TOKYO (Reuters) – Toyota Motor (NYSE:) Corp’s international gross sales rose by almost 5% in April from a 12 months earlier, boosted by stronger demand for hybrids and gasoline-powered automobiles in Japan and China.

The Japanese automaker additionally reported higher abroad gross sales of battery electrical autos (EVs), bringing the entire variety of battery-powered items it bought within the first 4 months of the 12 months above final 12 months’s degree.

Toyota in April bought 800,863 autos globally, together with its luxurious Lexus model, a 4.9% enhance in comparison with the identical month final 12 months when gross sales suffered closely from pandemic-induced components provide shortages.

Gross sales of hybrids like the brand new Prius in Japan posted a robust 59.2% year-on-year leap to make up simply over half of the 125,326 autos bought within the firm’s residence market final month, outpacing a 21.5% rise in its general home automobile gross sales.

In China, Toyota noticed gross sales leap 46.3% to 162,554 items in April in comparison with the identical month a 12 months earlier, rebounding from the earlier 12 months’s pandemic-related hit.

In April, the automaker bought 8,584 battery EVs worldwide, together with its Lexus model, accounting for greater than 1% of its international gross sales in a single month for the primary time.

That introduced the entire variety of battery-powered autos it bought in January-April to 26,057 items, larger than the 24,466 battery EVs the corporate bought in 2022.