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Toyota Europe Q1 hybrid sales up 82.3% for 20% of total sales; Auris Hybrid the leader

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Toyota Motor Europe (TME) posted 2013 first quarter sales of 197,309 Toyota and Lexus vehicles in Europe. During that period, Toyota and Lexus full hybrid sales reached 38,673, up 82.3% Full hybrid models now constitute around 20% of total Toyota and Lexus sales in the first quarter, doubling from the same period in 2012.

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Toyota Global Cumulative Hybrid Sales Top 2M

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Annual global sales of TMC hybrids. On May 31, 2007, the global cumulative sales of TMC’s hybrid vehicles had topped 1 million. Cumulative sales of the Prius represent 71% of the global total, at slightly more than 1.4 Click to enlarge. thousand units, for a total of 2,016.9 thousand units. thousand units, for a total of 2,016.9

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Total Sales of Toyota and Lexus Hybrids Top 1M Mark in US

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Total combined Toyota and Lexus hybrid vehicle sales in the US have topped the one million mark, according to Toyota Motor Sales (TMS), USA. Overall, cumulative worldwide sales of Toyota and Lexus hybrids have exceeded 1.7 Toyota launched of the Prius in late 1997 in the Japan market, and in the US in July 2000.

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Cumulative worldwide sales of Toyota hybrids top 3M units

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Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) announced global cumulative sales of its hybrid vehicles have topped the 3-million mark, with more than 3.03 Sales of the Prius began in North America, Europe and elsewhere in 2000. million units sold worldwide as of 28 February 2011 since sales began in 1997.

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Worldwide sales of Toyota Motor hybrids top 4M units; Prius family accounts for almost 72%

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Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) announced that global cumulative sales of its hybrid vehicles—passenger car and commercial—topped the 4-million unit mark as of 30 April. This year, hybrid vehicles have accounted for 15% of TMC’s global vehicle sales. Sales of the Prius began in North America, Europe and elsewhere in 2000.

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Toyota hybrid sales top two million

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The most successful vehicle, unsurprisingly, is the Prius, with cumulative sales of that hybrid car topping more than 1.4million units and representing 71 per cent of the global total. Then comes the Lexus RX400h/450h, with 7.3 Tags: Green cars Latest news Lexus Toyota. per cent of the total.

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Why Warren Buffett is investing in electric car company BYD - Apr. 13, 2009

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GE: The global stimulus bellwether FORTUNE 500 Current Issue Subscribe to Fortune (Fortune Magazine) -- Warren Buffett is famous for his rules of investing: When a management with a reputation for brilliance tackles a business with a reputation for bad economics, it is usually the reputation of the business that remains intact.

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