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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. In third place is the Rx 400h/Rx 450h, with 238.6 Cumulative worldwide sales of TMC hybrids. Click to enlarge. thousand units sold cumulatively, with 92.8%

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Cumulative sales of Toyota Motor hybrids top 2M units in Japan, 4.6M worldwide; 1.02M from Jan to Oct.

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Cumulative sales in Japan of Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) hybrid vehicles—including plug-in hybrids— reached 2.04 of the global total—followed by the RX 400h/RX 450h with 256,600 units (5.6%). Global annual sales of TMC hybrids. Click to enlarge. million units as of 31 October. million units, with 1.02

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Toyota Previews Generation III 2010 Prius Hybrid

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Major components, including motor-generators, from the 2 nd generation Prius transaxle (left) and the new 2010 Prius transaxle (right). Power output of the more compact transaxle traction motor (motor-generator 2, or MG2) has been increased to 60 kW (80 hp), and torque has been reduced by about half to 207 Nm (153 lb-ft).

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