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Re:Toyota CEO talks about why he isn’t all-in on EVs by kumarvvr on Sunday October 02, 2022 @10:28PM (#33062832)
Tata cars are heavily built man. They are rock solid, have great safety ratings and many prefer them for their build quality.

What I understand is that in India

  - Buy Maruti for efficiency and low cost of spares and service
  - Buy Tata or Mahindra for build quality and sturdiness
  - Buy Honda / Hyundai for good engines but high cost of spares and service.
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Re:Toyota CEO talks about why he isn’t all-in on EVs by vel0city on Sunday October 02, 2022 @11:33PM (#33063206)
I was originally going to bring up previous experiences (years ago) watching crash tests with Indian-market Tata cars being pretty much nightmares in crash tests, but looking at their recent stuff it doesn't look half bad. Good on all those engineers working hard to deliver a good product and save lives. If these EVs being talked about are on similar design platforms, they're probably pretty decent safety-wise.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GMHby0oHFM8

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