On the streets of Taipei last week, it was suspected that the Toyota Prius PHEV camouflaged car

that was just released in Japan in early March appeared

.

Because Japanese auto bloggers found that the waiting period for Prius PHEV may be as long as 2 years or more!

The Toyota Prius PHEV was released in Japan in March, but there is news that the waiting period is as long as 2 years.

Japan's Toyota official website has first posted an announcement that the delivery of vehicles from the factory will be delayed.

Toyota has posted an announcement on Japan's official website, saying that due to the shortage of semiconductor parts and Wuhan pneumonia (new coronavirus disease, COVID-19), the factory production will be delayed.

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The Japanese auto blog "Creative Trend" pointed out that Toyota dealers announced the latest delivery information from the factory as of March 18. The Toyota Prius PHEV equipped with a solar charging system will not be delivered until May 2025. The waiting period is as long as 2 months. year 2 months.

The Japanese auto blog "Creative Trend" pointed out that the Toyota Prius PHEV with a solar charging system will not be delivered until May 2025.

This generation of Prius PHEVs has the option of a solar charging version.

Even if the version without solar charging is installed, the vehicle will not be delivered until late March 2024 at the earliest, which is equivalent to a waiting period of one year.

This will also make it possible that if the Prius PHEV is launched in Taiwan, it may be the same as the Honda Civic e:HEV. Due to the impact of production capacity, the first batch of vehicles delivered is limited, which will cause a situation in which the supply exceeds demand.

This generation also began to support external power supply, which can be used without opening the windows.

This generation of Prius PHEV is a 2.0-liter plug-in hybrid, providing a maximum horsepower of 223ps, and can complete zero-to-hundred acceleration in 6.7 seconds.

If the version equipped with 17-inch tires, the pure electric cruising range can reach 105 kilometers, and the average fuel consumption is 30.1km/l.

Taiwan is still selling the Prius PHV launched in 2017. The previous generation is a 1.8-liter plug-in hybrid, offering two models of Zunjue 1.169 million yuan and flagship 1.279 million yuan.

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