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Spot on. Level 1 is adequate for most. The need for level 2 actually goes down with a long range EV, because you have such a large capacity you can run a deficit multiple days in a row and catch up later.

Have a big trip? Hop over to the DCFC to catch back up. Not an issue for the rare occasion.

I use a level 2 at home,…

Toyota: EV charging infrastructure is lacking

Toyota could sell 3x the number of PHEV’s its building...but they aren’t building them. The waiting list for a PHEV NX or RAV4 is more than a year.

They aren’t entirely wrong. Of course they could also eliminate a bunch of carbon by eliminating pickup trucks and SUVs from their portfolio, but I guess that’s a step too far?

Toyota’s, and other Japanese automakers’, reluctance to jump in hard on EVs have more to do with the deep integration of the automobile parts manufacturing supply chain to the country’s economy. They have been taking a much slower approach, and even looking more at FCEVs not necessarily because they are better, but…

First sentence I agree 10000%. I feel we don’t hear about it because nuanced discussions do not gain traction on our for profit media circus. Who wants to have a 5-10 min discussion on the proliferation of EVs long term vs the short/med benefits of dumping a whole ton of hybrids on the market. Especially when you can…

This is all of toyota’s previous press releases pit together in a two page document. Toyota is at capacity with all of their factories so pivoting to evs would currently be massively expensive as they would have to shut a factory down for months (years?) and retool it for ev production.  

most people only need something with 50 miles of range that they can plug in at home. more than 50? gas engine kicks in, no problem and your battery pack is only a few hundred pounds instead of a ton. theyve thought this out, and are probably the smartest out there with the best hybrid systems the past 25 years.

That’s a clever bit of PR right there.

God, yes, a Sienna Prime with AWD would tick all my boxes. I want AWD for the wet road conditions in the PNW.

Same here. C-Max with 230k miles. Very reliable. No belts. No alternator. I haven’t touched the brakes, and they still show very little wear (and as a delivery driver I has to change them often in previous non-hybrid vehicles) No starter. Shares transmission with design with Toyota. Oil changes at 10k miles. I’ve had…

Toyota making a complaint about the charging infrastructure and then not doing a thing about it is telling. I’m certainly not a Tesla fan but they have done more for infrastructure with their supercharging network than any other manufacturer. A strong argument could be made for VW and their Electrify America program…

The real reason is they invested so heavily in hybrids and they want to milk that to the last drop, so they have a very strong incentive to naysay about EVs.

That’s the marketing spin they have for the US. What’s their reason in other countries?

I’ll believe them when they start selling Prime version of their products in all states.

Points #2 and #3 are good, although Point #1 sounds like a tacit admission that Toyota dithered too long on EVs and is now stuck chasing the dregs when it comes to sourcing supply chain minerals and components (and paying a lot more for it as well).

They’re also much easier to sell. I hated selling EVs. I was the rare car salesman that knew more than the people shopping, except I couldn’t be bothered to learn all the nuances of KWh and charging speeds. I knew some, but the early adopters for our brand were always Tesla nerds who just rattled off figures. The new…

My 16 year old Highlander Hybrid with 272k miles on it would disagree that they are the worst of both worlds. I have owned it the past 9 years or so and put on 130k miles. Literally no service issues outside of brakes, filters (air and oil) and oil changes. I did a new rad due and condenser due to an accident and…

I mean they are not wrong. But they should aim to at least create Prime versions of all their popular cars. Like the Sienna. It’s prime for Prime.