▲ 112 ▼ 'We Will Not Survive': Toyota Boss Wants Japanese Automakers To Team Up To Beat Chinese EVs (insideevs.com) submitted 2 months ago by Sunshine@piefed.ca [M] to c/electricvehicles@slrpnk.net 47 comments fedilink hide all child comments Toyota boss has a radical solution to catch up to Chinese automakers, which are eating its lunch worldwide. Will it work?
[–] fizzle@quokk.au -1 points 2 months ago (2 children) Proper car permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] budget_biochemist@slrpnk.net 4 points 2 months ago (1 child) Do you consider EVs not "proper cars" or just don't like the chinese ones? The "Chinese EVs" are winning simply because they're the only ones fully behind producing EVs. Japan was ahead of the curve with the Toyota Prius, Mistubishi MIEV and Nissan Leaf but rather than capitalize on their early success they decided to stick with outdated fossil fuels because they like the smell and noise.. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] fizzle@quokk.au 3 points 2 months ago The Chinese EVs are shipping more units because they're the cheapest EVs, because the industry is heavily government subsidised. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] budget_biochemist@slrpnk.net 4 points 2 months ago (1 child) Do you consider EVs not "proper cars" or just don't like the chinese ones? The "Chinese EVs" are winning simply because they're the only ones fully behind producing EVs. Japan was ahead of the curve with the Toyota Prius, Mistubishi MIEV and Nissan Leaf but rather than capitalize on their early success they decided to stick with outdated fossil fuels because they like the smell and noise.. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] fizzle@quokk.au 3 points 2 months ago The Chinese EVs are shipping more units because they're the cheapest EVs, because the industry is heavily government subsidised. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] fizzle@quokk.au 3 points 2 months ago The Chinese EVs are shipping more units because they're the cheapest EVs, because the industry is heavily government subsidised. permalink fedilink source parent