Only 15,000 Gen 5 Priuses and 10,000 Gen 5 Prius Primes so far?

Tech sector has not recovered from COVID. There is no stock in the car lots in the Midwest at all. I'd imagine it is why Limited models don't show up in Primes. Microprocessors still not widely available so they're allocating for higher margin cars. This is all speculation but probably not far off.

 

Wasn't Toyota's announced production plan around 30k of the hybrid the first year?

Japan might be getting 500 of the plug in a month.

 

Toyota Canada - Cars, Pickup Trucks, SUVs, Hybrids and Crossovers

"Global supply issues affecting the automotive manufacturing industry are causing new vehicle delivery delays and inventory of some vehicles may be limited. Please contact your local Toyota dealer for information about availability of your preferred Toyota vehicle."

 

More Headroom?
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more profit

 

no profit

 

You can't just claim sales numbers stay depressed after supply shortages because Toyota it doesn't "feel" like making more ... the numbers went down because there are so many other choices nowadays.

Please provide a link if you feel Toyota has suddenly secured massive amounts of traction pack sources. Otherwise it's best to realize without traction packs you can't build more plugins much less electric cars ... much less regular ol' hybrids.
'Wanting' to build more prius has nothing to do with it. It has everything to do with more choices coupled with insufficient traction pack supply chains. As you rightly point out prius hybrid sales have been going down for many years. More choices .
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see below.

 

Curious... what was the Prius's competition back in 2010?

What's its competition now?

I looked at the Prius because I wanted a Prime... and didn't think another Rav4Prime would make sense- even if I could get one.

And I see Hill raised the same point:
"You can't just claim sales numbers stay depressed after supply shortages because Toyota it doesn't "feel" like making more ... the numbers went down because there are so many other choices nowadays."

 

Your conclusion contradicts your supporting statements.

They've successfully responded to more demand for RAV4s than Priuseses.

 

1st - you say they don't want to make more Prius - so they can artificially inflate prices .... then you say it's due to Toyota thinking the car isn't popular .... Nice .... get to have it both ways.
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My guess specifically for the US is that there is still this major SUV mentality. Everyone wants an SUV and getting a hybrid makes people feel good. Even I wouldn’t mind a small one of it had the gas mileage of the a Prius. Plus with the Corolla and Camry hybrids what’s the point in getting a Prius unless you need hatchback, a more sporty looking car or the perks of the Prime plugin. I’m in line for a Prius and I’m surprised it’s still being made. I can’t justify the Prime because of cost and not having a place to plug it in. I guess I’m also not alone in this dilemma.

 

... enter - the cybertruck deliveries starting in just weeks now .... two million on the wait list. Utility of a truck - efficiency of electric - most experienced EV manufacture - fed incentives ....
LOL this oughta be good
(where's my popcorn)

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Follow your own point then. After you were thinking Toyota was deliberately limiting manufacturing to force higher Prius prices - you finally admit the Prius sales diminish because of so many choices. You state people want bigger rides .... well guess where that leads ....
it's not rocket science