Honda Sells Millionth Hybrid 13 Years after Introducing Insight

In the past, selling 1 million units of hybrid cars was something to laugh the company's first-gen insight during 1999.

As the sales pace of Honda is getting faster, it took Honda almost 6 year to sell the 0.1 million of the hybrid cars. By then only two models, Civic Hybrid and Accord Hybrid were on the lot. The other 0.1 million sales completed in 2007 with no new models added to the collection. The second gen insight was introduced in 2009 and CR-Z and Fit hybrid in 2010. By December 2010, the company had sold 0.6 million units, and at the same time the introduction of new models was gathering pace. Three new models were introduced in 2011, but in Japan only. This year Acura ILX hybrid has been introduced in the US and Canada. After these introductions, the cumulative sales of the brand reached 7 digits. 318000 units are sold in the US. The company is planning to introduce new Accord plug-in hybrid, next year. It is said that it will have improved power trains.

Toyota being the leader of hybrid units is selling more than million units a year now with the total sales reaching over 4 million across the years. No doubt the sale is impressive, but it took more than 10 years by Honda and Toyota to reach these figures. This has helped a lot to fulfill the White House's goal of reaching 1 million units on the road by 2015.