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PHEV team (L-R) : Gerald Killmann, Bart Eelen, Viktor<br />

Olsan, Michel Gardel, Muriel Desaeger, Daniel Bengio,<br />

Bart Biebuyck (Tim Thompson not in picture)<br />

IRE : 3<br />

The next major step in <strong>Toyota</strong>’s efforts to create <strong>the</strong><br />

eco-car is <strong>the</strong> Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle (PHEV) :<br />

a full hybrid system, currently applied to <strong>the</strong> <strong>Toyota</strong><br />

Prius, which combines Hybrid driving with electric-only<br />

driving. The <strong>Toyota</strong> PHEV project began in 2007 with<br />

early road trials <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> prototype vehicle and in 2010<br />

<strong>the</strong> project entered its second stage with <strong>the</strong> limited<br />

production vehicle, which will continue until 2013.<br />

UK: 20<br />

FRA: 100<br />

NO : 3 SW : 2<br />

DK : 2<br />

NL : 10 DE : 30<br />

BEL : 5<br />

CH : 3<br />

CZ : 1<br />

AUS : 1<br />

FIN : 3<br />

PL : 1<br />

SLOV : 1<br />

Plug-in<br />

Hybrid Demo<br />

Project<br />

Prius Plug-in Hybrid<br />

The limited production vehicle<br />

is based on <strong>the</strong> third-generation<br />

<strong>Toyota</strong> Prius. The current Prius<br />

Plug-in Hybrid trial vehicle is<br />

equipped with a lithium-ion battery<br />

and emits only 59g CO 2 /km. (1)<br />

European Trial in 18 Countries<br />

ITA : 5<br />

The European PHEV project is<br />

part <strong>of</strong> a global <strong>Toyota</strong> project<br />

involving 600 Prius Plug-in Hybrid<br />

PORT : 5 ESP : 5<br />

Vehicles that are also being tested<br />

in Japan, <strong>the</strong> US, Canada and<br />

200 PHEVs across Europe<br />

Australia. The European project is<br />

leasing 200 vehicles to selected<br />

partners and customers in 18<br />

European countries who are road testing <strong>the</strong> vehicles. <strong>Toyota</strong>’s main objective is to fur<strong>the</strong>r<br />

investigate <strong>the</strong> technology and <strong>performance</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> PHEVs with respect to consumers' needs<br />

for future vehicle development.<br />

France, <strong>the</strong> UK and Germany are at <strong>the</strong> centre <strong>of</strong> this project with 150 PHEVs which are being<br />

leased to selected fl eet customers, energy companies and public bodies. The majority <strong>of</strong><br />

vehicles are located in Strasbourg, France where <strong>the</strong> project is being run in collaboration with<br />

our partner, French energy provider EDF and <strong>the</strong> City and Urban Community <strong>of</strong> Strasbourg<br />

(CUS).<br />

(1) New European Driving Cycle.<br />

CO 2 emissions <strong>of</strong> Prius Plug-in Hybrid are measured according to <strong>the</strong> new <strong>of</strong>fi cial international regulation for plug-in hybrid electric powertrains,<br />

as adopted <strong>by</strong> <strong>the</strong> United Nations Economic Commission for Europe.<br />

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Case Study<br />

<strong>Toyota</strong> European Sustainability Report 2011 I Environmen<strong>tal</strong> Performance<br />

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