Increased Lexus sales led to a cumulative reduction in CO2 emissions of about 19 million tons.
TOKYO, Japan (May 18, 2021) – Lexus announced today that the luxury brand has surpassed its global sales of two million electric vehicles at the end of April 2021.
And Lexus had introduced two models of electric cars, the first a hybrid known as PHEV in 2021, which is an externally rechargeable gasoline car, equipped with a battery that can be recharged by connecting it to an external source of electric power, and it can also be charged by the engine and generator inside. In 2022, it also introduced an all-electric model, powered by a car battery, known as the all-electric BEV model.
Now, according to a recent report, EV sales in the U.S. are on the rise, increasing 89 percent just last year. Per figures reported by Cox Automotive, EV sales totaled 487,560 units in 2021, an 89-percent increase over the 257,872 units sold in 2020
Since
the launch of the RX400h in 2005, Lexus has pioneered the electrification of the luxury car market, and models have continued to evolve with the mission of balancing excellent driving performance with environmental sensitivity.
Lexus continued to expand its range of electric vehicles to provide a wide range of options designed to meet the needs of the market.
Lexus
now sells nine models of electrified vehicles , including two HEVs and BEVs, and sales cover nearly 90 countries and regions around the world.
In 2020, 33% of Lexus models sold globally were of the electrified type.
Since 2005, electrified Lexus vehicles have contributed to a cumulative reduction of CO2 emissions estimated at 19 million tons.
Repercussions of increasing Lexus sales
This reduction equates to the combined CO2 production of nearly 300,000 passenger cars each year for the past 15 years.
Lexus announced that it will continue to drive the steady growth of electric vehicles and reduce carbon dioxide emissions in line with the global climate plan, which is known as carbon neutrality and is included in the sustainable development goals.
As part of the “Lexus Electric” vision announced in 2019
, it announced that it will develop its own electric technologies to permanently improve and develop its products, and Lexus revealed to Malaki.com that by 2025, it will introduce 20 new or improved models, including more than 10 cars with BEVs, PHEVs and HEVs systems.
In its statement on increasing global sales, Lexus expects that electric vehicle options and sales of electrified models will outpace sales of pure gasoline.
Confirming that it will achieve full carbon neutrality by 2050, and will not produce internal combustion cars starting this year.
On the sidelines of announcing an increase in Lexus sales, the Japanese manufacturer confirmed that its future electrified models will feature DIRECT4 systems and steering systems.
DIRECT4 is the torque distribution technology for each individual wheel in four-wheel drive systems. This technology aims to control high-precision powertrain and responsive steering systems that dramatically enhance vehicle feedback, resulting in a high level of dynamic performance and a driving experience that suits all The five cars.
Sensations unparalleled in conventional cars.
Not far from its future models, the cumulative sales of electric cars from 2005 to the end of April 2021 amounted to about 2.02 million global units, of which 540,000 cars were sold in the United States, and Europe came in second place with sales of 480,000 cars, compared to 387,000 cars for China, and about 401 thousand A car for Japan, and replaced East Asia with sales of 138,000 cars, and about 74,000 cars in the rest of the world.
According to the models it produced, Lexus’ sales increased by model. The RX model topped the list with sales of 518 thousand units. The ES model was sold with 384,000 units, followed by the CT model with 372,000 units. Previously,
the NX model, which achieved 285,000 units, and the UX / UXEV model sold 137 thousand units, while the IS / LS / RC / LC models were at the bottom of sales with 324 thousand units.
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