Re:The president of Toyota will be replaced to accelerate th...
by matt_s on Thursday January 26, 2023 @03:51PM
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Toyota has had the Prius (and other hybrid) models for a long time so they have competency in building electric motor plus battery pack powered vehicles. I don't think its going to take a long time to get full EV's coming from Toyota. EV's don't need any futuristic design or gimmicky features either so don't waste time trying to innovate there. Get a Corolla out that has a 200-250mi range with decent ways to manage/monitor power and they will likely outsell others.
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Re:The president of Toyota will be replaced to accelerate th...
by CydeWeys on Thursday January 26, 2023 @07:03PM
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> I don't think its going to take a long time to get full EV's coming from Toyota.
They're already a decade behind where they could've been. The main problem is not that it won't take them long to start, but that it's been so damn long already and they've wasted all that time and haven't even started in earnest yet. Market share takes time to earn and they've given competitors a huge lead for no real reason at all beyond their absurd fixation on hydrogen.
Re:The president of Toyota will be replaced to accelerate th...
by matt_s on Friday January 27, 2023 @08:37AM
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I guess I disagree about being a decade behind and them needing to "start". I'll agree that they are behind. If they take their current car designs and adapt them for 4 electric motors + larger battery pack and discard ICE then they might not be very far off time wise. Its not like they need to come up with electric motors or battery designs, those are mostly just solved problems. Supply chain of battery components is likely the critical path. Toyota shares many designs, parts, etc. across platforms so I think its less work than "starting" from a blank slate as you may intend.