Toyota's CEO Just Quit and Said "To Hell With Electric Cars"
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If they are abandoninbg oil, why arent they going for Electyrolysis?
It's over Scotty, Toyota is over. Sorry
@@Keyman135 Bull.
What % of the Earth's atmosphere does each isotope ratio of CO2 molecules take up?
Óaß
Sounds like Toyota is keeping its options open, and listening to consumers, rather than blindly following a political agenda.
Tesla model Y will be the most sold carmodel on planet Earth in year 2023
@@mikafiltenborg7572 If it isn't will you come back and say you're sorry for continually copying and pasting this everywhere?
@@haywoodmorganjr1326 duh, but now it's being pushed by politics. Like executive orders.
@@mikafiltenborg7572 nope.
@@strohdog1 ? Your father Gavin Newsom forced every Califonia resident into getting these cars... too bad they can't charge them when they need charging!
Toyoda can think for himself: combine that with the balls to stand up, and suddenly, he's deemed "dangerous."
Toyoda ?? Wtf
@@butterfinger4393 Toyoda is the Ceo's name ffs.. do some research.
@@butterfinger4393 You just... 😭💀🤡
Another person who thinks against the grain and ends up dead. Although he was in his 90s.
@@Mrkarate9 Bro was confused 😩
I actually agree with Mr. Toyoda. With the same amount of lithium battery, you can build 1 BEV or 10+ plug-in hybrids. And for most people, their plug-iin hybrid can run on full EV mode 90%+ of the time. And no range anxiety or long charging breaks on long trips.
Driven 5 years never worried about range
Tesla owners do not have range anxiety as they have 40,000 chargers worldwide and they have announced an aggressive 18month plant to double this number.
Range isn't the isuue with BEV-s. It's the long charging time which is the real problem! That's why BEV companies glance over it and talk about range and acceleration instead!
@Knee-Cola 🇺🇦 funny ev 6 chargers in 15 min. People claim gas takes 5 min 🙄
Did you ever get gas on the way to work... no because it takes MORE THEN 5 min ffs..
Also I charge at home. In the event I DO TRAVEL. I eat I do stuff while charging...
@@aymanhawari2589yeah but in 15min BEVs get maybe 200km of additional range if the battery is totally discharged. You get much much much less of extra range if the bat is at over 50%. To charger from 0-100% it will take you about 45min and that's providing you find a fast charger which is available. As for charging at home, this only works if you live in a house and even then it takes over 11h to charge 0-100% on a standard home charger. You're out of luck if you live in a apartment building and are forced to park in a public parking. These are figures for Tesla 3 Long Range. Look it up. Filling up a normal car takes about 3 seconds per liter, which for a 50 L tank results in 2.5 minute of 0-100% refueling time. Since refueling is so fast waiting in line is not really an issue. So yeah ... range is not an issue - it's the charging time which is the problem with BEVs.
I think he's a genius. People do not want eV's. We're tired of having them forced on us.
Semi genius. Does this guy really believe that carbon emissions are a problem? If so he probably also fell for the "experimental" poisonous concoctions of the last two years.
We Won’t Tolerate EVs by force.
I'll be messing with carburetors until the day I die.
@@jp6614 It's been years since doing that, ir changing breaker points.
CORRECTION: "BEVs" specifically.
As someone who works for Toyota, I completely back them up 100%. As American's we love options!! And I'm glad that Toyota is not succumbing to the pressures of going 100% electric! I hope they stay strong and keep doing what they do best, making great, reliable, long-lasting vehicles!
this is why i love toyota, they are the few companies that care about the consumer. I'm hoping to get myself a corolla real soon as a first car :)
@@GridnetGaming get gr corolla you wont be disappointed
The thing is the federal government has this asinine objective to make auto manufacturers have certain target emissions for their vehicles. Plus there's this trend/wave of this green mafia that wants to paint a scarlet letter on you if you drive combustion/diesel vehicle. The infrastructure/economics for a lot of Americans is not yet there for this widespread adoption of EVs.
I work for toyota also here in texas and i agree. At the end of the day people arnt 100% sold on electric vehicales and toyota knows this so why follow the crowd.
@@310chris18 I will never buy Electric, unless I’m forced to. I own three Toyota’s and one VW. Never been big on American cars.
Bravo to Toyota for keeping a more level headed approach to EV.
Elon Musk has already proven beyond a shadow of a doubt that Toyoda has blundered. 愚か者 LOL
@@supadupahilton6848 Toyota also sells in less developed markets. It makes sense why Toyota and Tesla would have a different opinions
@@supadupahilton6848 TESLA is heavily funded by the USA. the USA just gave 100s of billions to EV manufacturers through the reduction act. Off course toyota has different opinion. As it sells affordable cars, while the TESLAS'S got populair through subsidies and mass hysteria media
@@lexburen5932 They're still Four times the price and selling like hotcakes. Also, rebates are available to all manufacturers in the US.
Toyota isn't falling behind on EV R&D from what I've seen (quite the opposite - it has been a key research area within the company for at least a decade). They're merely taking the practical approach of "we won't stop producing goods that still have a clear market demand."
It's exactly this. Anyone thinking Toyota will fall behind doesn't realize two things: First, they were one of the companies to push hybrid tech to where it is now and that's easily their strength. Hybrid is not too different from an EV. Second, they've been researching hydrogen powered cars like crazy and there's a small possibility that could still end up being the actual future of cars. (Especially since it isn't reliant on the electrical grid, which is notoriously not very eco-friendly.)
So anyone saying Toyota will fall behind simply isn't informed on the amount of R&D Toyota has been hard at work over. Plus the fact that hybrid tech can easily be turned into EV tech. If EVs are the future, I'm confident they'll still be leagues ahead of most.
I have met very few people who want an all electric car. A good hybrid seems like the best option on nearly all levels
I prefer a hybrid over full electric
I prefer 💯 gas thanks
My 2020 Hyundai Ioniq hybrid is the greatest car I've ever owned. I can never be left stranded with a dead battery as it jumps starts itself from the battery pack to the starter battery. 40 to 70 mpg depending on how cold it is. With 11 gallon fill-up I can go over 600 miles. This is my first hybrid and won't be my last. I absolutely love the ride and how silent it is. Also really peppy! I absolutely love the new 2023 Prius. If I didn't love my Ioniq so much I'd definitely get it. My 2017 Focus ST is my fun car but my daily driver from now on will always be a hybrid.
@@ifitaintbroke7427 ayo me too
Me neither, I don’t buy these claims that consumer demand is so high for these cars. When I’m out driving on the road it’s like a 100 to 1 ratio, maybe higher, of gas vs electric vehicles.
Living in Japan, I have a different perspective that wasn't considered in your presentation and may also have much to do with Toyota's hesitance to go all electric. The vast majority of people in Japan live in the cities and most of them live in apartments with parking provided by their apartment and no way or plans to provide electric outlets for overnight charging which is the most common way to charge your car preparing for the next day. Most apartment complexes are controlled by a board of residents made up of people with time which consist of older people who are conservative in their opinions and slow to move into expensive technology such as charging stations in the community parking areas. If they do create charging stations, it will be only a few from what I've seen 2 or 3 places for a couple hundred cars.
Japanese always look in before looking abroad and isn't going to create a bunch of vehicles that Japanese people have little interest in. That is why hybrid vehicles are so popular in Japan. Hybrid depends on gasoline to charge the batteries.
This is why I think NIO should come to Japan. They have swap stations which only take 3 minutes. There would be no competition for them in the EV space.
And I side with them , they are right.
You just proved my point
Only in USA people have their own garages and live in single family homes or duplex townihomes which have garage
@@jlamm2223443 They definitely have a unique charging solution that, if implemented quickly in a potential market, could transform the feasibility of EV ownership. My opinion is plug in hybrids are the best option, as you can fill it with both energy sources & run on any combo. Commuters like myself only need 10-100 mi of range and could go battery only for a lot of that.
It's actually similar here but the issue isn't being acknowledged. 27% of the homes in the United States are not single family homes and that percentage is increasing. My community will never install charging stations in all the parking spaces. They can't afford to do that. So, they're installing 2 stations for 458 homes. That's obviously not going to allow anyone to get an electric car.
I think this is a wise decision by Toyota. You never wanna put all your eggs in one basket.
You are wrong. Korean and other car manufacturers gonna take over. It is too late for the Japs already. They lost, they just don't know it yet.
Unless they're in your grocery basket.
I agree.
I think they're right. something better will come along .
@@milesburns2803 politicians are counting on newer tech after they profit as much as possible on EV. Politicians are crisis selling to profit on the world.
Back in the 90's I worked at Hewlett-Packard as a electronic technician, HP was known for it's diversification. Then corporate decided to sell off everything and just go all computer, this decimated the company and it never has recovered from what it used to be. Not everyone is completely sold on electric cars some of us Old School folk still love the smell of fuel and it's performance. It's better to be cautious then compulsive, patience always pays off. Peace
Electric cars will never beat independence of combustion engine cars.Never.
Breathe it in baby!!!!
not to mention that EV's being environmentally friendly is a blatant myth. unless significant advances are made in battery recycling in terms of cost and efficiency, it's actually much worse in the long run
@@slowmo0925 *I pity h/p's Electronics Instruments Division folks. Spun-off and renamed Agilent, then spun again to KeySight. Bill, Dave, Dr. Barney Oliver, Dr. Siegfried Linkwitz (Doomsday Machine > 8566 team leader) all spinning in their graves. Fun fact: 1979 h/p instruments catalog was thickest, having highest page count. Went all downhill from there.*
*OUAT GM had as their slogan: "It's Not Just Your Car, It's Your Freedom". Now, after many taxpayer-financed bail-outs GM tows the Party line and obeys DC's commands, shareholder value be damned. Slogan is now long buried. Cheers!*
Toyota already has eggs in every basket and in baskets others havent even thought of. They are of the few with the guts think for themselves, proven during decades of development, marking trends and not failing into the latest fads and trends. We are very fortunate to have their wonderful machines and services among us.
When it comes to the future of the car industry, I have more faith in Toyota than green politicians.
Reliable for sure
When it comes to manufacturing of missiles, politicians sacrifice 'going green' on the altar of lining their pockets with money.
💯
But Brandon says they are better and Americans must use them.
This is why Imma start being a Toyota fan
I've been a Toyota owner since 1988, and am very glad that Toyota isn't giving in to all the nonsense. 🍁
Toyota has been #1 for me, most of my life. I worked at Toyota (manufacturing plant in Ontario) and they not only take pride in how they make and design their vehicles, they also take amazing care of each of their employees.
A true stand up company. Whereas Ford and GM shut plants down, letting their staff come to work with a barricaded front door. Oops!!! 😑
That's north America stuff.Once you picked up your last paycheck it is your last day worked.Monday is not guaranteed.Disposable containers,nothing more,nothing less.
Ford and GM moved most production to cheap labour countries with resulting loss of quality, reliability and jobs.
Yeah Ford was the worst job I've ever had in my life.. thee definition of a toxic workplace. I hope Toyota doesn't go full electric. That would be the worst.
I still think Hybrids are very useful. In particular plug in models. You have two choices of movement. If you can't find a charge point your not stuck and you can go on a cross country road trip easily. Each to their own.
Indeed, plug in is better than no plug in. still.
The hybrid carries two motors and two fuel sources.
Either fully gasoline or electric.
Problem with electric will arise when the electric potential accumulator loses its capacity. The "batterie" is where the money is at.
Like todays smartphones
He’s a smart man, he knows the truth about electric vehicles.
He owns stock with patrol companies
@@cholodesanfe87 Nissan PATROL
@@cholodesanfe87 gues you haven’t seen colbalt mines.
do you do stand up?
Dumb, he is the CEO of the largest GAS car maker.
I love you Toyota. That's why you're considered as one of the best car brands
A Company with a BRAIN !
Agree, Toyota is right here. Prius is probably the most environmentally friendly car right now, given that electricity for charging batteries tends to come from natural gas or other inefficient, high-carbon sources. But zealots gonna zealot. Some day, we will look back at what an environmental disaster early EVs were.
Foresight
This is exactly what all car manufacturers should do. Have options of what type of vehicles they can offer so that everyone can get a vehicle that will work for their needs. Going all in just one type of vehicle is not the answer to the problem. EV's may be a good option it shouldn't be the only option. This is what I believe.
The new world order will have no room for free thought and choice. You'll own nothing and be happy!
The EVs are doomed in developed countries, most of them can't even provide enough elecricity to its house holds, like where i live. that's why Toyota is doing the right thing.
@@molomomo3743 If you were running an auto business how much would you focus on developing countries?
@@LionheartLivin just because it's a developed country doesn't mean they don't use cars, so yeah it's a big market.
What I hope for, is to get more manuals from toyota.
Just open your glove box, they all come with a few 😄
I salute the CEO of Toyota
Toyota = Kodak
Toyota bankrupt before year 2028
@@mikafiltenborg7572 🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@mikafiltenborg7572 Stay WOKE!
Akio Toyada was also the guy that gave Toyota it's balls back. No wonder.
@Mika Filtenborg order a toyota and see how long is the delay. Toyota hybrid takes more than 1.5 years to get now due to huge demand. How will such a company go bankrupt ?
Toyota just grew in my eyes even more. Thank you Akio!
I used to wrench for Toyota. It is troubling to see Akio leave and completely agree with his diverse approach. Without his support and pressuring Subaru and BMW we would never have got the FR/BRZ/Supra. He came in to get Toyota back from being too safe and boring and become an exciting brand again. The Prius Hybrid did more to shift public openness to alternate powertrains than others IMO. Japan also has a unique situation being in the earthquake capital of the world and high-power demands from dense population centers and electric trains already providing most transit for the populous. They have a love/hate relationship with more Nuclear power being their only option in an electric anti-carbon world. Here is their other problem: A major earthquake takes out the power grid and auto-shuts down nuke plants for safety and all those electric cars become useless after they run out and things stop moving when time could be crucial to save lives. Then you are looking for diesel generators to charge cars because gas can be poured by hand from a can or hand crank pump or gravity siphon without electricity. The one size fits all silver bullet approach is unwise.
Driving to Alaska in electric car good luck finding a charging station. Good luck with your battery at -40f.
Good luck finding a charging station period. ya gots a couple of hours to spare
I agree with Scott, we just don't have the infrastructure for everyone to go electric, I'm going to keep driving a corrolla for a long time.
Things won't stay the same forever
Tesla model Y will be the most sold carmodel on planet Earth in year 2023
You already have the infrastructure. Plug it in to your house.
The grid is adding capacity at double the rate of annual demand growth.
I'm still struggling to understand how something so expensive is regarded as 'green' or even 'sustainable'. The price is a decent indicator of how resource-intensive an EV is to manufacture, made apparent by the lack of _any_ affordable alternatives (and that's with them being subsidised).
Imagine a product that people don’t want, but businesses will force you to purchase.
H2O is the way to go
Lol at don't want. The Model Y will be the biggest selling car in the world soon. It's already number one in California and that state is an indicator globally for where the market is going.
@@ocampbell1954 Really? California has an exodus of businesses and people. I think it's an indicator of what not to do.
@@ocampbell1954 it's no 1 in commiefornia, that's all you need to know.
@@ocampbell1954 Most people in the world don't live in a city, or in a 1st world country. Electric is great if you have access to chargers but the vast majority of people don't. ICE vehicles are here to stay.
@@unvaxxeddoomerlife6788 The big car markets are United States, China, Korea, and Europe. They are already converting over to EV. It's not a matter of if, but when. It's not a vast majority. ICE vehicles sales have been consistently decreasing the last couple of years. It's only a matter of time when batteries become cheaper and the cost of EV becomes on par with ICE.
If Toyota keeps making ICE vehicles, I will buy them. Never bought a Toyota in my life, but all these other companies are following like sheep and going all-in with electric, which I do not want at all. Keep doing what you're doing Toyota, you might have a new customer for life.
I have to agree. I'm a lifetime Ford fanatic I own four of them currently. But I do not like the direction Ford is going. I have no desire nor need to purchase an electric car. I live in the country, I'm not wiring three houses for charging purposes. If Toyota is the only car company that will continue making cars with internal combustion engines I will be buying them.
@@diyi75 They're practical for people that just drive them in the city. I live up north, and travel to the Dakotas and even up into Canada sometimes and there's no way in hell I would be comfortable driving an EV in this weather, with long distances in between destinations.
@@diyi75eventually we will be forced to own older import vehicles and we will have to order parts from out the states just to have a Subaru.
@@diyi75 my last Ford is almost paid off and they keep sending me offers to get a new Ford, I just laugh. Like I want any of there new overpriced crap. They don't even make cars anymore except the mustang what the he'll are the thinking?
Mazda is joining them. Mazda have just said "Don't ask for an E.V. that gets more than a 100 mile range, because they will never exist".
Toyota wants to make sure their customers are satisfied, let alone have other options instead of being mainstream like other car manufacturers. They can definitely see that not everyone wants an EV, and certain markets don't have the infrastructure for charging. All in all, force adoption can backfire.
Tesla model Y will be the most sold carmodel on planet Earth in year 2023 😎
@@mikafiltenborg7572 no it won't. Nothing special about them.
California grid definitely can’t support more charging stations, they’ll even ask you not to charge your car.
Having vehicles with more than one source of fuel or energy is a smarter way to go. Having options will always trump forced going one way.
We’re already seeing it backfire. I read a report the other day West London apparently hasn’t got enough electricity to support more electric buses in the area
He didn’t say to hell with them but giving their consumers options. I feel they can be the ones to make EVs fun with that Manuel concept but also make hybrids even faster and get aftermarket support for hybrids which gives the consumer the best of both worlds
I have a 2005 pontiac vibe.... it's a Toyota in pontiac camouflage, the thing runs great 300,000km no issues. Drive across Canada in negative 40 degree weather and it fires up everything with no engine heater. I'm glad toyota is willing to listen to consumers.
Had a Vibe GT. Most fun ever on 4 wheels (2 at times🤣). Beat the snot out of it and ran like a champ.
Carbon is no enemy. We are the carbon the "elites" want to reduce.
Yup!
Yeah, carbon dioxide AKA THE breathe of life 🧬 what plants breathe and need to exhale O2!
Eyeroll
@@foxmulder7616 there's excess CO2. Trees are fine. What we really should worry about is CH4 though.
Based and schizophrenic.
Well I live in Australia and I keep seeing new service stations (“gas stations”) being built, but I don’t see them building in rows of electric car chargers or even any sign of wiring for future installations. Leads me to conclude the oil companies are confident they will be selling petrol and diesel for many years to come. I only know one person with an electric car (Tesla) but that is part of their “fleet” and not relied on as a daily driver.
Same here in the states. Mostly gas pumps, especially out in open country areas.
Australia is lagging way behind in EV sales......
@@brwils3378 I'm in Oregon. I see plenty of EV chargers wherever I go.
@@Hamdad
Oregon is considered a dumps state. The Boonies.
Who wants to live in Oregon ?
I am from North-East USA and we consider Oregon, a state for the hippies and vagabonds.
@@Hamdad Prolly pretty common along the western seaboard. Here in Houston I'm not seeing charging stations being integrated into gas stations anytime soon.
All good points in this video. BEV's can be a great choice, for some people, under a specific set of circumstances: When the community you live in offers residential electric rates of no more than 12~14 cents kw-hr. When you live in a single family home where you can park the BEV in the garage or at least close enough to reach a 240 volt outlet in the garage with a 20 foot EV charge cable. When the community you live in has a winter climate that never gets colder than the low 40's. When you have a second, gas powered vehicle for making long road trips, and will never need to take your Bolt, Leaf, or Tesla more than 100 miles from home and thus have to worry about "range anxiety". When you will never need to tow a trailer with your BEV. Under almost any other circumstances, a regular Hybrid or PHEV, like the Prius, Prius Prime, Rav4 Hybrid/Prime, Camry Hybrid, or Corolla Hybrid, is probably a better choice. Comparing the BZ4X to the Rav4 Prime SE: They both cost $42,000. The Rav4 Prime can go 550 miles on a tank of gas, or (up to) 45 miles in EV mode. Never a worry about range anxiety, or whether the fast chargers along the way are all working, or all occupied when you get there. Take a road trip in a Rav4 Prime and you can get gasoline anywhere, same as you always have. Live somewhere like St. Paul, Minnesota, or Winnipeg, Manitoba? Where it can get down to 30 below zero and your 230 miles of range BZ4X will maybe make it 90 miles before the battery is kaput? No worries in a PHEV. The fuel economy will go down slightly in sub-zero temps, sure, but not in half, and you can still re-fill with gasoline in 5 minutes or less at any gas station. Live in an apartment complex with no way to charge a BEV at home? Then a regular Hybrid like a Prius will get you 55 mpg and you will never need to worry about charging it.
Mr. Akio Toyoda has thought about these, and many other issues, and he well understands that his customers live all over the world, in vastly different circumstances. And even if everyone worldwide had a middle-class American/Canadian standard of living, it will take at least a few years to beef up electrical grids and charging infrastructure enough to support a massive shift from internal combustion engines to all battery electric. And there are STILL going to be tems of millions of people who live in sub-zero winter climate areas where battery electric vehicles are always going to face difficulties in providing adequate performance, range, and fast charging for 4 to 6 months every year.
If multiple people living in an older single family home all used electric vehicles, the electric service would likely need upgrading.
Range anxiety is still a big problem. Here in Southern California we have unpredictable traffic. Most days you can make your commute with a little left in the battery. Other days the traffic jams are so bad the tow trucks are coming in to get the Teslas off the freeway.
One thing EV fanatics ignore is that Lithium/Cobalt mining for materials used in EV batteries is often done by child/ forced labor....
But....but...muh environment bigot!
wait until the stupid fan bois find out about the disaster of battery disposal becomes an issue....
The supply is also unreliable so hybrids makes more sense for the immediate future
@@CB-vt3mx They don't have a way to recycle them yet. They are just storing them somewhere until they figure out a cheap enough way to do it.
Sodium batteries are in development to replace Lithium.
I like Toyota's decision to continue thinking outside of the box. Thanks Scotty for all of your great content.
I think they're going to eat the lunch, of all the carmakers going full tilt on EVs. Toyota is listening to consumers and assessing the infrastructures. Hope to heaven they conquer the remaining issues weighing against hybrids! I believe hybrids are the near future! Maybe hydrogen in the not so near future.
@@dennyj8650 Hydrogen won't the future, ever. EV's are the future with a breathrough each year, solid state batteries even closer, sodium ion batteries to. A lot of potencial to EV's
3 years ago I was still riding a Toyota that was older than I am.
So you have a Trueno?
It gets so cold out where I live. -30F and colder in the winter. Huge distances between towns. I couldn’t imagine driving an electric vehicle here.
I’m glad Toyota chooses to make sure that their image of reliability and dependability is upheld before they move to a new technology.
I highly appreciate my 2010 Lexus IS 250. I’ve learned a lot from you. Long live Toyota and Lexus.
I've had a 2007 Lexus IS 220D. Motor was crap. Car went to the junkyard in 2018 with less than 150 000 miles. won't buy Lexus anymore.
Spiritual Japanese
@pauld3327 Well that was just a bad decision.. I put 260,000 miles on my 98' ES 300 like it was nothing. You shouldn't have bought a diesel, but that's easy for me to say as an American.
And honda. F the rest
Great car, is it manual?
We own a Sienna and Leaf. We are thinking of replacing the Sienna with a RAV4 Prime, definitely not a second electric. We are electric car people, but the lack of chargers and the convenience of gas over charging mandates only an electric if there is a gas vehicle too. We love the Leaf and use it 90% of the time. In the winter, I take out the Sienna for a drive so it gets used.
I gotta say, Scott
I really love this current style of video you do. your channel's longevity and evolution overtime is admirable, and absolutely impressive. Thank you for your dedication to the car community. This channel gotta be a certified classic by now, you've been killing the game forever!
I have 4 Toyota vehicles.... I'm 65, and I will NEVER buy a EV... my wallet loves me... Toyota is right!!!!😍😍😍😍😍
Toyota = Kodak
Toyota bankrupt before year 2028.
Toyota's debt : 190,000,000,000 $.
Tesla model Y will be the most sold carmodel on planet Earth in year 2023 😎
@@mikafiltenborg7572 Don't count on it, Sonny boy!!! Corollas and Camrys have on the roads for over 50 years, and Tesla is laying off workers...My money is on Toyota!!!🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
I think Toyota is 10000% Right and companies all around should really consider what he has to say instead of shaming him
exactly, it's good to have different options instead of only relying on EV and EV alone, also since there are many environmental problems with the lithium batteries, (but that's a whole other can of worms)
@@haywoodmorganjr1326 Companies like Kodak and Blockbuster were involved in niche markets (cameras and home movie rentals, respectively) and technology advanced quickly enough to make them obsolete. Apple and Android-based smartphones and tablets killed the rest of the companies you mentioned with devices that could do more for a lower price. Electric cars, as of now, are more expensive to purchase, hard to find to charge them and some brands (Tesla) have quality control issues with their batteries and fit and finish.
Ahhh those who don't adapt will lose. Simple. Evolution in action. Moore's law in action. (Still relevant)
Lol this is why toyota fired ceos few days ago
I'm 10000% sure:
Toyota = Kodak
Toyota bankrupt before year 2028.
I'm glad I got a 5.7L V8 from Toyota while I still could.
You lucky guy
@@christianmiller4422 I have had it two years, I looked up the prices for a used one. Found one with 3x the mileage for 2 grand more than I paid new.
EDIT: that was the best deal I could find...
@@VroodenTheGreat ouch. Still it's nice you at least found one.
2004 tundra V8 ⛽️👍🏻
We have a 2007 Toyota Tundra with the 5.7l V8 ,decent 4x4 truck for going through snow .
The battery production chain alone is an issue, and batteries are expensive AF, just remember that guy that blew his Tesla to pieces because the battery replacement was over $ 20k.
Great edit. Visuals look crisp and informative
Toyoda said he's stepping down because "it's not good for a company to have the same CEO for too long." Wise man.
He got forced. EV guys pushed him out. The day he got removed, Toyota revealed their EV concepts.
@@Sal3600 Huh? We were shown 15 concepts in December 2021 and reviewers got to see & touch a prototype (possibly bZ3X) in December 2022.
I saw his video and I know he did not say Toyota is not going electric and that he is old school so he handed over to his son who can move the company forward
I drive by a new battery plant for GM every day, looks like their going all in. The plant is ULTIAM in Springhill Tn, it's freaking huge y'all. I feel like most manufacturers skipped over hybrid models to all electric without thinking of how to quick charge them...not to mention having to mine for all the raw materials to produce batteries.
Kudos to Toyota for caring about their consumers opinions and keeping options available.
Honestly I've been a quiet fan of hydrogen since I was a kid.
I would love to see hydrogen vehicles become viable in my lifetime, and Toyota has been working to make that happen.
Hydrogen cars are a hopeless illusion. There's no such thing as cheap hydrogen, it requires electricity.
I think that's the real answer, both Toyota and Honda have these up and running.
Yep I’m exactly the same, I just wish that the powers to be put the same energy, (forgive the pun)into hydrogen charging stations that they are into ev stations
@@johnmehaffey9953 I think it's still a long way off, but at least now it's practically possible.
We could have vehicles powered by hydrogen derived from water right now. They have been around for years, but every major car company refuses to mass produce them. Hmmm I wonder why! Oh that's right, if you can power your car with water they can't control you and suck money out of you like they do for gas. I saw a car of this kind developed in Japan that could even run on bubble tea. It's really the water in the tea but still. Splitting water into hydrogen and oxygen via electrolysis should have been instituted ages ago. The interal combustion engine has been obsolete for nearly 100 years. Yet we are kept in a state of arrested development.
The only success EVs have enjoyed is because governments are ramming them down our throats..the vast vast vast majority of consumers don't want EVs but that doesn't matter apparently. I have an electric chainsaw and an electric trimmer but when I really have a serious job to do, I pull out my trusty Husqvarna 20-inch Rancher...the electric chainsaw can't even come close. This summer, I'm taking my 16-year old daughter to Maple Grove Speedway to watch some Top Fuel racing...in hopes of passing on the wonder, the amazement, the glory, the absolute superiority of the internal combustion engine...!!!! May it reign FOREVER...!!!!
I'm sure 120 years ago there were almost identical statements like yours about horses and those damn internal combustion engines. Not saying your wrong but things always change. How many gas stations were there in 1900?
@@stevetarrant3898 The difference is that cars outperformed horses and were more efficient and effective
Tesla model Y will be the most sold carmodel on planet Earth in year 2023
Long live the ICE
@@haywoodmorganjr1326
Not as good as gas is
The biggest issue I have with EV vehicles is the fact of how they cram zero net emissions down your throat but they don't tell you how much emissions they're expelling to create the vehicles and the batteries which a lot of times is way worse than what an ice engine will do
Very Right, GM will have to be bailed out again
They just have been. A government loan to GM for battery replacement in cars with defective batteries.Not to mention the $7500 tax credits to buy an EV.
So many places in Australia you couldn't have an EV. Too many people live or drive where it just won't work , no matter how many charging stations they install.
lol what do you please explain . We're just replacing ICE cars to EV
The tyranny of distance and deserts.
They don't work in freezing environments too! Batteries just don't work as well, if at all, in cold weather!!
@@garybulwinkle82 I live in Minnesota, my tesla has no problems with this cold weather except for 15 percent of battery loss in winter. I drive 120 miles a day to work (1 hour to work and 1 hour back). Full charge every morning, Electric cars are the best vehicle I have ever driven.
@@garybulwinkle82 I've been driving around in -20 F Montana winters in my Tesla and it works great. Heats up way faster than an ICE
A brilliant channel from a brilliant man. Thanks for sharing your great insights Mr. Kilmer.
I'm not ready for an EV. I just bought a 2023 Camry TRD. Love that V6 combustion engine sound. EV's make horrible sounds or none at all.
They know with EV they can force people to keep buying new vehicle as the battery just deplete and they can control the car with software just like how they do with phone. Your phone isn't your phone and your car isn't your car, pay a subscription for heated seat or unlocked Turbo feature.
they can do all that with new ice cars though
Screw that stupid game. I’m take a hard pass.
Eventually EV”s will tell you how to think and who to vote for.
Bingo it is about control and sucking your blood. Cars that use electrolysis to split water into oxygen and hydrogen (the hydrogen goes into a fuel cell, the oxygen is released as "waste") should be what everyone is using now. But then they couldn't control you and force you to buy their crap.
Toyota has a strong foothold in Asia & SEA regions. In SEA particularly Thailand its the top brand, huge following in Malaysia & Singapore as well. As for the EV infrastructure in these 3 countries its still far from being take off level hence Toyota is right to postpone or not jumping on the 100% EV category.
Thanks for this informative vid.
I had a Mazda 3 that consistently got 34-40mpg. Great little car.
Sadly, nowadays it’s like: if you don’t go electric, fxxk you..” 🙁
Bio diesel should be where are headed. Giving the power back to our farmers, and keeping us free from the monopolized electrical grid
Have a mechanical direct connect to the axle of EVs and solar, to super charge them. No more plugging in. Use V2G tech to transfer extra energy to the power grid for everyone to use. Make the gear that attaches, a manual disconnect. In case the V2G tech isn't functioning correctly for some reason.
Sometimes it's better to let others be the guinea pigs and learn from THEIR mistakes
@@haywoodmorganjr1326
They made a great choice
Do a review on the ring dash cam
I just got a 2010 matrix/Corolla hatchback with only 140 000 km on it or 86 991 miles!!!
I’m stoked. My other car is a 2010 Yaris with 330 000km so I’m surprised it’s got so few kilometres on it after 13 years
I think Toyota is definitely right to look at all alternatives instead of just Battery EV’s.
Hydrogen will fail. All Toyota was looking at was petroleum alternatives lmao
Toyota = Kodak
@Mika Filtenborg
Lol no try again
The rich neighbor down the street - the one always throwing BBQ’s as fund raisers for local politicians and the one with a giant fireplace - just got rid of their Mercedes and bought a Nissan Sakura kei car.
The Sakura is actually built by NMKV, a Nissan and Mitsubishi joint development company. Range is quoted as 180km with a 20kWh lithium ion battery.
First, a huge electric cable was run from the house about 40 yards to the parking spot where it was connected to a charging unit the size of a small washing machine. Everytime I walk past their house, that thing is sitting there charging. In the tradition of most Nissan designs, it is an ugly POS.
Please tell me that you just happen to 'accidentally' kick the cable out every time you walk past it when it's charging.
It’s mainly down to infrastructure, and here in the U.K. it’s nowhere near what’s required and likely won’t be in the near future. Twenty eight percent of homes don’t have access to at home charging due to on street parking overnight.
A real man’s man! God bless him! Finally someone with common sense!
I love the option to choose Toyota is moving correctly
Very good decision as EVs are way too expensive for most people , $50,000 for a good sized one. Mining lithium isn’t good for the environment either, it harms soil and causes air contamination. Having a choice is a great idea.
It's about power and control. EVs make it easier for the government to control the people.
@@farmanspickles2753ll new cars have similar electronics to electric cars, whether they are petrol, diesel or hybrids. Not sure if you’ve ever worked in government, but it’d be a true miracle if they’d be able to control one car let alone millions. They’d have an endless committee meeting to decide first😂.
Great video.Very informative.
I’ll always love Toyota and Sony! I currently drive a RAV4 and use my PlayStation 5 everyday! I go way back with Toyota and Sony. I never had a Honda, but they’re great to. Might get a CRV.
Shout-out to all my EV peeps supporting the slave pits in the Congo so they can get their batteries and the coal industry so they can drive the thing.
if the price of electricity goes up too much with no alternative it will be a mouse trapped in a mousetrap
I have two petrol Citroens which each return 7 litres per 100 km.
One weighs 1060 kg, the other 585 kg..
Low materials to produce and run.
C4 Cactus 🌵 And 2CV6 Charleston..
Both have loads of personality and charm as a bonus.
I actually think Hybrid is the way to go for the foreseeable future. They're great, I've had a Prius and Currently Camry Hybrid. Planning on picking up the New Prius.
Toyota is a true global manufacturer. Tesla won't have a significant presence in Africa or Greenland. Electric vehicles appeal to a western, well educated high income demographic. Toyota built its reputation from the grass roots and knows its market. Toyota will develope EVs, but they know that the Prius reputation wasn't built overnight, it was a long term strategy. The Toyota system requires a pipeline of suppliers to be certified to fully participate in the Toyota quality systen. Companies like Denso and Aisin didn't become top tier suppliers overnight and that will also be true for future suppliers for electric vehicles.
Toyota has a good reputation for quality people are not going to walk away from that if Toyota make only ice vehicles people will continue to buy them
Tesla model Y will be the most sold carmodel on planet Earth in year 2023 😎
I believed all EV cannot be fixed by DIYer or normal auto shop; therefore, you have to go back to Stealership to pay for the high price; otherwise, warranty is void.
EVs have proprietary software that cannot be fixed.
You can't fix EVs, they just tell you to buy a new one.
@@ghoulbuster1 Another good point why auto makers pushed for EV.
Considering that the Toyota Prius was one of the premiere "green" cars, I hardly think that this is a dumb move.
I am excited for the prospect of Toyota keeping their options open and if I did need to move towards something more "green" (considering what I can even afford...), I would find that a hybrid would be much more affordable. And I am certain that I wouldn't be alone...
GM was experimenting with electric vehicles in the 70s when we had a fuel hiked prices ,they never did much of anything with it
I have a 2017 rav 4 best car I have ever bought I think toyota is a great company and is not influenced by the green new deal thanks toyota
Ppls willful ignorance is gonna kill this planet
Toyota I think has the better ideas the infrastructure is not there. I just watched a RUclips channel trying to find a charger only to take the truck back to the Ford dealership to get his money back. It was looking good but the vehicle charge system and then the lack of working chargers around town.
What's the show stopper of having some highway lanes have power in the roadway. A grove with electrical ground and a few hundred volts so cars could detect the grove and stick a finger in to get some juice?
They are very right and are a large part of why I bought a new Tacoma.
Toyota shouldn't be criticized for offering a buffet of powertrains. I wonder how stupid people can be.
By the way, cheers for you mentioning Nagoya. My uncle lives there and works at Aisin.
If you think people are stupid for saying Toyota shouldn't give people choices, then you really haven't met many far-left Americans. I'm politically neutral on a lot of topics, but there's crazy, dumb, ignorant, clinically insane, and then there's THEM.
Seriously f electric cars, thats exactly what we want a control grid where they stop your travel. No thanks
If the gubmint wasn't forcing them on people, then maybe we'd support their efforts. But I'm definitely not buying one.
I live in Thailand a most of the time I see any pick up truck its always a lowered Hilux with thin tire and shiny rim with patriotic stickers all over it.
a lot of places are too spread out for full ev. i love toyotas plug in hybrid options
If you say that battery based EVs are not the correct path, I have to agree. In the next five to ten years, the ecological disaster of dead batteries will be public knowledge. I personally suspect that hydrogen is the way ahead, but that is not a next 10 years solution which in our current "no patience, no knowledge" culture makes it harder to get at.
Bottom line, a politically driven move to battery EVs is most likely a bad future. After all, not one political movement in the past 100 years has been an improvement for anyone but politicians and their billionaire donors.
I agree, hydrogen fuel cells are the future. Meanwhile the energy companies, Exxon Mobil, Chevron, and utility companies need to build a hydrogen infrastructure and car companies need to develop safe and practical ways for cars to run on hydrogen, both ICE and fuel cell hydrogen.
Disagree, Circular supply chain is the future, this isn't a Trend. Gas cars are going away forever yikes
@@rctezluh42069 you must think circular. 🤣
The EV movement is a response to the war happening right now, it's basically just virtue signaling. EVs are the new vegans
The only reason electric is being pushed so hard is due to government subsidies (not profitable without them) and people getting rich off of it.
Pretty sure the oil companies get loads of subsidies and tax breaks.
Wrong...proud Prius Prime owner! Hybrid is awesome!
Government salivates at the thought of more control.
@@msmith53 That's not all electric which I believe was his point. You still have an ICE tied into that hybrid, hence the reason it's a hybrid.
Also, another reason is Russia. Russia has massive of oil. Moving out from Oil will change geopolitics.
Very informative video Scotty.
We (USA) should not nor never go for battery operated vehicles.....its a total scam and a lie!!!
I think Toyota is smart not to rush into total commitment to EV production given the current state of the technology. Overall range, charging time and charging availability are in no way acceptable now. There may be sufficient improvement in these areas eventually, but that's in no way guaranteed. The powers that be at Toyota apparently also realize this. They will have the ability and time to change gears when/if they need to.
Tesla model Y will be the most sold carmodel on planet Earth in year 2023
@@haywoodmorganjr1326 No. Japanese government know EV does NOT work in Japan.
I don't know are you good at geography back in the school. Don't forget earthquake in Japan quite often. Their emergency and delivery vehicles can't be EV. When earthquake and tsunami happen, power grids are certainly down, and these are the situations when emergency and delivery vehicles needed the most. Power grids down = No EV able to charge, thus Japan would doom if they rely on EV.
It's so smart that their sales are dropping fast while Tesla sales are up 30%
Not to mention that most stations are powered by fossil fuels, and the process to extract the components of the batteries generate a lot of pollution, so the main sale pitch of the EVs is nowhere near there.
@@haywoodmorganjr1326 California isn’t a island 😂 You must not remember what happened to Japan during the tsunami.
for those of us out here in rural America, where a pickup with a minimum of 8-10,000 lb towing capacity are needed, electric don't cut it, EV's (glorified go carts) won't pass muster, I'll keep the power & torque of a Duramax diesel coupled with an Allison Transmission
You might need that towing capacity for work. But you don't need it every time you drive. So many people buy bigger vehicles these days just to have one. All it does is take up more space on the roads etc.
@@MegaDizz23 bigger vehicles ride better, them little puddle jumpers ride hard, very uncomfortable, plus they are death traps, taking up an extra foot or two on the road means nothing compared to your safety
@@ryebeach1 I'm not talking about driving a Volkswagen beetle with paper thin doors. Any car built in the last 20 years is super safe regardless of the size.
@@MegaDizz23 You must have missed where electric cars are injuring people in smaller cars because of their weight 😂
@waterloo123100 sources?
If Toyota doesn’t want to commit to full electric vehicles, they should continue to refine their hybrids. Extending the range of their plug-in hybrids would be the perfect bridge between full gasoline and full electric.