Toyota achieved record hybrid sales in 2015 with 201,500 units delivered. A compromise in terms of transition to Electric Vehicles (EVs), and a non-electric car ban implementation around 2030, maybe for acceptance of Hybrid cars with modest size petrol engines (regardless of whether 'Full' or 'Mild' hybrids), for example those at/ less than 1.6Litre (1600cc) engine capacity, and/ or at circa 100g/km CO2, or less in terms of emissions, or a fuel efficiency rating (L/100 km) for Highway/Extra Urban and 'Combined' journeys. The modern Geländewagen such as the Mercedes-Benz G-Class still feature some of the attributes, with the exception of fully independent suspension, since it can compromise ground clearance. US regulators granted Mercedes-Benz a temporary 24-month exemption in January 2006 to the steady-light requirement to evaluate whether a flashing CHMSL provides an emergency stop signal that effectively reduces the likelihood of a crash. Neon light tubes were introduced into series production for the centre high-mount stop light on the 1995 Ford Explorer. In 2012 BMW introduced two systems on the 7 Series. Halogen headlights were developed in Europe in 1960. High-intensity discharge (HID) headlights were produced starting in 1991. In 1993, the first LED tail lights were installed on mass-production automobiles, with LED headlights subsequently being introduced in the 2000s as more powerful LEDs became available.
During the first nine months of 2013, over 118,000 hybrids were sold in Western Europe representing a 1.4% market share of new car sales in the region. During 2008 combined sales of Toyota and Lexus hybrids in Europe were 57,819 units, representing 5.2% of total Toyota sales in the region. Sales were led by the conventional Prius followed by the Toyota Aqua. Toyota led hybrid sales in the French market in 2013 with 27,536 registrations of its Yaris, Auris and Prius models, followed by the PSA group with 13,400 registrations. The top-selling model in 2015 was the Toyota Auris Hybrid, with 75,810 units, up 13.0% from 2014; followed by the Yaris Hybrid with 68,902 units, up 22% from 2014. Seven of the top ten hybrids models sold in 2015 were from either Toyota or the Lexus brand. Prius ended 2016 as the best-selling standard car in the Japanese market with 248,258 units, followed by the Aqua with 168,208 units. The top-selling Lexus models are the Lexus RX 400h/RX 450h with 111,100 units, and the Lexus CT 200h with 78,100 units. 131,011 units, up 11.7% from 117,259 a year earlier. The Prius sold 252,528 units in 2011, becoming the best-selling vehicle for the third-consecutive year.
The diesel-powered Peugeot 3008 HYbrid4, launched in late 2011, sold 401 units. Toyota sales were led by Prius with 41,495 units. In 2014, one-fourth of all new vehicles sold by Toyota in the European Union were hybrid-electric. Sales reached 84,839 units in 2011, including 59,161 Toyota and 25,678 Lexus hybrid vehicles. Hybrid sales in 2013 increased 1.72% from 2012, with 10,294 units registered. In May 2012, hybrid sales reached a record market share of 19.7% of new car sales in the country, including kei cars. In 2015, gasoline-powered hybrids represented 91.6% of total hybrid registrations. 33,547 diesel-powered hybrids. French registrations account plug-in hybrid together with conventional hybrids. Hybrid registrations in the European Union and EFTA countries totaled 74,796 units during the first quarter of 2016, up 29.7% from the same quarter the previous year. As a result of the tax incentives, the country has had for several years the highest hybrid market share among EU Member States. Japanese market of the last 20 years. Hybrid sales in the American market achieved its highest market share ever in 2013, capturing 3.19% of new carsales that year.
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