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Toyota City, Japan, May 20, 2016
―Toyota Motor Corporation is proud to announce that the cumulative figures for global sales of its hybrid vehicles reached 9.014 million units as of April 30, surpassing the 9 million unit mark1. This latest million-unit milestone was achieved in just nine months.

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Jeff Cobb's excellent source: April 2016 Dashboard

	Model	16_04	16_03	16_02	16_01
1	Prius Liftback	8923	8130	7169	6333
2	Ram Pickup Diesel	4382	4729	4153	3193
3	RAV4	3807	3073	2462	1973
4	Fusion Hybrid	2035	2057	1764	1373
5	Volt	1983	1865	1126	996
6	Camry Hybrid	1975	1746	1599	1256
7	Sonata	1788	1884	1588	964
8	Model S	1700	3000	1900	1300
9	Prius C	1676	2607	2263	1763
10	C-Max Hybrid	1621	1092	880	637
11	Model X	1500	1500	500	400
12	Fusion Energi	1331	1238	932	581
13	Prius V	1322	1331	1112	1205
14	RX 400 / 450 h	899	886	752	790
15	i3*	814	332	248	182
16	Leaf	787	1246	930	755
17	Colorado Diesel	731	578	403	108
18	Avalon Hybrid	715	776	590	583
19	ES Hybrid	700	894	633	622
20	X5	655	313	345	181
21	MKZ	613	608	585	491
22	C-Max Energi	607	610	490	350
23	CT200h	577	972	762	622
24	Optima Hybrid	483	436	386	469
25	Highlander Hybrid	442	492	396	375
26	Spark	419	252	216	139
27	500e	372	373	195	217
28	Grand Cherokee Diesel	360	370	308	263
29	e-Golf	326	86	198	328
30	A3 Plug In	321	332	248	327...

Source: Grading CAFE (Show #2017) on Autoline This Week

The CAFE standards are going through a two-year review, ending in April 2018, to determine how well technology and manufacturing are on track to meet the future standards. Expect to see some hard advocacy articles by pro and anti advocacy groups. Regardless, this podcast video provides an introduction.

Bob Wilson