Toyota’s top R&D executive has said 30% of all new cars sold worldwide by 2020 could be hybrids.

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Takeshi Uchiyamada said Toyota also expects initial sales of a “few thousand” pure battery-powered electric vehicles when it launches its first mass-market model in 2012, according to Reuters.


The 30% did not include plug-in hybrid vehicles, he added.

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