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it never fails to amaze me that when talking about EV groups that it's always just universally presumed that making a good quality, reliable, easy to service an
by serf 3y ago
it never fails to amaze me that when talking about EV groups that it's always just universally presumed that making a good quality, reliable, easy to service and maintain vehicle is a solved problem, and that all that matters now is whether or not you offer a specific drive-train.
even this late into the game Toyota is at a significant advantage compared to most EV groups : they have the whole 'vehicle' thing just-about mastered, they have significant production capability, and they've been dabbling with electric technologies just about longer than anyone aside from GM.
Meanwhile BYD and Tesla are still struggling with body panel fit-and-finish, delivery, repair turnaround, parts availability and numerous small QC problems.
Offering an electric drivetrain is many times easier than fixing those other problems; Toyota should know -- they've been chasing those same problems and squashing them since 1935.
- consumer451 3y agoI agree, so it's the battery packs which give BYD and Tesla the "advantage" in EVs. Toyota still makes excellent cars, just when EV, the range is not competitive. What is Toyota doing on the battery front? It should be a multi-billion investment. I realize that the energy story is complicated in Japan, but they are a global brand.
- reducesuffering 3y agoThis theory would make more sense if we didn't have the actual practical example of the Toyota BZ4x being a crappy vehicle.
- dublinben 3y ago> it's always just universally presumed that making a good quality, reliable, easy to service and maintain vehicle is a solved problem You’ve just described a bicycle.