278 HP and 317 lb/ft is still pretty decent for the manual, and being a turbo 4, it is most likely a tune away from making even more.

Oh you can make it work, but our clients that were new to EVs and looking at our brand were 70 years old on average, and thought it was going to be a switch with no effort at all since all the marketing is just plug in at night and go. This is the generation that will go to a steakhouse and pay for the whole family…

That’s a clever bit of PR right there.

Like when they sided with the Drumpf administration against California?

I got a full EV and don’t have a level 2 charger lol. You don’t need one if you’re averaging 50 mile drives every day. My 120V charger charges at 1.4 kw on a 15A outlet and gets about 22% charge overnight for 12 hours.

Toyota's eCVT isn't much more complicated than an EV's single speed gearbox and EVs have traction batteries too.

Man with the lease deals that all of the manufacturers are now offering on EVs the market for them is going to explode. Toyota can say whatever it wants, but not having to drop $75 at a gas station once a week is powerful. Seeing it in your electric bill once a month is a whole lot different, especially when many…

Toyota is all over US politics lmao

Toyota Hybrids are great - they have almost no downsides

Yeah, I get the conservatism. I also get that Toyota has more expertise on hybrids than anyone else, so no wonder they feel protective, but their pessimism may be their undoing.

At 3800 lbs, 395 lb-ft just ain’t enough, especially not for nearly $100k. There are just to many newer, faster, nicer cars on the market. A Supra costs just over half as much, weighs 400 lbs less, and has a much better transmission. For less than the money this costs it’s baffling to think you could instead get a…

No, I linked to one article among hundreds outlining the rampant abuses enabled by civil asset forfeiture nationwide, but thanks for playing.

Actually a lot of the vehicles that are doing the dumbest shit at these takeovers are stolen hence the no regard for whether they hit curbs, light posts or people when hooning said vehicles.

Have a look at this link and consider the implications on this takeover initiative:

To me, this is getting dangerously close to other civil asset forfeiture laws, which have been the foundation for extraordinary police and prosecutor abuse. People have lost cars, houses, large amounts of money and more simply because a cop decided they probably wouldn’t have those things if they hadn’t sold drugs -…

Sounds great when it is the Charger on the lead in, but what about when they decide you and that Camry next to you took off a little spirited and they claim you were street racing? Most of the time it will not be an issue but giving forfeiture of car at police discretion is not a great plan

So the cops can take your car if they catch you doing a burnout?

“Crush the cars”? “Local TV channel”? *VeryOldRacer* — ah, makes sense.

Not that I have a problem with the basic idea here, but some people are just going to steal cars to do takeovers if this becomes a thing.

The takeover people are dumb and need to stop, but I have issue with giving government a way to seize cars.  They better have darn clear language of exactly what applies.