Toyota moves more slowly than many other brands because of their company culture/philosophy. To your point about BEVs, Toyota started producing BEV batteries a

Toyota moves more slowly than many other brands because of their company culture/philosophy. To your point about BEVs, Toyota started producing BEV batteries at their plant in North Carolina this year: https://www.toyota.com/usa/operations/map/tbmnc https://www.toyota.com/usa/operations/map/tbmnc