Category: Hybrid


Toyota Celebrates 200,000 Hybrid Electric Sales in Australia

July 15, 2021

Toyota’s Hybrid Range (January 2021).     Toyota has achieved a significant milestone on its path towards a zero-emission future, selling the brand’s 200,000th hybrid electric vehicle (HEV) in Australia. A total of 210,817 Toyota HEVs have been sold in this country to the end of June 2021, led by Camry, RAV4, Corolla and Prius. The most recent 100,000 sales took just three years with demand accelerating as customers capitalise on the benefits of money-saving...

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More Hybrids, safety and style for facelifted Toyota Camry

April 13, 2021

2021 Toyota Camry SL (hybrid).   Toyota has launched a more stylish, safer facelifted Camry with a revised range that offers a hybrid powertrain in every grade, including the sporty Camry SX for the first time. The new range reflects the ever-growing demand for Toyota’s petrol electric hybrid models that help deliver on its commitment to a sustainable future while offering customers lower running costs. The 160kW 2.5-litre hybrid powertrain is now offered in the...

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Hybrid Headlines All-New Toyota Kluger

April 13, 2021

The all-new Toyota Kluger will feature a hybrid option for the first time when it arrives in Australia in June (overseas model shown)   Toyota is continuing to drive towards an ever more fuel-efficient and environmentally conscious lineup with all-new Kluger, due to arrive here in June, becoming the eighth model in the Toyota range to feature a hybrid drivetrain. In addition to offering a hybrid drivetrain for the first time in Kluger in Australia,...

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Toyota focus on hybrid safety and style for facelift Camry

March 11, 2021

The facelifted Toyota Camry features bold new styling, more advanced safety technology and a focus on hybrid powertrains (Overseas model shown)   Toyota will renew its focus on its fuel-efficient hybrid drivetrain when it launches the facelifted Camry next month, with a revised lineup featuring four hybrid grades and a single entry-level petrol variant. The model rationalisation reflects the strong appeal of the Camry Hybrid that accounted for 70 per cent of current model Camry...

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Australia’s Best-Selling Car is a Toyota Hybrid

September 3, 2020

Australia’s best-selling vehicle – the hybrid RAV4 (Cruiser grade shown)   **RAV4 Hybrid is Australia’s top-selling car in August** **It is the first time a model’s hybrid sales have achieved this feat** **Hybrids now account for more than one-quarter of Toyota’s 2020 sales** Toyota has made automotive history in Australia with its hybrid RAV4 SUV topping the local industry sales chart in August. RAV4, which is also sold with petrol versions, has led the market...

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Hybrid Power Features in Next-Generation Toyota Kluger

May 11, 2020

Hybrid technology has been confirmed for next year’s Toyota Kluger (overseas model shown).   Toyota has confirmed the next-generation Kluger SUV will offer both hybrid and petrol engine options when it arrives in Australia in the first half of next year. The new seven-seat Kluger embraces a similar dual-powertrain strategy to that adopted by the Yaris Cross SUV due later this year and the latest-generation C-HR and RAV4. Toyota is the leader in both SUV...

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Toyota Secures Additional RAV4 Hybrid Supply

April 24, 2020

Toyota Australia has secured additional production of RAV4 Hybrid (RAV4 Cruiser Hybrid shown).   Toyota Australia has secured a substantial increase in production of its popular RAV4 Hybrid SUV from the factory in Japan with the additional vehicles arriving during the second half of 2020. The incremental supply is expected to result in an extra 8,000 RAV4 Hybrids arriving in local dealerships from July – on top of the existing planned supply – with specific...

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Toyota Boosts Hybrid Sales Performance

March 5, 2020

Toyota is boosting hybrid sales (2020 C-HR Koba Hybrid shown)   Local sales of Toyota’s hybrid vehicles have soared to all-time records on the back of surging demand for their combination of performance and fuel-efficiency. Australian customers have bought a record 7,597 Toyota hybrids so far this year, a gain of 166 per cent over the same period last year, with hybrids accounting for more than half of all RAV4, Corolla and Camry sales. The...

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