Want to see those numbers leap? Watch when they come out with the plug-in > variant...
I'd have to know more about this technology, because my first thought is: I have no desire to have to plug in (& then unplug) a car in order to recharge it.
Cathy
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>> Total USA Toyota/Lexus hybrid units:
>> mon yr cYTD
>> Aug 06 126,279
>> Jul 06 105,808
>> Jun 06 85,510
>> May 06 67,420
>> Apr 06 50,230
>> Mar 06 35,754
>> Feb 06 22,375
>> Jan 06 11,394
>>
>> Hm... either my sums have been wrong, or Toyota sold more vehicles
>> than they've been reporting in their monthly press releases... or
>> maybe Toyota has it wrong, as my July cumulative sales numbers add >> up...
>> "Toyota/Lexus hybrid sales from January 1, 2006 through May 31, 2006
>> totaled 68,637."
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>> Sales of RX400H units by month
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>> Toyota Motor Sales (TMS), U.S.A., Inc. Retail Sales (includes fleet and
>> Hawaii) of RX400H:
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>> mon yr sales cYTD
>> Aug 06 1,514 13,927
>> Jul 06 1,220 12,413
>> Jun 06 1,190 11,193
>> May 06 2,006 10,003
>> Apr 06 2,247 7,997
>> Mar 06 2,470 5,750
>> Feb 06 1,803 3,280
>> Jan 06 1,477 1,477
>>
>> Reported 2005 year-end sales is 20,674 units. Perhaps pre-launch >> sales?
>> mon yr sales cYTD
>> Dec 05 2,172 20,661
>> Nov 05 1,722 18,489
>> Oct 05 1,904 16,767
>> Sep 05 2,113 14,863
>> Aug 05 2,607 12,750
>> Jul 05 2,262 10,143
>> Jun 05 2,605 7,881
>> May 05 2,931 5,276
>> Apr 05 2,345 2,345
>>
>> Lexus RX400H launch April 18, 2005.
>>
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>> Toyota Motor Sales (TMS), U.S.A., Inc. Retail Sales (includes fleet and
>> Hawaii) of GS450h Hybrid:
>>
>> mon yr sales cYTD
>> Aug 06 192 1,015
>> Jul 06 157 823
>> Jun 06 231 666
>> May 06 294 435
>> Apr 06 141 141
>>
>> GS450h Hybrid launch last week of April, 2006.
>>
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>> Toyota Motor Sales (TMS), U.S.A., Inc. Retail Sales (includes fleet and
>> Hawaii) of Camry Hybrid:
>>
>> mon yr sales cYTD
>> Aug 06 4,977 17,386
>> Jul 06 5,023 12,409
>> Jun 06 4,268 7,386
>> May 06 3,032 3,118
>> Apr 06 86 86
>>
>> Camry Hybrid launch last week of April, 2006.
>>
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>> Sales of Highlander Hybrid units by month
>>
>> Toyota Motor Sales (TMS), U.S.A., Inc. Retail Sales (includes fleet and
>> Hawaii) of Highlander Hybrid:
>>
>> mon yr sales cYTD
>> Aug 06 2,581 23,474
>> Jul 06 2,784 20,893
>> Jun 06 2,705 18,109
>> May 06 3,755 15,404
>> Apr 06 3,768 11,649
>> Mar 06 2,987 7,881
>> Feb 06 2,631 4,894
>> Jan 06 2,263 2,263
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>> Reported 2005 year-end sales is 17,989 units. Perhaps pre-launch >> sales?
>> mon yr sales cYTD
>> Dec 05 2,198 17,954
>> Nov 05 2,353 15,756
>> Oct 05 2,330 13,403
>> Sep 05 2,715 11,073
>> Aug 05 2,925 8,358
>> Jul 05 2,564 5,433
>> Jun 05 2,869 2,869
>>
>> Highlander Hybrid launch on June 6, 2005.
>>
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>> Sales of Prius units by month
>>
>> Toyota Motor Sales (TMS), U.S.A., Inc. Retail Sales (includes fleet and
>> Hawaii) of Prius:
>>
>> mon yr sales cYTD
>> Aug 06 11,117 70,447
>> Jul 06 11,114 59,270
>> Jun 06 9,696 48,156
>> May 06 8,103 38,460
>> Apr 06 8,234 30,357
>> Mar 06 7,922 22,123
>> Feb 06 6,547 14,201
>> Jan 06 7,654 7,654
>>
>> Total units of Prius sold in the US, from launch through Dec 05: >> 228,591
>> mon yr sales cYTD
>> Dec 05 9,027 107,897
>> Nov 05 7,889 98,870
>> Oct 05 9,939 90,981
>> Sep 05 8,193 81,042
>> Aug 05 9,850 72,849
>> Jul 05 9,691 62,999
>> Jun 05 9,622 53,308
>> May 05 9,461 43,686
>> Apr 05 11,345 34,225
>> Mar 05 10,236 22,880
>> Feb 05 7,078 12,644
>> Jan 05 5,566 5,566
>>
>> Total units of Prius sold in the US, from launch through Dec 04: >> 120,694
>> mon yr sales cYTD
>> Dec 04 6,287 53,991
>> Nov 04 5,866 47,704
>> Oct 04 6,123 41,838
>> Sep 04 4,309 35,715
>> Aug 04 4,393 31,406
>> Jul 04 5,230 27,013
>> Jun 04 4,219 21,783
>> May 04 3,962 17,564
>> Apr 04 3,684 13,602
>> Mar 04 3,778 9,918
>> Feb 04 3,215 6,140
>> Jan 04 2,925 2,925
>>
>> Total units of Prius sold in the US, from launch to Dec 03: 66,703
>> Estimated number of 2004 Prius sold in the US (Oct 03 - Dec 03): 13,694
>> Estimated number of Classic Prius sold in the US (launch through >> Sep 03): 53,009
>> mon yr sales cYTD
>> Dec 03 4,025 24,627
>> Nov 03 5,584 20,602
>> Oct 03 4,085 15,018
>> Sep 03 112 10,933
>> Aug 03 299 10,821
>> Jul 03 657 10,522
>> Jun 03 1,069 9,865
>> May 03 1,233 8,796
>> Apr 03 1,457 7,563
>> Mar 03 2,532 6,106
>> Feb 03 1,968 3,574
>> Jan 03 1,606 1,606
>>
>> Total units of Prius sold in the US, from launch to Dec 02: 42,076 >> mon yr sales cYTD
>> Dec 02 1,790 20,119
>> Nov 02 1,956 18,329
>> Oct 02 1,775 16,373
>> Sep 02 1,382 14,598
>> Aug 02 1,756 13,216
>> Jul 02 1,411 11,460
>> Jun 02 1,369 10,049
>> May 02 1,648 8,680
>> Apr 02 1,834 7,032
>> Mar 02 1,763 5,198
>> Feb 02 1,481 3,435
>> Jan 02 1,954 1,954
>>
>> Total units of Prius sold in the US, from launch to Dec 01: 21,957 >> mon yr sales cYTD
>> Dec 01 1,780 15,556
>> Nov 01 1,580 13,776
>> Oct 01 1,580 12,196
>> Sep 01 862 10,616
>> Aug 01 1,311 9,754
>> Jul 01 1,037 8,443
>> Jun 01 1,534 7,406
>> May 01 1,126 5,872
>> Apr 01 872 4,746
>> Mar 01 1,378 3,784
>> Feb 01 1,198 2,496
>> Jan 01 1,298 1,298
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>> Total units of Prius sold in the US, from launch to Dec 00: 6,401 >> mon yr sales cYTD
>> Dec 00 1,134 5,562
>> Nov 00 989 4,428
>> Oct 00 829 3,439
>> Sep 00 981 2,610
>> Aug 00 788 1,629
>> Jul 00 841 841
>> Launch to July 01, 2000: 839
>>
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>> "TMS calendar-year-to-date hybrid sales broke the 100,000-unit sales
>> milestone, reporting 105,808 hybrid units." (July 2006)
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>> Worldwide Prius Sales Top 500,000 Mark (June 2006), Toyota/Lexus hybrid
>> sales over 600,000 (May 2006)
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>> Estimated number of Classic Prius sales surpassed by the 2004/2005
>> Prius in Oct. 2004: (approx. 52,170 Classic launch through Sept. 2003,
>> approx. 55,532 HSD Prius Oct. 2003 through Oct. 2004.)
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>> Prius worldwide sales over 367,000. Japan sales is about 44% of that,
>> and North American sales much of the remainder. (Sept. 2005):
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