Prius Tops 1 Million in Sales & 4.5 Million Tons of Co2 from Being Released
Toyota has announced that their worldwide cumulative sales of their popular Prius has exceeded, 1,000,000 units. Over 600,000 of these have been purchased in the last 3 years alone, showing a rapidly growing demand for the vehicle since its introduction in 1997. In 2007, Toyota saw an increase in 51% in sales for the hybrid versus 2006, a claim that none of the SUV-powered American manufacturers can come close to matching, in fact, their market shares of U.S. auto manufacturers are steadily declining.
There's good news for us Prius "progressives": Based on their sales, Toyota calculations show that comparing straight gasoline vehicles in the same class and similar size and driving performance, their cars have prevented 4.5 million tons of CO2 from being released in the atmosphere, or the equivalent to about 535,500,000 gallons of fuel or, at todays prices, $2.01 Billion saved. And the good news is that the 2010 model promises to be even greener!
While the standard package Prius currently gets about 71mpg, their upcoming models, including a plug-in version promised for 2010, should be over the 100 mpg level. However, the A123 Systems has officially started taking orders for their 2004-onwards Prius conversion kit which will give you that 100 mpg+ immediately, though at a cost of about $10K.
Posted bt Jason McManus. Adapted from a Toyota release.
This is some fantastic news.
Now, can we get them with a zero-point energy device in, instead of keeping burning more fuel?
Posted by: Richard Lalancette | May 27, 2008 at 05:41 PM
SSSHHHHH!!!! We're not supposed to know that exists. ;-)
Can you imagine all the freedom that would cause? There'd be people driving everywhere! It would be pure anarchy! Not to mention all of those "poor" billionaires out there. LOL
Posted by: Eljin | May 27, 2008 at 08:05 PM
SSSHHHHH!!!! We're not supposed to know that exists. ;-)
Can you imagine all the freedom that would cause? There'd be people driving everywhere! It would be pure anarchy! Not to mention all of those "poor" billionaires out there. LOL
Posted by: Eljin | May 27, 2008 at 08:05 PM
SSSHHHHH!!!! We're not supposed to know that exists. ;-)
Can you imagine all the freedom that would cause? There'd be people driving everywhere! It would be pure anarchy! Not to mention all of those "poor" billionaires out there. LOL
Posted by: Eljin | May 27, 2008 at 08:05 PM