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I'm going to take a break from bashing Toyota to suggest that this might just be a special use car or for particular circumstances that are not related to EVs.
by jbm 3y ago
I'm going to take a break from bashing Toyota to suggest that this might just be a special use car or for particular circumstances that are not related to EVs. (The EV slant seems to be mostly from the deranged writer on the website.)
The engine was shown by a Chinese partner of Toyota's (which is why the comments about Japan's geopolitical relations with China are extra ridiculous). It isn't going to kill EVs; China is all-in on EVs.
Instead of the conspiratorial, let me go to something more realistic. Toyota is a Japanese company and not everyone's skills are going to transition to electric vehicles. For those left behind, funding research projects seems to be a sensible way to reward their efforts from the past.
- jacquesm 3y agoThat's fair, the article seems to be low quality, but other news sources back this up to a large degree, what with Toyota being a 50% stakeholder in the engine project here that seems to be a pretty big move if it was done without their permission and cooperation, which they indicate they have engaged in. Note that new engine projects, especially if they include non-standard fuels aren't exactly cheap.
- jbm 3y agoI didn't mean to imply it was done without their permission, but rather that it is just not a big deal and more likely a research project. At this point they would be in the world of alternative facts if they thought this was something for the mass market.