Toyota Announces Successful Prius Sales.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)

Electric Vehicle Online Today, December, 2000

Toyota Motor Corporation recently announced that sales of its Prius hybrid electric vehicles have gone beyond the 50,000 mark worldwide. The company said more than 45,000 Prius four-door sedans had been sold in Japan as of November. The vehicles first went on sale in Japan in 1997.

Since its debut in the United States in July, cumulative sales have grown to 4,631 units, not including outstanding orders for some 3,000 units, the company said.

The Prius entered the European market in September and has since sold 549 units. Toyota said the Prius has become very popular in Sweden and Switzerland as well.

The Prius is powered by a gasoline-fueled engine paired with an electric motor. Toyota said the electric motor provides power at low...

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