Hasta La Gadget!

Toyota recently announced that it had reached a new milestone, selling more than two million Prius hybrids since the car first launched back in 1997. And the sales number for the Prius have been steadily increasing as well, with the car selling more than 400,000 units in 2009 and already in 2010.

But while these numbers sound great, when put in perspective it’s clear to see just how far hybrid and electric vehicles have to go to achieve mass market penetration. Automotive blog Jalopnik has put together a chart outlining this fact, by showing that over the same period of time, while two million Prius’ were sold worldwide, more than 34 million pick-up trucks were sold in the United States alone. And even with the sales of electric and hybrid vehicles on the rise and those for pick-ups in decline, there’s clearly still a lot of ground to make up.

Image courtesy Jalopnik.