Sounds like a variation of "the dog ate may homework" to explain to share holders why it's 2022, there's a rapidly growing and highly lucrative market for EVs, and why Toyota is getting almost none of that because there are barely any Toyota EVs on the market.

I get it, he needs to say something. The only thing that matters to Toyota share holders is how quickly they can fix this mess. It's getting embarrassing.

Toyota boss: "there is no demand"

Most Toyota competitors: "we can't keep up with demand; please wait 6 months for your vehicle to be delivered while we figure out how to make some more."

Obviously that can't both be true. And we know the last one is true ...

Now for hydrogen cars on the other hand, there is indeed no demand whatsoever. As little EVs as Toyota makes, it's still way more than the number of hydrogen cars they are making; or likely, will ever make. And they've been pretending really hard that that is the future for quite some time now. And still are. The article still mentions fuel cell cars.