Toyota is quietly pushing Congress to slow the shift to electric vehicles

Re:Toyota is quietly pushing Congress to slow the shift to e... by woeirua on Monday July 26, 2021 @01:21PM (#27962190)

The overwhelming majority of households use their cars such that one essentially is used only for commuting and running errands on the weekend. The second car, can quite easily be electric given the state of today's technology, and that's the sweet spot for it right now. Once prices come down I would be surprised to see people not have at least one electric car in their garage.

Gas hybrids are vastly superior though for long distance traveling. The infrastructure just isnt there yet, and charging for an hour sucks.

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Re:Toyota is quietly pushing Congress to slow the shift to e... by Johnny555 on Tuesday July 27, 2021 @03:26AM (#27969604)

That's exactly the model my household follows (or will follow once I return to my office commute) - one small EV (with a short, 110 mile range) for the daily commute, and one Hybrid for longer trips or hauling more stuff/people. We'd probably just have the EV and rent a car for longer trips, but we needed a second car for my spouse anyway who works from home full time.

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Re:Toyota is quietly pushing Congress to slow the shift to e... by natch on Monday July 26, 2021 @02:36PM (#27963372)

Two EVs are way easier to manage than one EV and one ICE car. Because you can trade them off at a distant charger.

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