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asplaketoday at 10:09 AM2 repliesview on HN

Toyota’s absence is an embarrassment. Shocking failure of strategy.


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brevetoday at 11:12 AM

Toyota is a car company. Toyota sells cars. Toyota has sold more cars than any other automaker for the last six years straight:

https://asia.nikkei.com/business/automobiles/toyota-remained...

Toyota had record sales in 2025:

https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/toyota...

Toyota's strategy has worked.

rsynnotttoday at 11:19 AM

I think they may catch up quite quickly. In Ireland, I'm suddenly seeing huge numbers of bZ4X, particularly as taxis; Toyota has a tremendous amount of brand loyalty, and I'm fairly sure that there are a lot of people who were waiting to buy an electric car until they could buy a _Toyota_ electric car.

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