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Re:The Lithium Mine Buildup Is Outpacing the Electric-Car Boom by hodr on Monday July 29, 2019 @10:41AM (#20555065)
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).

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Re:The Lithium Mine Buildup Is Outpacing the Electric-Car Boom by clouddrover on Monday July 29, 2019 @10:56AM (#20555231)
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.

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Re:The Lithium Mine Buildup Is Outpacing the Electric-Car Boom by ianai on Monday July 29, 2019 @09:01PM (#20561137)
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.
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Re:The Lithium Mine Buildup Is Outpacing the Electric-Car Boom by clouddrover on Tuesday July 30, 2019 @12:02AM (#20562049)
Toyota announced their BEV plans a couple of months ago:

https://global.toyota/en/newsroom/corporate/28419929.html

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