Reuters: Toyota Motor Corp has sold more than 5 million gasoline-electric hybrid vehicles as of the end of March since they first went on sale in 1997, the automaker said on Wednesday.
Its Prius series accounted for about 70 percent of that, making it the most popular hybrid model in the automotive industry.
Globally, Toyota sold 1.2 million hybrid vehicles in 2012, the first time it sold more than 1 million hybrids in a single year.
Helped by government subsidies and tax incentives, about 17 percent...