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The Prius was developed by Toyota to be the "car for the 21st century"; [1] [2] it was the first mass-produced hybrid vehicle, [3] first going on sale in Japan in 1997 at all four Toyota Japan dealership chains, [3] and subsequently introduced worldwide in 2000.
With the Prius v, Toyota wanted to expand its customer base to include young families with children looking for a hybrid more spacious than the Prius. [47] A total of 8,399 Prius v's were sold during 2011, climbed to 40,669 units in 2012, and fell to 34,989 in 2013, and to 30,762 in 2014.
In August 2013, just months after that the first-generation Prius Plug-in Hybrid went on sale, Toyota announced that the company was already working to develop the fourth-generation Prius (XW50). They also announced that unlike the prior generation, where the plug-in battery was added to the existing Prius, the second-generation plug-in would ...
[6] [31] During the second quarter of 2013 Ford achieved its best hybrid sales quarter ever, up 517% over the same quarter of 2012. [32] In 2013 Toyota's hybrid market share in the U.S. declined from 2012 totals due to new competition, particularly from Ford with the arrival of new products such as the C-Max Hybrid and the new styling of the ...
[41] [48] During 2013 a total of 41,979 units were sold, allowing the Prius c to rank as the third top selling hybrid car during that year, behind the Prius liftback and the Camry Hybrid sedan. [44] During the first nine months of 2014 Prius c sales were down by 4.7% as compared with the same period in 2013, following the same declining trend ...
Interesting variations of the simple design (pictured at right) found, for example, in the well-known Toyota Prius are the: Fixed-ratio second planetary gearset as used in the Lexus RX400h and Toyota Highlander Hybrid. This allows for a motor with less torque but higher power (and higher maximum rotary speed), i.e. higher power density
HSD is a refinement of the original Toyota Hybrid System (THS) used in the 1997 to 2003 Toyota Prius. The second generation system first appeared on the redesigned Prius in 2004. The second generation system first appeared on the redesigned Prius in 2004.
Prius Prius Prius Prius Camry Highlander Highlander; Release date December 1997 2000 (worldwide) August 2003 May 2009 (Japan) June 2009 (US) December 2015 May 2006 July 2005 September 2007 US model year: 2001–2003 2004–2009 2010–2015 2016– 2007– 2005–2007 2008– Base price US$19,995: US$22,000: US$22,000: US$24,685: US$26,480: US ...