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Mitsubishi show electrified concept car, while Lexus, Nissan shows electric

October 23, 2019 October 23, 2019

Each car maker has its own idea of applying electric technology to cars. This week the Tokyo Auto Show gives the Japanese car makers a chance to show their concepts, and while Lexus and Nissan show electric concept cars, Mitsubishi is sticking with its PHEV design despite having had one…

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Did Toyota spur the electrification craze? What does history say about electric vehicles?

April 9, 2019 April 9, 2019

A car-oriented news blog wrote an article claiming that Toyota “spurred a movement toward automotive electrification that can be traced directly to modern EVs like the Tesla Model Y and Rivian R1T“, and claims that Toyota is making a huge misstep, huge mistake in other words, in not currently selling…

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Toyota’s battery breakthrough, does it mean they’ll ever abandon fuel cells?

May 5, 2016 May 5, 2016

It’s clear that Toyota has for a couple years now downplayed battery electric cars in favor of Fuel Cell vehicles.  Rather than stay invested in Tesla Motors, Toyota sold off their stake, they’ve buried the Toyota Prius Plug-in, did not produce any more of the Gen2 Toyota RAV4 EV, and have…

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Geek Squad, Domino’s, etc missing out on a great deal for used Leaf’s

April 11, 2016 April 11, 2016

Today the Geek Squad and Toyota announced that Best Buy (the Geek Squad’s operators) is switching from their iconic VW Beetle’s over to Toyota Prius c’s.  While this is great for Toyota and Prius sales, it strikes me that an interesting opportunity is being missed.  There’s several companies offering services in…

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For Toyota the “future of Mobility” still does not plug-in, but is foolishly dependent on hydrogen

January 6, 2016 January 6, 2016

At the 2016 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Toyota is demo’ing it’s idea of the “Future of Mobility”.  As has become plainly obvious over the last couple years, Toyota believes plug-in vehicles will fail and that fuel cell EV’s are the future.  While other companies are at CES…

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Toyota, Nissan, Honda working on Japanese fuel cell infrastructure for Japanese government

February 12, 2015 March 30, 2015

Maybe it’s a fuel cell day?  In any case some of the Japanese automakers have announced a partnership on fuel cell refueling infrastructure in Japan.  If nothing else it demonstrates that not all fuel cell support comes from the California Air Resources Board, which is slanting the ZEV Credit playing…

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Daimler, Toyota, cut ties with Tesla Motors, maybe to make room for BMW-Tesla tie-up

October 24, 2014 July 20, 2015

A few days ago Daimler announced it had sold its entire stake in Tesla Motors, and now Toyota has sold “some” of its Tesla stake.  That’s Tesla’s two major corporate backers, both the Daimler and Toyota investments were critical to Tesla’s survival to this point, exiting their relationships with Tesla…

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Toyota/Tesla to make new electric vehicle when Gigafactory launches – 2-3 years

September 8, 2014 March 30, 2015

Back in 2010, Tesla Motors and Toyota surprised us all with a deal to jointly develop the 2nd Generation Toyota RAV4-EV.  Toyota also sold Tesla a factory it wasn’t using, with which Tesla now plans to build a half million EV’s a year in 2020.  The resulting vehicle is being…

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Toyota showing the future of automated driving in Michigan

September 4, 2014 July 20, 2015

All the car companies are working on what’s called Intelligent Transportation Systems, that will lead to self-driving cars over the due course of time.  Today, Toyota announced the fourth annual Toyota Advanced Safety Seminar (TASS), convened in Ann Arbor, Michigan ahead of the Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) World Congress next…

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Toyota clinging to gasoline like a crack addict, hates on electric cars

May 7, 2014 April 9, 2015

Hey Toyota/Lexus, pay attention, we don’t want stinking gasoline, we don’t want to fund wars and terrorism to get gasoline, and we don’t want to participate in the poisonous patterns of fossil fuels.  We want clean cars powered by sunlight!  We do not appreciate your attempts to keep us stuck…

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Toyota working on Driver Awareness research, to increase safety, but will drivers pay attention?

November 22, 2013 March 31, 2015

What can automakers do to improve highway safety?  The other day I wrote about the coming age of autonomous vehicles and how they might both reduce traffic congestion and reduce traffic accidents.  Today, Toyota has announced some in-car-gizmos meant to increase Driver Awareness, and therefore reduce traffic accidents. Having been…

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Toyota confirms they’re pushing Hybrid vehicles instead of all-electric vehicles

October 8, 2013 March 31, 2015

Toyota’s Chairman, Takeshi Uchiyamada, all but confirmed my suspicion from a few weeks ago – Toyota is planning to stick with Hybrid technology and wait for the next generation of battery technology, or fuel cells, before making a big push in vehicle electrification.  Speaking last week at the Economic Club…

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Toyota’s Scion iQ EV exists after all, headed to Pleasanton CA for car sharing duty

September 13, 2013 March 31, 2015

The Scion iQ EV exists after all, and is going to be used in a car sharing program in Pleasanton CA.  A few days ago I’d asked whether Toyota is going to be canceling its electric vehicle programs, thanks to a press release playing up their hybrid cars, portraying fuel…

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Is Toyota ignoring all electric vehicles in preference to hybrids?

August 28, 2013 April 13, 2015

How serious is Toyota about the Gen2 Toyota RAV4 EV?  It’s built using the previous generation RAV4 car, and is being built in miniscule quantities.  Hence, it looks like Toyota is doing the RAV4 EV exercise in order to have a Compliance Car to satisfy ZEV Mandate requirements.  But, we…

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Ford and Toyota abandoning collaboration on hybrid drive train for fully capable hybrid SUV’s

July 24, 2013 March 31, 2015

Toyota and Ford are abandoning a collaboration that would have led a jointly developed hybrid drive train for SUV’s and trucks that do heavy lifting.  Toyota released a statement saying Toyota and Ford have completed their feasibility study for collaboration on the development of a new hybrid system for light…

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