mrfixitman
Enlightened
Because they can't make a profit like Tesla and Chinese companies.Looks like other companies besides Toyota are recognizing that EV technology isn't ready for the masses.
Because they can't make a profit like Tesla and Chinese companies.Looks like other companies besides Toyota are recognizing that EV technology isn't ready for the masses.
Friends of mine just paid $12k for a used Chevy Bolt with 4k miles on it. You can buy a new one for around $20k. As far as gas powered vehicles go, they will die because they are so expensive to run and service, as well as poisoning the planet. It's the EPwAy of the future. Not to mention they have vehicles in China that can charge to 80% in 11 minutes. Tick, tock. Another friend just bought a 2015 Toyota Hybrid SUV, from a friend, for $1,000. In my opinion her friend was getting rid of a stranded asset.Electrics will be along for the trip, and so will the dastardly liquid fueled machines, and we'll all be okay.
+Losing $50k per vehicle is not sustainable. However, not making them and falling back to hybrids is also not a winning strategy.
Heard on news a fella who lives in big city came out to his car to find a thief underneath his car in the process cutting off catalytic.. The owner confronted the guy and got a bullet in his foot. Some of these thieves are armed with more than a sawsall.
What people want is to get from point a to point b as inexpensively as possible. It also has to be done within the law. So far government is mandating Zero Emissions. There is no way to do that with dead dinosaurs. Toyota would have you believe hybrids are the way. Tesla, even though it's not the cheapest, has the best selling in the world model Y. Even you will have an EV when it is economically forced on you and you partner kicks you in the butt and asks why we are paying so much for transportation. Even Audi knows what will eventually happen.+
What you're not totally grasping is;; manufactures are looking at what's selling & what people are interested in.
People who really wanted an EV got one, people on the fence right now will likely just get a hybrid,,
everyone else, including myself, will never own an EV.
Has nothing to do with profitability.
Look at what's coming out of Germany, Japan, Korea, US in the next few years,, it'll be hybrids
mark my words
Have a buy order in. Doubling down.+
I'd sell your Tesla stock ^^
Tact is in the eye of the beholder. Even ostriches stick their heads up once in a while. Sending a consistent message is the way to enforce a thought. Math and science are the only way. My pocketbook especially. Or you can bend over to eXXon and have them continue to leech on you. Poisoning us. The truth and reality don't change if you are right or wrong. They just are.educating others needs to be done tactfully.
Spreading a thought and idea is not wrong. However, when it starts to become clear that it's falling on deaf ears and eliciting negative responses is when one should stop. Being right does not justify abrasive behavior no matter how much science and data backs you up. Persisting the wrong way about a cause gives a good cause a bad reputation.
A plug is cost effective and I already have one. Where I am the idiots have other agendas.They should be investing into induction charging system like EV1 had, same thing as iphone wireless charging, just bigger. build bases into pavement, a car pulls up, lowers a paddle mounted to its underside over the charging coil, and charges via magnetic field. no wires needed, vandal proof system.
You are simply a sheep on another agenda. Who is correct will be reflected in the pocketbook.Hahahahahahahahahahahahahaha ... science and data, hahahahaha, dude, you obviously got your education from the fake news media, like a gullible & obedient little sheep. If you had any brains at all, they must have leaked out your multiple jab holes. I'll bet you drive around in your EV still wearing your covid mask and plastic face shield, don't you. Hahahahahahahahaha.
I tried to hold back and ignore your rambling gibberish, because your nonsense doesn't really deserve a reply, but I can't just sit by and watch you insult the fine folks on this forum.
Losing $50k per vehicle is not sustainable. However, not making them and falling back to hybrids is also not a winning strategy.
Toyota clearly is fighting hard to poison us for profit. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/22/climate/toyota-hybrid-epa-pollution.html
No thanks.$106,000 electric PU! Where do I sign?!
I am happy with my battery. Swap will cost more and bring you back to Gas car pay as you go paradigm. There are already cars that charge to 80% in 11 minutes. Swap is irrelevant.Charging cables not around to be cut, urban solution for third world:
$6 a day EV subscription service could disrupt the auto industry
These electric cars & trucks use battery-swap recharging, offer immediate replacement if damaged, and roll out at prices down to $0.25 per hour, with no upfront fees... That's $6 a day plus electricity. The idea is potentially massively disruptive.newatlas.com