to enlarge.

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JUNE 6, 2013

In a project co-funded by the US Department of Energy and managed by Ecotality North America, the Advanced Lead Acid Battery Consortium (ALABC) has demonstrated the durability of lead-carbon batteries in the high-rate, partial state-of-charge operation of a hybrid electric vehicle. Japan (Furakawa) and East Penn Manufacturing Co.,

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OCTOBER 7, 2010

Annual worldwide sales of the Prius to September 2010. Worldwide Prius sales have been buoyed since 2009 by the introduction in Japan of a government subsidy for green cars that propelled Prius to be the top-selling car in Japan for 17 months in a row. In 2009, that share jumped to 52%, and for Jan-Sep 2010, the figure is 63%.

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MARCH 4, 2010

Mitsubishi Fuso Truck & Bus Corporation (MFTBC) has begun sales of Fuso Canter Eco Hybrid trucks in Hong Kong. Following the recently announced orders from Ireland and Australia, Hong Kong is now the third market for hybrid trucks outside the company’s home market of Japan. Daimler AG owns 85% of MFTBC shares.

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JULY 6, 2010

outlined the range of fuel-saving technologies—including 3- and 4-cylinder engines, CVT transmission with stop-start system and new hybrid system ( earlier post ) to be introduced on new models to be launched in fiscal year 2010. class not including hybrid vehicles) fuel economy and CO 2 emissions. Nissan’s new 1.5-liter

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DECEMBER 24, 2010

Eaton Corporation announced that customers of its hybrid systems have collectively accumulated more than 100 million miles of service, reducing fuel consumption by 4 million gallons of diesel fuel and harmful emissions by 40,000 metric tons.

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MAY 30, 2009

the maker of Subarus, is planning to introduce diesel light-duty vehicles in the Japan market as early as 2011. Tougher environmental regulations for nitrogen oxides and particulate matter in vehicle exhaust are set to be implemented in Japan from 2010. it plans to release hybrid vehicles early in the next decade.

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MARCH 4, 2010

Elements of the new hybrid drive. Infiniti unveiled its first production hybrid, the M35 Hybrid, at the 2010 Geneva Motor Show. The M35 Hybrid uses an original parallel one motor/two clutch hybrid system and features a decoupling 3.5-liter The scope of Nissan’s study of hybrid architectures.

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AUGUST 16, 2009

The new Kizashi will have a hybrid option, reportedly in 2011. During its recent introduction of the new mid-size Kizashi sedan at the end of July, Suzuki said that it was developing a hybrid version to be added to the lineup in the future. Tags: Hybrids. Click to enlarge. liter DOHC inline four-cylinder engine.

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2009

Annual global sales of TMC hybrids. Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) has cumulatively sold more than 2 million hybrid vehicles since the launch in 1997 in Japan of the Coaster Hybrid EV in August and the Prius in December. On May 31, 2007, the global cumulative sales of TMC’s hybrid vehicles had topped 1 million.

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FEBRUARY 10, 2011

Honda’s EV Concept electric vehicle and a platform for mid-size plug-in hybrid vehicles will be displayed at the Geneva Motor Show. The Honda EV Concept hints strongly at the direction and styling for Honda’s upcoming production battery electric vehicle, the Fit EV, which will be introduced to the US and Japan in 2012.

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