Specifically, Toyota is currently selling 13 hybrid models in 50 countries and regions across the world, including three commercial vehicle models in Japan.
"Toyota calculates that since 1997, its hybrid vehicles have led to approximately 11 million fewer tons1 of CO2 emissions would have been emitted by petrol-powered vehicles of similar size and driving performance," the company said in a somewhat self-praising statement.
As for the future, Toyota is aiming to launch no less than 10 different hybrids in the UK, with the Auris hybrid projected to enter production in the country in mid 2010. Separately, the company intends to launch a hybrid version of every model by 2020 and sell one million hybrid vehicles globally a year by the early 2010s.
Toyota posted a 32.4 percent sales increase in August in the US, with the Car Allowance Rebate System helping the Japanese manufacturer sell a total of 225,088 vehicles in the country.
“In addition to increased sales, the CARS program provided tangible benefits to consumers, dealers and industry-related businesses, as well as state and local economies, in the form of sales tax and registration income,” said Jim Lentz, president and chief operating officer for TMS.
“Toyota vehicles accounted for 19.4 percent of sales within the CARS program, but we estimate CARS-related Toyota sales account for 32.1 percent of total fuel savings for the CARS program, saving customers an estimated 31 million gallons of gas and over $77.5 million in fuel spending over the next year.”
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