Toyota Press release:[A]1 million Japan hybrid sales [B]hybrid option on all models in 2020s

Toyota City, Japan, August 5, 2010—Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) announces that cumulative sales in Japan of its hybrid vehicles have topped the 1-million mark, while more than 2.68 million units have been sold globally as of July 31, 2010.
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TMC's stance is to further promote the use of hybrid vehicles, through such measures as aiming to sell 1 million hybrid vehicles a year as early as possible in the 2010s, and introducing hybrid models in all vehicle series in its lineup as early as possible in the 2020s.
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Ken@Japan

 

Re: Toyota Press release:[A]1 million Japan hybrid sales hyhrid option on all models in 2020s

We can see numbers from the link on the top post.
2008 0.43 million
2009 0.53 million
Jan-Jul, 2010 0.43 million

It looks the US hybrid sales is not good for these months, but I believe the US hybrid market is the biggest in the world.
Hope the US economy will be entirely recovered soon and the gasoline prices are going up.

I think 1 million sales will be achieved in 2012.

I don't think Toyota will move to ENTIRELY hybrids in the 2020s.

Ken@Japan

 

FYI,
On the same day, Toyota posted an interesting hybrid information.
TOYOTA: Some Information for the Interested -The Toyota Hybrid System-

• Do you know how the Toyota Hybrid System was created ?
• We often listen to consumer feedback on the mechanism of the Toyota Hybrid System.
• Do you know how environmentally-considerate the production plant of the Prius is ?
• Toyota Motor Manufacturing (UK) Ltd. has started production of the Auris Hybrid.
• We will strive to live up to our "always better cars" motto to anticipate consumer needs.
• others

Ken@Japan

 

You're welcome!
Following is some numbers about Top-10 passenger car sales in Japan derived from following site;
JADA: new passenger car sales ranking (Japanese only)
Note: Japanese passenger cars include SUV and minivan, and total was 1,566,598 in Jan-Jun 2010.

	name	make	type	Jan-Jun 2010	vs 2009	share
1	Prius	Toyota	hybrid	170	426	331.5%	10.9%
2	Fit	Honda	subcompact	90	160	137.0%	5.8%
3	Vitz	Toyota	(Yaris) subcompact	65	524	129.9%	4.2%
4	Corolla	Toyota	compact	59	458	133.4%	3.8%
5	Passo	Toyota	subcompact	51	664	107.7%	3.3%
6	Stepwagon	Honda	minivan	45	572	286.3%	2.9%
7	Serena	Nissan	minivan	44	728	133.6%	2.9%
8	Freed	Honda	minivan	42	559	132.0%	2.7%
9	Voxy	Toyota	minivan	39	464	137.7%	2.5%
10	Note	Nissan	compact	37	040	126.7%	2.4%

Ken@Japan