Re:Toyota CEO talks about why he isn’t all-in on EVs
by ajross on Sunday October 02, 2022 @08:13PM
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These places aren't buying new cars at all, though. Nor do they have the "infrastructure" (paved, lighted and signaled road networks are not cheap!) to support a passenger car network like we have in the west either. They are getting by on used/surplus vehicles and lots of spotty access already, and nothing about an EV would do anything but help that process. Electrical grids are much (much) cheaper than fuel distribution in total, and even more so in remote areas.
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Re:Toyota CEO talks about why he isn’t all-in on EVs
by Yeahsureok on Sunday October 02, 2022 @08:25PM
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> These places aren't buying new cars at all, though.
India ranks 4th worldwide for new car sales and will likely take 3rd place in a year or two.
Re:Toyota CEO talks about why he isn’t all-in on EVs
by ajross on Sunday October 02, 2022 @09:07PM
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The subject was rural India lacking the infrastructure for EVs, which was a ridiculous point. Obviously there's a market for EV's in Bangalore and Delhi, that's not really much of a discussion. The upthread commenter (who I think is the one you're arguing with, not me) seemed to want to have a carve-out for "EV's can't succeed because of undeveloped regions".
Re:Toyota CEO talks about why he isn’t all-in on EVs
by hadlock on Monday October 03, 2022 @12:36AM
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Have you traveled outside of Europe? Things have... changed dramatically since even like, 2015 in B/C tier cities even in South America. I suggest you travel some more and reevaluate. Somewhere like Medellin or Islamabad in 2022 is almost unrecognizable compared to 2000. The third world you grew up watching in 1980s-era national geographic documentaries is absolutely gone, you have to go way off grid to find something like that now.