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Hybrid Cars (Prius)
Toyota's Prius, on sale in Japan from 10 December 1997, was the first mass-produced petrol-electric hybrid; global Prius sales passed one million in May 2008.
Open in the interactive tree →It combined a petrol engine, an electric motor and a nickel-metal-hydride battery in a series-parallel drive. Hybrids put motors, batteries and power electronics into mass production before the electric cars of 2008 to 2012.
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- Mass-Produced Electric Car2008–2012The Prius put motors, batteries and power electronics into mass production first
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