Japan’s Toyota Motor yesterday announced that its study Prius hybrid model the current global power has sold 1 million mark. This milestone in the number of people once again indicates the current model for similar environmental endorsement and energy conservation increasing year by year the demand for hybrid development has become the car industry in today’s major trends.
Prius brand in the last century began in 1997 when Nihon formally sales, until 2000 when entering the U.S. market (2001, Prius), the initial income of the model is not satisfactory, the annual income volume in 2001 reached just About 16,000. However, because of advanced hybrid technology introduction, which led the oil, energy-saving mode so that consumers get the benefits the interests of not only won the favor of many environmentalists, but also for a new generation of the Toyota hybrid system has accumulated popularity. Currently on the market, the 07 Prius Touring (above) is installed a second-generation hybrid system models. From its listing in 2005, it was a huge success, is now recognized as the best U.S. income of cars, of which the soaring oil prices, apparently also played a key role in many. There are figures show that in the past in 2005, Toyota has sold 109,000 of the Prius, last year this figure was reached 183,000, in the first quarter of this year alone, over 107,000 new cars have been successfully sold . According to Toyota’s plans, they will be in the 2009 North American International Auto Show in the formal launch of their third-generation hybrid technology!
