After being promoted to take the top job at Toyota, Koji Sato has made an early confession about Tesla that the previous CEO would never say. The Toyota team just tore down a Tesla Model Y for the first time and it made them rethink absolutely everything. It was obvious that the new Toyota CEO would have to make some big changes, but it looks like this changes EVERYTHING.
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I think the current blitz from car companies claiming to be going all electric in the next few years is like a bunch of lemmings blindly marching off a cliff. When the reality sets in that the auto industry can’t go ALL electric because there are too many applications where they don’t make sense Toyota will be in a great position to capitalize on that since some off the other companies will have already hit the point of no return. I think this will put some companies out of business. Government and socially liberal ideology driving transportation technology is likely to lead to failure on a massive scale. EV’s certainly have a very big place in the market but the are not a universal replacement for existing automotive technology.
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Until electric cars travel as far as my Camry, and are ready to do it all over again after fueling for five minutes (for the same price), I will not be buying an electric car. Anyone agree?
Is this about Toyota or a commercial for Munro. He isn't right all the time either. I watched him review the Kia ev and he commented that they could save money getting rid of the physical knows and buttons for hvac. Marketing and safety research has shown that physical controls for hvac are not only safer but consumers prefer them to flipping thru a bunch of screens with eyes off the road
I think it is amazing that Tesla had beaten years of car manufacturing with one simple concept word of mouth and putting their money on getting a high quality product to market instead of spending billions on advertising and nothing building a good product for it’s customers!! It about time that someone shows the world that you can actually make more money by not cheating your customers and deliver what you have to sell them the way you want them to think of your company and the future of your employees and stealing never pays off in the long run! So I will be buying like everyone else who see and understand that Tesla will let you put yourself out of business only because of your own lack appreciation of your loyal customer base which you yourself is to blame for being a Lowe down dirty crook which you deserve!!
EVs are dumb
Hybrids are better for the real world globally
While Tesla leads the market with electrical vehicles it’s lead won’t last long. I would buy an electric car but it’s still very expensive. The Chinese are already making electric cars and while they are the world’s largest market it would probably be best for Toyota to use its current model of perfecting their new cars by testing them in China or Europe first once they settle on a positive design that will work here then they should introduce the new cars to the American market.
Toyota has hydrogen bev is outdated technology
Maybe Tesla and Toyota need to have a chat.
sure hope Toyota makes a far cheaper electric car, then they beat Tesla, which only the rich can afford.
TOYOTA MADE THE WRONG CHOICE & PREDICTION!!! How about that!!
This narrator actually believes he's smarter than Toyota engineers… interesting
Until all battery cars, can recharge in less than 10 minutes, it will always be fancy tech that doesn't work. Over 50% of UK drivers have zero interest in buying battery cars, 25% are unsure, 15% will keep their petrol/diesel cars for another 15 years. Poor range, ridiculously high prices, pathetic 8–9 hours charging at home, max 7Kwh charge from homes, charging points don't work, 2 hours queues just for that, not enough lithium on Earth, not enough electricity being produced, replacement batteries cost as much as the car, mileage is less than 80% stated claims, mileage goes down in cold weather, or if you carry passengers, use the radio, recharge your phone. Still no commercial battery vehicle worth talking about. Hydrogen is more likely to succeed in commercial vehicles than batteries. Hydrogen might be the tortoise right now, but we all know what happened.
The poor, misguided public is going to learn the hard way about electric vehicles. Somebody is manipulating people into making unwise decisions.
LESSON ONE IS THE COLD TEMPERATURE ISSUE.
When it’s freezing outside, electric vehicles are notorious for displaying specific problems. One of the most common issues is the loss of battery power. It’s similar to old cell phones that would stop working once you took them out of your pocket in the winter.
Other issues people won’t realize until later are:
1. Who is foolish enough to buy a used EV if replacing the battery costs $15,000? Who wants to roll the dice on that? The owners are going to take a huge loss trying to unload one.
2. Buying an EV today is like buying a Model T a hundred years ago. How would you have liked to have bought a Model T in March of 1927 and then see the much-improved Model A for sale in December? Even if EVs survive, they will be much better in the future and so will the batteries.
3. A home charging system for a Tesla requires 75 amp service. The average house is equipped with 100 amp service. On a small street (approximately 25 homes), the electrical infrastructure would be unable to carry more than three houses with a single Tesla, each. FOR EVEN HALF THE HOMES TO HAVE ELECTRIC VEHICLES, THE SYSTEM WOULD BE WILDLY OVERLOADED.
And what about households with more than one vehicle? What about vehicles that have to be parked on the street? What about all the cars around college dorms? The practical answer to these questions is to buy hybrid vehicles, such as the 2023 Toyota Prius. It has a 2.0-liter engine and gets at least 52 mpg combined mileage and is wonderfully quick!
OUR RESIDENTIAL INFRASTRUCTURE CANNOT BEAR THE LOAD. SO AS OUR GENIUS ELECTED OFFICIALS PROMOTE THIS NONSENSE, NOT ONLY ARE WE BEING URGED TO BUY THESE THINGS AND REPLACE OUR RELIABLE, CHEAP GENERATING SYSTEMS WITH EXPENSIVE, NEW WINDMILLS AND SOLAR CELLS, BUT WE WILL ALSO HAVE TO RENOVATE OUR ENTIRE DELIVERY SYSTEM! THIS LATTER "INVESTMENT" WILL NOT BE REVEALED UNTIL WE'RE SO FAR DOWN THIS DEAD-END ROAD THAT IT WILL BE PRESENTED WITH AN 'OOPS…!' AND A SHRUG.