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It really can't understated how little Toyota can be trusted here. They've been sending corporate propaganda to schools in what amounts to grooming children: h

It really can't understated how little Toyota can be trusted here. They've been sending corporate propaganda to schools in what amounts to grooming children: https://electrek.co/2021/11/11/how-toyota-sneakily-spreads-anti-ev-propaganda-in-japan/ https://electrek.co/2021/11/11/how-toyota-sneakily-spreads-a...

mavhc 4y ago
"Self charging hybrid", that's all you need to know
charcircuit 4y ago
That reads as an article from a person who congests propaganda from the other side. Not everything is about not does everyone care about being carbon neutral. BEVs may have just been left out because they are unpopular. It makes sense to teach about common types of cars.
- KennyBlanken 4y ago
  Yeah, I'm sure it's a total coincidence that Toyota is sending information pamphlets clearly targeting children, to schools, that mention every type of vehicle except BEVs, which Toyota is known to have lobbied against, in Japan, the US, and EU. https://finance.yahoo.com/news/toyota-lobbying-against-ev-adoption-151034380.html https://finance.yahoo.com/news/toyota-lobbying-against-ev-ad... https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/25/climate/toyota-electric-hydrogen.html https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/25/climate/toyota-electric-h... https://arstechnica.com/cars/2021/07/toyota-bet-wrong-on-evs-so-now-its-lobbying-to-slow-the-transition/ https://arstechnica.com/cars/2021/07/toyota-bet-wrong-on-evs... https://electrek.co/2021/03/17/toyota-lobbies-us-government-delusional-effort-slow-down-electric-vehicles/ https://electrek.co/2021/03/17/toyota-lobbies-us-government-... https://www.teslarati.com/toyota-slammed-european-funds-anti-ev-lobbying-efforts/ https://www.teslarati.com/toyota-slammed-european-funds-anti...
  - charcircuit 4y ago
    >which Toyota is known to have lobbied against, in Japan, the US, and EU. That doesn't seem to be the case. It seems they want to be able to continue selling iterations of their current products rather than preventing others from selling electric only vehicles.

mavhc 4y ago

"Self charging hybrid", that's all you need to know

charcircuit 4y ago

That reads as an article from a person who congests propaganda from the other side. Not everything is about not does everyone care about being carbon neutral. BEVs may have just been left out because they are unpopular. It makes sense to teach about common types of cars.

KennyBlanken 4y ago
Yeah, I'm sure it's a total coincidence that Toyota is sending information pamphlets clearly targeting children, to schools, that mention every type of vehicle except BEVs, which Toyota is known to have lobbied against, in Japan, the US, and EU. https://finance.yahoo.com/news/toyota-lobbying-against-ev-adoption-151034380.html https://finance.yahoo.com/news/toyota-lobbying-against-ev-ad... https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/25/climate/toyota-electric-hydrogen.html https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/25/climate/toyota-electric-h... https://arstechnica.com/cars/2021/07/toyota-bet-wrong-on-evs-so-now-its-lobbying-to-slow-the-transition/ https://arstechnica.com/cars/2021/07/toyota-bet-wrong-on-evs... https://electrek.co/2021/03/17/toyota-lobbies-us-government-delusional-effort-slow-down-electric-vehicles/ https://electrek.co/2021/03/17/toyota-lobbies-us-government-... https://www.teslarati.com/toyota-slammed-european-funds-anti-ev-lobbying-efforts/ https://www.teslarati.com/toyota-slammed-european-funds-anti...
- charcircuit 4y ago
  >which Toyota is known to have lobbied against, in Japan, the US, and EU. That doesn't seem to be the case. It seems they want to be able to continue selling iterations of their current products rather than preventing others from selling electric only vehicles.