The Soapbox

111Balz

Joined: 08/13/1998 Posts: 59748
Likes: 57312

What's this?

Well, if you keep reading in that article, it says his successor


who took over the CEO job last year has greatly increased investment and EV’s. And there is certainly speculation that the company believes the former CEO guessed wrong and has put the company in catch up mode.
Personally, I can see merit in the conservative approach Toyota initially took. The infrastructure required to support EV owners was always going to be a limiting factor, real or psychological. Early adopters were going to spill a lot of flower so waiting until the dust settled, economics improved, infrastructure improved, and then throwing full weight at the right moment, never seemed like a bad approach to me. And hydrogen certainly is an interesting possibility.
but it kind of seems to me that the former CEO is now trying to save a little face.

(In response to this post by HokieDan95)

Posted: 04/20/2024 at 09:13AM


+1

Insert a Link

Enter the title of the link here:


Enter the full web address of the link here -- include the "http://" part:


75
Hide This

Current Thread:
 
  The WSJ reports that after Elon Musk -- Shenhoo 04/20/2024 07:17AM
  That’s why it’s called the lefty hive mind. ** -- Los Angeles Hoo 04/20/2024 10:19AM
  The value is simply decency. -- Shenhoo 04/20/2024 10:37AM
  NOBODY out-idealogues us Democratics!!! ** -- ResistHoo 04/20/2024 08:09AM
  Imagine boasting about not buying a great car from a company… -- Los Angeles Hoo 04/20/2024 10:23AM
  Subaru and Volvo need to up their EV game to fill the Dem need segment ** -- Tuckahokie 04/20/2024 07:30AM
  Volvo is heavily hybrid, plug-in hybrid, and EV. -- ResistHoo 04/20/2024 08:27AM
  Isnt Toyota investing heavily in EVs? -- 06 Hoo 04/20/2024 07:54AM
  They are now, per Dan’s linked article below. They changed CEOs -- 111Balz 04/20/2024 09:16AM
  They’re.expanding their hybrid segment, which is taking off. -- FxHoo 04/20/2024 09:09AM
  '03 Tacoma here -- hoodeyo 04/20/2024 08:45AM
  They've increased it but aren't sold on total EV.... -- HokieDan95 04/20/2024 08:21AM
  .** -- HokieDan95 04/20/2024 08:17AM
  I think a lot of this is the increased viability of competing EVs -- southdenverhoo 04/20/2024 08:00AM
  It’s the equivalent of… -- WahooMatt05 04/20/2024 09:01AM
  It's beautiful -- hoodeyo 04/20/2024 09:05AM
  Agree with the quality assessment...but you can see MAGA flair on a -- Tuckahokie 04/20/2024 08:00AM
  They were/are very late to the EV game. Invested more in hybrid -- BocaHoo91 04/20/2024 08:00AM

Notice: Trying to get property 'queue' of non-object in /data/www/sportswar.com/wp-includes/script-loader.php on line 2781

Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /data/www/sportswar.com/wp-includes/script-loader.php on line 2781
vm307