Re:The Lithium Mine Buildup Is Outpacing the Electric-Car Boom
by hodr on Monday July 29, 2019 @10:41AM
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It only took Kia 6 years to out-Toyota Toyota, that is to go from producing the worst mainstream cars in the us to the best in initial and 3 year quality metrics (and well above Toyota).
(2009 when they built first US production line to 2015).
Re:The Lithium Mine Buildup Is Outpacing the Electric-Car Boom
by clouddrover on Monday July 29, 2019 @10:56AM
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Nope, Toyota's still number one:
https://www.yourmechanic.com/article/the-most-and-least-expe...
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-02-13/toyotas-a...
Toyota has the most flexible production and the most reliable cars. Toyota isn't the biggest selling brand by accident.
Re:The Lithium Mine Buildup Is Outpacing the Electric-Car Boom
by ianai on Monday July 29, 2019 @09:01PM
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I agree with both of you, cheekily. I genuinely can’t wait for Toyota to do a full BEV. I realize they say mainstream BEVs are a pipe dream still, but I think it’ll happen eventually.
Re:The Lithium Mine Buildup Is Outpacing the Electric-Car Boom
by clouddrover on Tuesday July 30, 2019 @12:02AM
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Toyota announced their BEV plans a couple of months ago:
Teslas have quite poor reliability so far:
- https://www.thedrive.com/tech/27725/tesla-fleet-company-stru...
- https://www.thedrive.com/tech/27989/teslas-screen-saga-shows...
I'm sure Tesla will improve with time but they're not going to out-Toyota Toyota any time soon.