Toyota hybrid sales top 1 million units

Toyota Motor Corp. announced that cumulative sales in Japan of its hybrid vehicles have topped the one million mark, while more than 2.68 million units have been sold globally as of July 31. Currently, nine Toyota-produced hybrid passenger vehicle models and three hybrid commercial vehicle models are sold in Japan. Outside Japan, eight hybrid passenger vehicle models are sold in approximately 80 countries and regions. Toyota calculates that its hybrid vehicles, since 1997, have led to approximately 4 million fewer tons of CO2 emissions in Japan, and approximately 15 million fewer tons globally, than would have been emitted by gasoline-powered vehicles of similar size and driving performance. (August 6, 2010)