Why western carmakers' retreat from electric risks dooming them to irrelevance

Re:Why western carmakers' retreat from electric risks doomin... by kube-system on Saturday March 21, 2026 @11:10AM (#47467739)

Toyota’s leadership is staunchly anti-EV

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Re:Why western carmakers' retreat from electric risks doomin... by breve on Saturday March 21, 2026 @05:56PM (#47471881)

Toyota sells EVs. They sell the bZ3, bZ4, bZ5, bZ7, bZ3X, bZ Woodland, C-HR+, Lexus RZ, Lexus ES, and soon the Hilux EV.

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Re:Why western carmakers' retreat from electric risks doomin... by kube-system on Sunday March 22, 2026 @01:57AM (#47474855)

They do, however they have been very vocal in their reluctance to invest in that strategy.

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Re:Why western carmakers' retreat from electric risks doomin... by breve on Sunday March 22, 2026 @02:27AM (#47474986)

Toyota's strategy is working. They have been the best selling automaker for the last six years straight. Last year they had record sales:

As time goes on BEVs will make up a greater percentage of their sales.

As BEVs get cheaper and more practical demand will keep going up. Toyota will follow BEV demand.

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Re:Why western carmakers' retreat from electric risks doomin... by kube-system on Sunday March 22, 2026 @02:24PM (#47480512)

What I said wasn’t a criticism, simply a fact.

I’m personally a huge fan of hybrids

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