toyota unveils extended prius hybrid family - visual presentation

DETROIT (Reuters)-
Toyota Motor Corp. has launched a Prius series, which also adds two models designed to bring the iconic hybrid seriesbiggest market.
The more spacious Prius v and the compact Prius c concept are one of the highlights of the Detroit auto show, and competitors have also shown green cars to attract more and more fuel --
A conscious customer base.
Toyota, the world's largest carmaker, dominates the gasoline market.
The electric hybrid market has since launched its first Prius in 1997.
Toyota has 14 hybrid models around the world and plans to launch 11 more in the next two years, winning the reputation of arguably the most advanced fuel automaker.
Efficient Vehicle Technology.
Although rivals Nissan Motor and General Motors want to share the green spotlight with their Leaf and Volt electric vehicles launched last month, before the price of batteries drops sharply, sales are expected to remain at a fraction of the Prius.
According to Autodata, sales of Toyota Prius hatchbacks soared 36% last year to 140,928, making them by far the most popular hybrid.
"Prius has become a hybrid, and Kleenex is like this for paper towels, and Levi is like this for jeans," says Bob Carter, a Toyota-branded American company. S.
The director said at the unveiling ceremony
Toyota President Akio Toyoda announced the opening of the press conference at the auto show on Monday. He said the Prius is growing into the fourth-largest pillar of Japanese automakers in the United States, Camry and its truck production line.
Under the slogan "Prius towards diversity", Toyota showed the two new models and the current third model.
Prius and plugin hybrid (PHV)
Toyota plans to start selling cars to individuals next year. The five-
Prius v will attack the United StatesS.
This summer's showroom is aimed at families looking for more cargo space and utilities, Carter said.
For urban and highway driving, the mileage per gallon of gasoline is estimated to be 40 miles.
The Japanese version is expected to include three-row option.
Toyota has also introduced the Prius c concept, which is called the City-
Friendly Cars for young singles and couples who want high mileage and fun --to-
Spacious Prius drive inside.
"This will be the most valuable --
For hybrid, the highest mileage of any "rich" hybrid in the United StatesS.
Carter says it shows that it will travel more than 50 miles to traditional Prius.
The production model based on the Prius c concept will be available in the US in the second half of 2012.
Competing with Ford Motor's Focus EV and the Detroit auto show for nearly 40 world premieres, Toyota squandered a whole day
On Monday, the newspaper in an advertisement called on readers to vote on the final term of the Prius complex. “Prii? Prien? Priuses? Prium? or Prius?
What is the plural of Prius? ” the ad read.
Toyota is demanding a vote on Toyota.
Com/priusfamily, but it's not clear where they can perform.
To push home the popularity of hybrid cars, Toyota attacked rival GM in an unusual elbow display, accused it of writing off Prius when it arrived in the United States in the 1999 s. “One well-
Carter said the famous critic called it a "PR stunt" and saw all the hybrids as "interesting curiosity" and he did not identify the defendant as Bob Lutz, former General Motors product czar,
Nevertheless, there are still images of length on the demo screen behind him.
At the end of his speech, Carter referred to the strong sales of Prius in December, marking the car as "geek Mobile" on its visual display, which gm ceo Dan Akerson recently awarded
According to the sales chart, the sales volume of "geek mobile" far exceeds Ford's Fusion and GM's Chevrolet Malibu.
"I admit I'm a Prius geek," Carter said . ".
"I'm proud of it!
"Toyota's goal is to sell at least 1 million hybrid vehicles worldwide every year by the middle of the decade, eventually providing hybrid options for all models by 2020.
"They are hybrid companies and you think of Toyota when you think of hybrid.
You think Prius, "said Michael Marone, president of self-driving, America's largest carmaker. S.
Dealer group.
With gasoline prices close to $4 in parts of the United StatesS.
Carter said the new Prius model will help Toyota further boost its hybrid car sales this year.
"We will grow faster than the industry (this year)
In an interview with Reuters, Carter said he predicted the overall economic situation in the United States. S.
9-market growth10 percent.
With more than $30 billion in cash and securities, Toyota is one of the few automakers that can afford to develop a variety of technologies and the batteries needed to power pure electric vehicles.
Toyota also plans to launch two pure electric vehicles in the United States next year: an electric RAV4 crossover car developed in cooperation with the United States. S. start-
Tesla Motors and its own technology-based commuter model for small cities.