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a-salehtoday at 2:21 PM6 repliesview on HN

I thought Totyota is still one of the EV leaders. Alongside Kia and Hyundai?


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jfengeltoday at 2:51 PM

Toyota pioneered hybrids, but they remain committed to the idea that a fossil fuel component is necessary. They continue to push for hydrogen, which is generated primarily from natural gas. With a hand-wave that maybe it'll be renewable some day.

But the hydrogen infrastructure doesn't exist, and they haven't solved any of the real problems with it. So they're stuck flacking technology that was amazing in the 90s.

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bastawhiztoday at 2:57 PM

Toyota has a magical vaporware battery that they announce is just a couple years away every couple years. We're likely to see general quantum computing and an operational fusion plant before Toyota productionizes their first "real" EV with said battery.

Ifkaluvatoday at 2:27 PM

lol no. They have been dragged kicking and screaming into offering just one model, the bz4x.

They also spend a lot of money lobbying against electrification regulation, because they really don’t want to make EVs.

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kube-systemtoday at 3:10 PM

Toyota’s leadership is staunchly anti-EV

vel0citytoday at 2:26 PM

Toyota barely makes any fully EV cars, and their bZ series hasn't been very great. They have a number of hybrids, but even those are often based on dated battery technology. They're still selling new cars with NiMH batteries.

They have some incredibly reliable hybrid drivetrains, but have weak EVs and ancient battery technology throughout.

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tpmtoday at 2:25 PM

Not at all, they were a hybrid leader long time ago but they never had a good pure EV and are only starting last few years.