More Than 60 Percent of Toyotas Sold in the Past Three Months Were Electrified

Amid a sharp downturn in EV sales in the U.S., Toyota’s longtime focus on hybrids appears to be paying off.

Toyota and Lexus sales in the U.S. rose 0.6% year over year to 633,223 vehicles in the three months ending in September, according to the company’s third-quarter sales report.

Of those, 363,367, or 57%, were what Toyota calls “electrified” vehicles, which includes hybrids, plug-in hybrids, fully electric vehicles, and fuel-cell vehicles. That means electrified models outsold Toyota and Lexus vehicles…