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I'm curious how far ahead are Toyota's competitors. For instance, how many more EVs are they selling than the Toyota hybrid plugins ? (and I mean that not just
by makeitdouble 4y ago
I'm curious how far ahead are Toyota's competitors.
For instance, how many more EVs are they selling than the Toyota hybrid plugins ?
(and I mean that not just in the US or Norway, but globally)
To my knowledge the EV field is still a very small and restricted market, and the makers are all about the same advancement technology wise. I mean, Tesla for instance sources its batteries from Panasonic, which isn't much more advanced than Toyota I think.
[edit] Panasonic is a Toyota partner in battery development https://global.toyota/en/newsroom/corporate/31477926.html https://global.toyota/en/newsroom/corporate/31477926.html
- hnav 4y agoThey’re capable of building electric drivetrains, batteries are sourced from suppliers, IMO if they decided to mass produce and sell an EV lineup it’d probably take less than 5 years to hit full stride.
- jeffbee 4y agoI think this is the right way to look at it. How many cumulative tons of batteries has Toyota shipped to end customers and for how many years have those cars been on the road? This is proportional to the amount of fossil fuel burning foregone. That's a benefit. Toyota has shipped 20 million hybrids over 25 years. Tesla has shipped 3 million EVs, mostly in the past few years. Which strategy has cumulatively avoided more GHG emissions?