Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 21, 2012

Cumulative global sales of all Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC)-produced hybrid vehicles—i.e., 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. Today, hybrids account for about 25% of all Lexus sales. RX 400h/450h.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 3, 2015

Hybrid sales already account for 23% of Toyota Motor Europe’s (TME’s) total sales year-to-date. In August, Toyota Motor Corporation announced that Toyota and Lexus combined had sold more than eight million hybrid cars worldwide since the launch of the Toyota Prius in 1997. TME will add the RAV4 Hybrid in January next year.

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LS 600H GS 450h Europe Hybrid 150

Green Cars News

MAY 19, 2010

Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) has announced it is to begin a new recall of vehicles including some models of a Lexus hybrid. The car giant says that around 11,500 vehicles are affected globally by the recall of some of its hybrid Lexus LS 600h model and some of its LS 460 models, to fix a steering [.].

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LS 600H Lexus Toyota Hybrid 44

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 4, 2009

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. Annual global sales of TMC hybrids. Click to enlarge. thousand units, for a total of 2,016.9 thousand units. thousand hybrids.

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LS 600H GS 450h Toyota Global 186

Green Cars News

JUNE 30, 2009

The disparity was highlighted to Boris Johnson by Stuart Kerr, Regional President for Europe from Volvo Car Corporation when he collected the What Car? Green Car of the Year award from The Mayor recently. Hybrid-powered cars have CO2 outputs ranging from 89g/km to 219g/km, yet all are exempt from the London Congestion Charge.

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