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And they should be. Toyota spent so long fighting against EVs instead of embracing them that they could become irrelevant in less than 20 years.
China is heavily subsidizing their EV production. US and Japanese car makers are sitting on their hands and bitching to their government to keep the Chinese vehicles out.
Toyota never fought against EVs. They were part of a consortium of companies (including literally every other manufacturer selling cars in the US) that fought against the mandates banning them from selling anything but EVs.
Toyota was first to electrify their vehicles with the Prius all the way back in the 90s and have hybrid options for nearly every vehicle in their fleet now, along with heavily investing in solid state battery research and hydrogen powered vehicles, so I don't understand why people make stupid claims like saying they're in bed with the oil industry.
Toyota is the type of company that methodically designs their vehicles using proven technology rather than jumping head first into a market that's rapidly developing and changing. It seems they're waiting to see what works and what doesn't to manufacture their first real EV (not the joint venture compliance car that is the BZ4X or whatever it's called).
Toyota had a head start with the Prius. But instead of embracing full electrification they've been pushing stupid shit like hybrids and even worse hydrogen vehicles. Full fledged EVs are far more feasible than a hydrogen car, but Toyota is still pushing them because it means it has an engine, and that's what they're comfortable with.
https://electrek.co/2023/10/30/why-is-toyota-anti-ev-it-lost-the-race-to-compete-ev-council/
https://www.citizen.org/news/years-of-anti-ev-policy-at-toyota-generates-shareholder-backlash/
https://www.teslarati.com/toyota-electric-vehicle-push-wasted-investment/
https://observer.com/2024/05/toyota-announce-carbon-neutral-engine-ev-strategy/
https://www.myeva.org/blog/why-the-eva-is-holding-toyota-accountable
The BZ4x is an awful vehicle that they've only pushed out to say they have an EV. The world would be better off without that absolute piece of shit of a car. The only reason that car exists is so Toyota can go to their share holders and say "see, this is why we need to keep hybrid cars around"
I'm on my phone so forgive the janky formatting.
How are hybrids and hydrogen stupid shit? I think you're misunderstanding how the Mirai works as it doesn't have an ICE engine but a fuel cell. It may not lead to anything, but what downside is there to test it out? It's still a zero emission vehicle and is only sold in a couple states.
I looked through all those links and they make lots of claims but aren't backing any of it up with actual evidence.
Electrek's article: Why is Toyota so anti-EV?
Claim 1:
This was what I addressed above when I stated that this was a lobbying group that includes companies like Toyota, GM, Honda, Kia, Fiat/Chrysler, Nissan, Subaru and even battery companies like Panasonic. Their opposition here is to the proposed timelines of the mandates because we're not ready and very little is being done outside of manufacturing the EVs themselves to prepare. No grid upgrades, no charging stations, no solutions for people in apartments and condos. Here are the statements made by Toyota's NA executive that Electrek is using to make ridiculously biased claims such as "Toyota wants to kill more people with pollution"
Claim 2:
The actual statements:
All these statements sound pretty damned pragmatic and nobody pushing these "Toyota is anti-EV" claims seems to have an answer for any of the issues addressed.
Public Citizen.org claims:
Years of Anti-EV Policy at Toyota Generates Shareholder Backlash
Evidence: a simple statement from a Public Citizen employee on why Toyota should release more EVs. A big old nothingburger.
Teslarati claim: Toyota exec believes full-fledged EV push could be ‘wasted investment’
Actual statement:
More pragmatism. Look at the failures of companies like GM who wasted a ton of money developing shit like the Hummer EV while their real consumer EVs keep getting pulled from production due to issues.
The Observer article just outlines Toyotas attempt to release smaller more fuel efficient engines to supplement their hybrid vehicles. Again another attempt at an alternative to straight BEV vehicles but if it's carbon neutral what's the issue exactly? Are these journalists pushing for zero emissions or BEVs specifically? It sure seems like the latter and they never seem to account for the emissions related to generating the electricity to power BEVs. My state has mostly clean energy generation but too many states are still relying on coal and gas to generate power.
Lastly the EVA article, I won't even bother to write much about this since none of their claims are even sourced and it's written in a quite biased manner.
Nothing here is "Anti-EV" it's just a bunch of zealots and self-serving individuals generating outrage and clickbait. Toyota thinks the deadlines (some as soon as 2030, 5 years from now) are too extreme and unachievable. Think of where we were in 2019 versus now and how little actual progress has been made in terms of infrastructure and markets hare. Do you honestly think in 5 more years it would be feasible to completely ban all ICE sales when EVs only make up 8 out of every 100 vehicles sold currently?
The politicians pushing these mandates have sat on their ass and done very little to actually push the country forward apart from some measly tax credit extensions. That's like a 20-year-old claiming they're going to be a millionaire by age 30 and proceeding to spend the next decade on their couch playing video games. It's a lofty goal, but if they don't actually do anything to achieve it, it ain't gonna happen.
Meanwhile here in France, I see Teslas everywhere, lots of Zoes, some e208, and Toyota still has nothing to show except for the Pro Ace.
Did you even read my comment because I addressed this very point...
People seem so quick to parrot what they've read on social media but nobody can even make a coherent argument as to why Toyota would be against electrification when a majority of their vehicles are already halfway electrified and have been for far longer than most manufacturers. Stop spreading misinformation.
When every manufacturer finally has several EVs on the market, Toyota will maybe have an eYaris or whatever. They should hurry up before sales of new ICE cars are banned.