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Re:Toyota has stepped up lobbying to preserve its investment... by nicoburns on Wednesday July 28, 2021 @11:52AM (#27985254)
To be fair Toyota announced their new lineup of BEVs just last month, to be released next year. Toyota is late to the party, but they are on their way.
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Re:Toyota has stepped up lobbying to preserve its investment... by bbarnett on Wednesday July 28, 2021 @11:53AM (#27985274)
To be fairer, they were very early to the party too.

They bet on electric, very early in the game and more than one kind too!

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Re:Toyota has stepped up lobbying to preserve its investment... by Robotbeat on Wednesday July 28, 2021 @12:57PM (#27986031)
That’s what’s so frustrating! They had the technology and the scale to go nearly all-in on battery electric about 2 decades ago (maybe with gas backup in the early days) but they squandered it.
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Re:Toyota has stepped up lobbying to preserve its investment... by sangnoir on Wednesday July 28, 2021 @01:24PM (#27986402)
Toyota bet on Electric and Hydrogen, then proceeded to double-down on hydrogen. Then never really went all-in on electric and this sadly lost them their early lead.
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Re:Toyota has stepped up lobbying to preserve its investment... by fomine3 on Wednesday July 28, 2021 @08:18PM (#27991351)
Toyota still bets solid state battery, but I with they bets current li-ion more
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