page_title: Hybrid electric vehicles in the United States
section_title: Economical and environmental performance comparison
hierarchical_section_title: Hybrid electric vehicles in the United States / Economical and environmental performance comparison
caption_attribution_description: 2012 Toyota Prius v photographed in Washington, D.C., USA.
context_page_description: The fleet of hybrid electric vehicles in the United States, with over 5 million units sold through December 2019, is the second largest in the world after Japan. American sales of hybrid electric vehicles represented about 36% of the global stock of hybrids sold worldwide through April 2016.
  Sales of hybrid vehicles in the U.S. began to decline following the financial crisis of 2007–08, and after a short recovery, reached its peak in 2013 with a historical market share of 3.19%, but began to decline again in 2014 due to low gasoline prices and increased sales of plug-in electric cars. The market share slightly recovered in 2019 to 2.4%. Since their inception in 1999, a total of 5,374,000 hybrid electric automobiles and sport utility vehicles have been sold in the country through 2019.
  The top selling hybrid electric vehicle in the country is the conventional Toyota Prius, which has sold 1,643,000 units since 2000 through April 2016, representing a 40.8% market share of all hybrids sold in the U.S. since 1999. Cumulative sales of the Prius nameplate totaled 1,932,805 units delivered through April 2016, representing a 48.0% market share of total hybrid sales in the U.S.
caption: 2012 Toyota Prius v.
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