First generation Toyota-hybrid car, a Prius, was launched back in 1997. This year, 23 years later, the total number of sold hybrid cars with the Toyota logo in the front topped 15 million vehicles worldwide.
It informs the japanese automobile giant in a press release.
the Decision to develop hybrid cars was taken 25 years ago. The 15 million hybrid vehicles according to Toyota reduced total CO2 emissions by 120 million tons, when compared with equivalent gasoline vehicles.
car giant also points to hybrid cars, when they have to explain why they, as one of the few car brands are on track to meet the Eu’s requirement that new cars on average are allowed to emit 95 grams of CO2 per. kilometers.
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– It is thanks to our hybridbilssalg that Toyota is well on its way to live up to 95g/km, the requirement set by the EU for 2020 and 2021 in Europe, where CO2 regulations are the toughest in the world. In addition, our hybrid cars are also incredibly efficient to run without the emissions in the majority of the time in the cities, says Matt Harrison, vice president of Toyota Motor Europe, in a press release.
the objectives of the UNION says that, on average, a new car must not emit more than 95 grams of CO2 per. km in 2021. It will say that on the cross of an automobile manufacturer announced the average discharge per. km. be 95 g.
According to a comprehensive analysis from the consulting firm PA Consulting is Toyota, the car brand, which is the closest to be able to live up to the Eu’s 2021 requirement. Thus, expect the PA, to Toyota’s new models in 2021, on average, will emit 95,1 g/km of CO2.
you May, as the automaker does not comply with the rules, every night that fines from the EU.
today, the Toyota across the Toyota – and Lexus-brandsene 44 different hybrid cars on the global market.
car giant has just introduced the fourth generation of their hybrid technology, which among other things will find their way to the new Yaris and the Yaris Cross.
Toyota announces that they plan to launch 40 new or updated electrified vehicles by the year 2025.
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