Toyota prius wikipedia. In 2007 the united states environmental protection agency epa and california air resources board carb rated. It was subsequently introduced worldwide in 2001. The toyota prius is the first mass produced hybrid car and was released 2 years ahead of other manufacturers.
While the nhw10 was available exclusively to japan. The toyota prius xw10 is a subcompact hybrid car that was produced by toyota between 1997 and 2003 in japan. Its new body design is more aerodynamic with a claimed drag.
Japanese toyota puriusu is a full hybrid electric automobile developed and manufactured by toyota since 1997. Initially offered as a 4 door sedan it has been produced only as a 5 door fastback hatchback since 2003. The toyota prius plug in hybrid also known as prius phv and prius prime us since 2016 is a plug in hybrid manufactured by toyotadeliveries of the production model began in japan in january 2012 in late february in the united states and by late june 2012 in europe.
The launch in north american market occurred in january 2016 and february in europe. The second generation model was first available in 2016 and is currently being produced. The toyota prius pries is a hybrid electric mid size car developed and manufactured by the toyota motor corporation.
Toyota expected to sell 12000 fourth generation prius cars a month in japan and to reach annual sales between 300000 and 350000 units. Replacing the xw20 series the xw30 represents the third generation of the toyota prius. The fourth generation toyota prius was first shown during september 2015 in las vegas and was released for retail customers in japan on 9 december 2015.
The xw10 is divided into the nhw10 and its nhw11 counterpart both of which represent the first generation of prius series. Toyota prius aer en hybridbil som tillverkas av den japanska biltillverkaren toyotaprius lanserades pa den japanska marknaden hoesten 1997 och var da den foersta serietillverkade bil som drevs av en kombination av foerbraenningsmotor och elektricitet.