Toyota ranks first in the world in the number of patent applications for hybrid and electric vehicles.

Toyota has always been a pioneer in the research and development of alternative drive technology in the industry. A few days ago, German media reported an electric vehicle patent index statistics of Munich Patent Office. The results show that in the past decade, Japanese automaker Toyota has applied for more than 4,600 patents for its hybrid and electric vehicles. This figure exceeds that of any car company in the world. It is reported that last year alone, Toyota submitted 570 patent applications for hybrid vehicles. In the past decade, the number of patents applied by Toyota accounted for 23.7% of the total number of patent applications. In this survey, the patent items are divided into "electric vehicles", "hybrid vehicles" and "fuel vehicles" for statistics. In addition, StefanBratzel, an expert in the car management center of bergischgladbach, has always stressed that Toyota is far ahead of other competitors in patent application. From 2006 to 20 12, Toyota's patent application data doubled to about 6,000.