Electrified models accounted for 61% of Toyota and Lexus sales in the US — InsideEVs

In the United States, electrified vehicles accounted for a record 61% of total Toyota and Lexus sales in the third quarter. Of the 633,223 vehicles sold from July through September, 363,367 were hybrids, plug-in hybrids, or fully electric models, InsideEVs reports.

Combined quarterly sales of the two brands rose by 0.6% year over year, while sales of electrified models increased by 28.5%. Conventional hybrids accounted for the largest share, followed by plug-in hybrids and electric vehicles.

Hybrid sales

From January through September, the automaker sold 931,434 hybrid vehicles. The company does not publish quarterly statistics for individual models, instead disclosing monthly figures and year-to-date data.

Toyota RAV4 sales fell by 6.6% in September and by 29.2% over nine months. This occurred as production of the model's sixth generation was ramped up; it is now available only with a hybrid powertrain. Higher sales of other hybrids, including the Camry, Sienna Hybrid, and Grand Highlander Hybrid, offset the decline.

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Toyota and Lexus electric vehicles

Sales of the updated Toyota bZ rose by 103% in the first nine months, to 24,994 vehicles. By this metric, the model outperformed the Chevrolet Equinox EV, which sold 18,154 vehicles, but trailed the Hyundai Ioniq 5, whose sales totaled 31,112 units.

The new Toyota C-HR and bZ Woodland sold 7,215 and 2,600 vehicles, respectively, from January through September. At Lexus, the RX crossover remained the most popular model: of 89,824 vehicles sold, 37,448 were hybrids and another 5,738 were plug-in hybrids. Sales of the electric Lexus RZ doubled over nine months to 10,214 vehicles.

The new Lexus ES Hybrid posted higher sales than its fully electric version: 5,133 vehicles versus 2,083.