Was Toyota Right About EVs All Along?

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Despite all the hype we’ve seen with EVs over the past couple of years, one automaker that has refused to jump onto the trend is Toyota. They’ve consistently stuck with hybrid cars and even hydrogen cars, but they’re quite unwilling to jump over to fully electric vehicles. This is quite ironic given that Toyota was a pioneer of the electrification trend having launched the Prius way back in the late 1990s. Much of Toyota’s hesitance to embrace electric vehicles is due to the energy crisis and Japan which would only be made worse by fully electric vehicles. But, this has actually worked out pretty well in Toyota’s favor as it seems that the average person is also quite hesitant to jump over to EVs. In fact, Tesla deliveries are down 8.5% year over year, but hybrid sales are up 76%. This video explains the various reasons why EVs aren’t picking up as quickly as enthusiasts expected and whether Toyota was right all along about fully electric vehicles.

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2:11 - Biased Intentions
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Todos los comentarios (21)

@beinquisitive hace 21 días

Who knew that all they had to do was make the Prius not look totally ugly anymore?🤷🏻‍♂️
@peacem8574 hace 21 días

Who would have thought that making reliable cars and not fucking your clients over results in profitability
@millabasset1710 hace 21 días

Toyotas just work and that’s valuable in this economy.
@thoso1973 hace 21 días

Never underestimate the consumers attraction to a car brand that is affordable, reliable and offers excellent service from authorized dealerships worldwide.
@MichalBrat hace 21 días

Not all of them were against Toyota's approach. Mazda is the same, in fact, I was in their factory in Hiroshima some 5 years ago and I asked them about the EVs. They told me that from their perspective the time and technology was not right yet.
@dylanwhite6539 hace 21 días

“Nissan was slow to adopt EVs” they where one of if not the first sub 30k ev
@thoso1973 hace 21 días

It's not just regenerative breaking that charges the battery in a Toyota hybrid; it's also being charged by the petrol engine running or from going downhill with no speeder pedal applied.
@timothykeith1367 hace 21 días

Toyota hybrids are conservative - and very reliable. Heat recovery physics isn't adaptable to automobiles. But, Toyota's hybrid system works pretty good for how we use cars.
@QuickChange919 hace 21 días

I got a Toyota camry in 2010 still going great
@F_Around_and_find_out hace 21 días

Toyota: Keep making gasoline cars because they knew not all people can afford EV. Also Toyota: Getting the best of both worlds by making hybrids. Toyota be winning for the foreseeable future.
@jetteroheller hace 21 días

Toyota knows what it’s doing.
@recurse hace 21 días

I've had a 2021 Prius Prime plugin hybrid since 2020. It's a wonderful little car and so cheap to operate. I plug it in to a regular outlet every night, and I full the (tiny) gas tank like maybe six times a year, maybe, depending on any road trips. I can do months without filing the tank, but when I need to do a lot of driving it has none of the downsides of a true EV.
@MinoltaCamera hace 21 días

The solution is what they do with Corolla: at city speeds works with EV motors, at route speeds works with fuel motor. The fuel motor recharge the EV battery. Also we can try to impruve even more the fuel and fuel engine, to be more efficient.
@Morwarre hace 21 días

I am and have been behind Toyota on their refusal to go fully electric... It feel like it was too early to fully adopt it.
@frankrusso5351 hace 21 días

You mean to tell me that a struggling economy and massive layoffs had no factor on the drop of EV sales and why people are opting for cheaper cars?
@tullochgorum6323 hace 21 días

Toyota are playing smart and waiting for the EV industry to mature. They have an innovative solid-state battery in the works that will put them in a strong position in the next 2-3 years. Plus the developing world doesn't have the infrastructure for EVs and will be relying on ICE for some time to come, so a full retreat from ICE manufacture makes no sense at all.
@scottyomcbrian hace 21 días

Anyone knowledgeable in cars was skeptical about the EV industry and its subsidization. Is it that far-fetched that Toyota is/was too? Toyota has an impeccable record for reliability and build quality, one they've maintained for literal decades now. I am pretty confident saying Toyota wont put their name on something they dont think is quality. And they're literally the 2nd largest automated in the world. Perhaps they know a thing or 2 about making and selling cars?
@qfurgie hace 14 días

all this talk about EVs and ICEs but nothing about public transportation 😔
@MrDadyD hace 21 días

Well... its seems they where correct. Also, who the hell wants to have a car that loses half of its range as soon as its to cold? Or wait 20-30 mins charging while you are on the road?
@shiniesglitters5424 hace 21 días

ALL the Japanese automakers know what they are doing. Their cars are so efficient and well calibrated. I would also like to add, EVS will not be viable for everyone until we start running on nuclear power. Right now China and India a little are the only countries pushing Nuclear power. No country in the world has the power grid for everyone to run EVs. Right now I think for the U.S. its 25% as in the power grid can only handle 25% of people using EVs.