Toyota's hybrid sales in the U.S. have surpassed the 1 million mark, the Japanese automaker said Thursday, underlining the rising popularity of the ecological vehicles.
It took seven years for Toyota Motor Corp., the world's biggest automaker, to sell 500,000 hybrids in the U.S., but has taken just two years to sell the next 500,000, the Japanese company said in a statement.
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Toyota, who also makes the Camry and Corolla sedans, introduced gasoline-electric hybrids to Japan in 1997, and the U.S. in July 2000, with its Prius. The Prius is still the world's top-selling hybrid.
"One million hybrids in less than nine years indicates how quickly American consumers have accepted this important technology," Jim Lentz, Toyota's top U.S. executive, said in a statement.
Toyota controlled nearly 75 percent of the U.S. hybrid market over the past decade, and cumulative worldwide sales of the company's Prius and luxury Lexus hybrids topped 1.7 million vehicles through January.
Toyota has sold 700,000 Prius cars in the U.S., more than half the 1.2 million sold worldwide.
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Toyota U.S. hybrid sales surpass million mark
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