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Worldwide Prius Cumulative Sales Top 2M Mark; Toyota Reportedly Plans Two New Prius Variants for the US By End of 2012

Green Car Congress

Annual worldwide sales of the Prius to September 2010. Worldwide cumulative sales of the Toyota Prius have passed the 2-million mark, with approximately 2,012,000 units sold as of the end of September, according to Toyota. Currently, the Prius is sold in more than 70 countries and regions. Tags: Hybrids Sales.

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Toyota Global Cumulative Hybrid Sales Top 2M

Green Car Congress

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. Cumulative sales of the Prius represent 71% of the global total, at slightly more than 1.4 Tags: Hybrids Sales. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.).

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Toyota Prius T Spirit 2009 road test

Green Cars News

The world’s first mass market hybrid car first went on sale in Europe in 2000. Three years later came the second-generation Prius, and 2009 sees the arrival of the third. Toyota Prius lease prices Toyota Prius new and nearly new car prices. Read the full Toyota Prius T Spirit 2009 road test. 72.4mpg too thirsty?

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The 60,000 Volt Question

Plug In Partners

Bloomberg, citing anonymous sources, reported Wednesday that first year sales of the automaker's plug-in hybrid could quadruple that of the Toyota Prius' U.S. Bloomberg, citing anonymous sources, reported Wednesday that first year sales of the automaker's plug-in hybrid could quadruple that of the Toyota Prius' U.S.

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EV Briefs, and Black Rock City & EVs

Plugs and Cars

A number of websites ( webpronews.com , pandia.com ) are reporting that Google may be getting more involved with Th!nk The plug-in Priuses are almost doubling the fuel efficiency of Google standard Prius fleet, getting 74 MPG rather than 41 MPG. At a price, of course, but a state rebate of $2000 for Zero Emission Vehicles will apply.

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Plug-In Hybrids (or Plugin Hybrids)

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Three more points: Both reports match up well with previous studies. Cost increments for a plug-in hybrid compact vehicle will be 10-20% more than a regular hybrid: $2000-3000 extra for a sedan; $5000 for an SUV. CalCars produced the worlds first plug-in Prius (the PRIUS+) in 2004. Tags: evdriven.

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

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

By about 2000, BYD had become one of the worlds largest manufacturers of cellphone batteries. Its been reported that BYD stands for "Build your dreams," but he says he added that as the company motto only later. Tags: evdriven. Near the end of our conversation, I ask Wang about the company name.

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