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Isn't the reason they are so slow to adapt them that they have not enough electricity?

• toomuchtodo 3mo ago
  Japanese automakers are excessively risk adverse. Last big risk by Toyota was their hybrid synergy drive, which they coasted on for too long. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hybrid_Synergy_Drive https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hybrid_Synergy_Drive https://autos.yahoo.com/ev-and-future-tech/articles/toyota-perfected-hybrid-why-rivals-210000386.html https://autos.yahoo.com/ev-and-future-tech/articles/toyota-p... https://www.motor1.com/news/798173/toyota-chairman-reveals-worst-fear/ https://www.motor1.com/news/798173/toyota-chairman-reveals-w...
  • Loocid 3mo ago
    Which seems strange since Toyota are the origins of JiT manufacturing. I wonder what made Japan go through a period of incredible innovation and then just decide "ok, that's enough".
    • leonidasrup 3mo ago
      Japan still has not fully recovered from the asset price bubble's collapse beginning in 1990. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lost_Decades https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lost_Decades