20 Years of Electrified Vehicles and Hybrid Technology In Canada

May 11 2020,

20 Years of Electrified Vehicles and Hybrid Technology In Canada

This summer, Toyota Prius, the world’s first production hybrid car, celebrates 20 years in Canada More than 200,000 hybrid vehicles sold in Canada since 2000

 

TORONTO, ONTARIO – May 11, 2020 –Twenty years ago, with the Y2K computer glitch reduced to the punchline of the year, technology in another corner took a mammoth leap as a small, unassuming sedan very quietly rolled into Canadians Toyota dealerships. The 2001 Toyota Prius, the world’s first mass-produced hybrid car, had arrived, and it would profoundly change the trajectory of automotive propulsion evolution.

 

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