With the release of their new Yaris, which now has a hybrid option, Toyota presented some figures, on just how important hybrids are in today’s market.
So far this year the overall market is down 19% but Toyota is down only 7.7% the smallest decline of any in the top ten car companies.
24% of the new vehicles so far in 2020 are hybrids. That’s nearly double the number they sold in the same period last year. In July 2020 hybrids were 41% of sales.
Their Camry has their highest percentage of hybrids at 65% and not far behind the RAV 4 with 61% and the Corolla with 52%.
That nearly a quarter of their sales are hybrids is all the more revealing when they do not provide hybrids in some of their biggest selling models such as the Hilux Ute.
I’m David Brown
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