Back in 2017 Toyota made a bold claim - the company had just passed the 10 million sales mark for hybrid vehicles globally and stated that it would increase that figure by a massive 50 per cent by 2020. Toyota has announced that it had achieved that ambitious goal earlier this year, ticking up more than 15 million hybrid sales worldwide since the Prius was first launched in 1997. supplied The odd-looking little car that started it all - the 1997 Toyota Prius. READ MORE:* Lexus' first plug-in hybrid detailed* Toyota's Yaris-based SUV revealed* Are we finally accepting hybrids? "In addition, our full hybrids are also incredibly effective at running without emissions for the majority of the time in cities."

Source: Stuff May 03, 2020 20:56 UTC