The ‘I Told You So’ Moment: Toyota’s Predictions About EVs Come True! Electric Vehicle or Hybrids?
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- Опубликовано: 11 июл 2024
- In this video, we delve into the fascinating world of automotive trends, focusing on Toyota’s strategic approach to electrification and the rise of hybrids. We explore why Toyota’s conservative stance on EVs has proven to be a winning strategy.
*️⃣ 00:00 | Intro
Reason6️⃣ 00:38 | The U.S. Government’s U-Turn on Rapid Electrification
Reason5️⃣ 01:46 | The Rise of Hybrids
Reason4️⃣ 03:00 | EV Strategy - Customers and Dealers First, Regulators Second
Reason3️⃣ 04:36 | Toyota’s Record-Breaking Profit
Reason2️⃣ 05:59 | The Immaturity of EV Technology
Reason1️⃣ 07:10 | The Power of Diversification
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Forcing a manufacturer to pay fines for not wanting to manufacture something that doesn't sell is just ludicrous.
It's a type of communism. I wouldn't be surprised if it turns out that China has been controlling our governments in implementing such measures, and thereby committing industrial suicide, handing vehicle manufacturing over to China.
No, it’s voting for democrats and the fantasy world they force us to live in.
Absolutely !!
Tesla sells just fine all the other OEMs including Toyota just make inferior EVs as they entered the EV market 15 years to late and have dinosuare management structures.
That's typical WEF's frameworks, forcing the people to one direction to fullfil their agenda. Fortunately people will have their own revelation to cope with this
I’m not against evs but l like to make my own mind up not be forced into it
@@mikiegee6629 like I have already said I’ll make my own mind up and won’t be told what to do
And what trumps got to do with it l have no idea
@@mikiegee6629 like l have already said I’ll make my own mind up and won’t be told what to do and what trump got to do with it l have no idea
Do you mean a cheater will not force you, is an angel? 😂😂😂 Ask his victims!
@@gerhardw.933 English please
Did you not see the Michael Moore produced mini doc "Planet of the Humans"? EV's are tearing up the environment.Destroying the mountains, harvesting bio=mass wood.Wind and solar are failing miserably.Huge carbon footprint..If you care to inform yourself......I personally don't want to be radiated in an Ev car ,let alone burned beyond recognition when the Lithium Ion batterey torches off.
“Customers first, regulation second.”
Damn, that goes hard
in what a sad state the world is if one has to applaud to this common sense thing..
We all want less regulation until the banking sector collapses, a plane crashes, a high rise crumbles down, tap water is poisoned by chemicals, and so on. Then we blame the government for their lack of rules.
Toyota is in the business of making cars people want to buy.
Thats why they're rapidly losing market share around the world, especially in the world's largest car market, China.
@@rickpolo452 toyota does not losing anythind.they are still top saler in the the whole world and also growing. toyota sold 11.23 million units in 2023.which is highest record sales of toyota. and a 7.2% year-over-year increase.
@naturewonderslive4169 how many times do you need to edit? And you still got it wrong. It's your fault if you don't understand what market share means. 🤣🤦🏻♂️
market share does not matter @rick polo452. toyota is growing and their sales are increasing year on year . they are gaining profits that is what really matters.and that is why they are not losing anything.
and if you still care about market share than according ot statista, toyota have 10.7 percent in global market and then VW have 6 percent in global market .still toyota is way ahead than any company.
@@naturewonderslive4169 market share matters to every company but not in your world.
I love my reliable 2005 Camry with 390,000km. Still looking great with no rust and an engine that just needs oil changes.
Yes its great just a shame earth will become denuded of forests and agriculture and a billion will die and move to your country too
Mine, too, is great, 2011 camry hybrid is my girl, never an ounce of trouble.
I bet it looks good next to your trailer
@@antihypocrisy8978 Not sure what you mean. Being sarcastic? My Camry is a daily driver and I don't have a trailer.
@@valf.4589, just implying you're poor because you drive a 2011 car
Just switched to a Toyota hybrid after driving BMWs for 30 years….you know what….Toyota hybrid technology is so good and the drive is so smooth, it’s not a downgrade at all.
Yeah, BMW's are great...right up until you have to start paying the big bucks for that maintenance that grows increasingly frequent.
@@georgehugh3455 yup that’s why I “down-graded” to Toyota. Those BMs are awfully expensive to fix and they are very temperamental.
Yep a 4 cylinder hybrid feels V6 smooth
And the new Toyota Prius is an excellent car as well.
BUT
your hybrid (cleaner in town - Granted)
cant match a good Turbo diesel for MPG
(Prius 57mpg - VW golf tdi 78.5mpg)
So are you really saving the Planet at all?
That's why Toyota is the world leader in their business.
Toyota is known for its reliability and durability.. eg: Hylux, Innova Crista(in India)
I'm in the UK and have a 4 year old Toyota Camry Hybrid. On long journeys it does nearly 800 miles for one tank of fuel and takes less than 5 mins to refuel. No EV on the planet comes anywhere near matching that! on average I get about 550 mile per tank with my regular journeys. I will have it for a long time as they stopped making it for the UK market and they have nothing in the current model range that meets my needs like this one does. This is my fourth Toyota since 1998 and I won't be switching brands, I will wait and see what their future models bring. My wife and son are each on their 3rd Toyotas and won't change either.
I know somebody that has a. 1999 Toyota 4Runner with over 791000 on it. Same transmission. He had to replace the engine. It had 696000.
How many gallons does the fuel tank hold? My Chevy 2500 Silverado gets 500 miles to the tank.
Generally speaking any business that depends upon government subsidies is not a good idea.
Imagine, the poor schmuck who can not afford an EV subsidies (with his tax dollars) the rich guy who does buy one. Only in America.
Every big business gets government subsidies.
Well that's all corporate America
@@frankreynolds9930 literally you don't get big other than by extorting or abusing gov subsidies.
Oops, that would make fossil fuels a very bad idea. It's most government subsidized industry on Earth.
Here in OHIO, we know exactly how many winters a car battery lasts. You got 4-5 years maximum. So your EV is a 4-5 year car. Most conventional cars last about 14 years, and indefinitely if garaged and continuously maintained.
I get more years than that out of Interstate batteries here in Alaska. Some are close to the 10 year mark. Buy good batteries and buy a battery with high cold cranking amps, CCA.
Toyota you absolute goats , good on you for standing your ground. E.V's are the beta max video cassettes of green cars .
Its more his courage than vision that is most admirable. Taking a stance when all the rest fell into line.
The WEF and UN Climate Change scam is working perfectly on the children since 2000, as expected, growing up they believe it all, why the CC cult has been so successful?
Young CC cult folk never consider a "CAT 994H” loader burns 7560 litres of diesel fuel in a 12 hour shift. “A machine like this is required to move the 500 tons of earth/ore which will be refined into “one” lithium car battery.----------."Lithium is refined from ore using sulfuric acid. The proposed lithium mine at Thacker Pass, Nevada is estimated to require up to 75 semi-loads of sulfuric acid a day! The acid does not turn into unicorn food as AOC believes.----------.
"Refining lithium has created several EPA SUPERFUND SITES. IT IS VERY TOXIC TO THE ENVIRONMENT!
"A battery in an average electric car, is made of:
• 25 pounds of lithium,
• 60 pounds of nickel,
• 44 pounds of manganese,
• 30 pounds of cobalt,
• 200 pounds of copper, and
• 400 pounds of aluminium, steel, and plastic, etc....
Averaging 750-1,000 pounds of minerals that had to be mined and processed into a battery that merely stores electricity.... Electricity which is generated by oil, gas, coal, or water (and a tiny fraction of wind and solar things were never intended to actually ever supply useful electricity)------ their CC invention was about robbing UN Member countries of their wealth has been very successful and thanks to the CC Cult disciples and the 190 UN Member countries Government Politician TRAITORS, as they continue to succeed, they will end the individual countries democracy and by 2030 become WEF=EU=WHO=UNs Great Reset "Global Government" no votes required,
"That is the truth about the lie of "green" energy. There’s nothing green about the "Green New Deal".=============
"You people better learn how to vote or this nonsense will continue to flow down on top of you from the throne of government upon which you put these people.
"Stop drinking the Green New Deal’s sulfuric acid Kool-Aid!"
Dr. Phillip A. Fields
University of South Alabama
Mobile, Alabama
....THE word, your loOking for, is CHARACTER. PRACTICAL LOGIC, RULES....ALLWAYS HAS....ALLWAYS WILL.
Toyota is not the biggest auto maker for nothing. Im pleased
many others were the biggest for a while
Tesla out sold the Corrola
Toyota is spreading FUD to try and hold onto burning fossil fuel as long as possible! Apparently 50 years is not long enough for legacy auto to actually go electric! Do not crow how it is a winning strategy slave owners thought they had a winning strategy as well. Full Battery Vehicles will now take over the entire automobile industry. Learn the Facts and STOP spreading bullshit please!🤔
Biggest debt. They have a suicidal view on EVs.
@@amraceway , No, they have not. They are just smart and play it to their strength.
We've owned a 2011 Prius for about 5 years and it's one of the best cars we have ever owned. We used to take an 1100 mi trip each summer to stay with our son in Seattle and got an avg 47 mpg driving there and back. Just topping 110k mi and still runs like a dream. May be upgrading to a newer model but certainly don't plan on paying $37k for a new one.
Been driving a Toyota hybrid for 5 years now…the combination of the hybrid- and fuel engine combined with that ECVT is just great. The ride is so smooth and relaxed.
Ill happily take the 50+ mpg from a hybrid with no distance anxiety😁😁
Agreed!!! I have a hybrid. At least 80% of the time it drives on electric. The only time the ICE kicks in is at hills or from the stop. In long, straight city drives I've gotten 65 mpg. On long trips 60 or more due to mountains.
Try 40+
@@paulw4259 YT will. EVs are the perfect city car unless you think breathing crappy air is a highly desirable thing.
@@amraceway Perfect city car next to those battery recycling plants in Scotland and France where 900 TONS of BEV batteries burned? So great for those cities air quality!
@@robertkubrick3738 Poor management of waste disposal is a different issue. Methane fires from rubbish dumps to recycling centres catching fire are similar examples of poor waste management. No reason to can EVs. Do you use cordless power tools?
I've driven a Toyota hybrid for 5 years and outside of standard services it has only cost me a new 12 volt battery and one headlamp bulb. 50 + MPG is unbeatable
Hybrids have been around over 100 yrs, its proven technology. Diesel electric trains helped build America. Plug in cars that rely on battery power will never be a go to. At least not outside of metropolitan areas
Can get 70mpg from a diesel
What are you driving?
Yes, I see hybrids, but not EVs.
Yes, but that headlamp cost $7000...
People don't understand that the Japanese auto industry is very conservative. They figure out what works and tend to stick with it until they find something better and work the kinks out of that and only then replace their old systems.
I'm surprised that isn't the standard around the globe. It just makes sense. Never change a winning horse
Our Lexus hybrid is 19 years old, has never had a technical issue, and has maintained its resale value extremely well. Many EV fans cite the acceleration superiority of their Teslas, yet most vehicle owners live in or near large cities where the need for rocket acceleration for an extra $10,000 is not practical.
And the UK is VERY SLOWLY cracking down on the racers on our crater filled roads.
Yeah ours is 20yrs
Be glad it hasn't broke down because you'll go broke getting it repaired
@robboid Well, we've saved so much money over all those years that repair cost won't be a problem. But really, there are Lexus hybrids out there with over 250,000 miles on them.
To be clear, Toyota doesn't say no to EV. They are saying current lithium battery tech is unsustainable for large scale long term production, thus they are heavily invested in their alternative and solid state battery.
That's where EV's fall down. It's not the concept, it's the current idea's on manufacturing them. The materials needed just aren't available long-term, sustainable and in bulk.
And sodium ion battery is also in Toyota's card.
I said at the time Toyota was right …
I was heavily lampooned for being a Toyota fan boy….
Where are all the critics now ????
Crickets ….
They're probably sitting at a charge station, again 😂
@@navigatoruscg8499 and EV batteries are free? Please say more
17 years and counting, hybrid battery is just fine.
@@mrg-ghx8052ha ha 😅!
driving hondas and hyundais, you can keep your over priced toyota, not that I believe you can afford a new car.
after being repeatedly tried to be ripped off when buying a GR86 I went and bought a mini cooper S instead.
I have a lexus hybrid. I am really happy with it and would never change to plug in or EV. My son has a lexus GS350 not a hybrid just standard motor and other than fuel costing a wee bit more it just purs along at any speed without any strain on the motor. He loves the car and won't change that.
We are trading our Tesla in for a Lexus hybrid in 3 days. Glad to hear this!
2003 Toyota 4Runner (256K miles)
Toyota works smarter, not harder. Toyota let other manufacturers do the experiment, knowing it can build the best ev anytime. No body beats Toyota in building the most reliable automobiles. Today, My 2006 4runner still run like day one from the dealer.
GM used to be that way - let Chrysler & others innovate, then hire away their key ppl. But Toyota mgmt doesn't need to hire ppl away.
My Toyota Yaris TS 105hp from 2005 runs like day one from the dealer. 💪💪💪
Meh, I've been in the body repair business all my life, Toyota are no better or worse than anyone else. They make beige boring cars and haven't released anything of note for a long time.
You haven't looked at the Toyota BZX stats have you?
Toyota's reliabiity is legendary, however Honda is probably slightly better.in some models, the 2024 J.D. Power Quality & Reliability Rating for the Honda Civic is 82 and for the Toyota Corolla its 76. Not sure what the ratings for Ford, GM or Dodge are.
Clever engineering and shrewd management made Toyota the world’s Nº1 car manufacturer. Smart thinking keeps this going whereas their competitors go down the rabbit hole to destruction.
Toyota is a dead company walking net profit to debt ratio is abysmal.
Toyota tried very hard to deny EV technology because they are too late to catch up.
@@albertcheng8776 why would you try to catch up to death?
@@albertcheng8776Toyota had electrical engineers on staff back when vfd's came out 50 years ago and they have remained very similar this whole time. There's nothing advanced about an ev in the propulsion.
@@Barskor1 Tesla profits down 55% is last 6 months, number of EV sold down 30%... We have passed 'peak EV' and now in 50 years kids will say 'daddy what was an EV'...
I very pleased with my 3 Toyotas … 2 hybrids (CHR & RAV4) and a Hilux Diesel pickup truck 👍
What about the heating of the cab? This is an issue they never talk about. In an EV you pay for power to heat your car, while the heat from a combustion engine is surplus and free. And if your EV loses battery capacity in cold weather or parked for a couple of weeks while you are on vacation, the stored energy drops and you loose money to recharge it. While the diesel or gasoline just floats in the tank, without being less worth.
I'm not against EVs but I am against high initial prices, range anxiety, charging anxiety, potential thermal runaway, higher insurance costs, massive depreciation, rapid tire wear, unreliability, expensive repairs, lengthy repair waiting times, lack of local qualified mechanics and any other EV bugs I haven't thought of or are unaware of. They should have perfected EVs FIRST and THEN pushed them on the public, but no, they did it completely backwards and now it's all this.
Should be no need to "push" ev's if they are any good. They are crap & a con.
This shows how unintelligent our liberal leaders are. This totally lacked common sense, lacked proper research on the issue, has been exceedingly financial detrimental on car makers. Just like the open border policy it too lacks common sense and has not been well thought out at all. And people still vote for liberals?
I am against EVs! They are no better for the planet than ICE vehicles when you take everything into account! Not least the child/ slave labour being used to mine the materials to make the batteries!
EVs are not about improving the automobile. They are about reducing the freedom and independence enabled by conventionally fuelled cars. EVs offer both data harvesting and control via their heavily computerised systems, and physical limits on their capability as their batteries limit the amount of driving possible. The only advantage is zero emission at the vehicle, but this is achieved with a much more energy intensive building and recycling process. Ultimately the Billionaires want to own everything, and what we need, they want make more money renting to us. So EVs offer greater possibilities to those who want tyranny.
I’m not against any drive train, but I’m very much against the globalist crime syndicate that we in the west call government interference in any business.
Toyota = quality, reliability
Brainwashed
When all other car brand aggressively compete in EVs market.
Toyota stand solidly on their own understanding about long-term sustainability. Kudos to Akio Toyoda 🙏🏻
I've driven a Toyota all my life! Why would i ever switch? ❤
We chose an hybrid car, less fuel consumption on day-to-day commuting so fewer pollution, but still as polyvalent as a gas vehicle, same 500 miles/800 km autonomy with same 5mn refueling time whatever the weather.
Hybrids are a pragmatic solution. EVs are unpractical, an ideological choice.
There's a market for EVs, but it's not 100% of vehicle but more realistically between 20% and 30%.
If incentives stopped, today many markets would be 10% to 15% EVs, not 20%.
Pure EVs still need a lot more infrastructure and way better batteries to be viable for most places, they could work relatively easy for urban commuters IF the infrastructure was available, but like alway goverments want to force things but don't want to invest what is necessary to get it working properly.
I've just got a hybrid. My neighbours with pure EVs have had massive issues with them. EVs are totally impractical at present ... No charging infrastructure and battery manufacture is more harmful to the planet than fossil fuel. No wonder EV secondhand value has plummeted.
@@billscott312 what did you buy? Im just starting to look and would love to hear what you chose.
My next car will be a Camry hybrid AWD they now place an electric motor in the rear to make AWD and other only reduces mpg by 1 mpg. The other advantage is electric AC and heat so you can sit using AC without the engine running it turns on when the battery needs it. The LE is rated at 50mpg the higher models SE, XSE go to 40mpg.
I've been driving a hybrid for 6 years. Best of both worlds, and I was able to drive from NJ to Nashville only stopping to eat and 5 minute fuel-ups.
2006 Toyota Highlander V6 hybrid owner. Can pull a loaded 5’ x 8’ trailer no problem if needed.
When not pulling, Have averaged 27 mpg over the last 2-3 years
What is mpg?
That is why i always drive Toyota. They really know what their doing.
my next car will probaly be a Toyota. Good quality , and 110 % reliably..
and no bullshit agenda
True - they listen to customers, not govt.
Amen brother!!
A Toyotas engine will be the last thing to fail on the car lol
Reliable but ugly and too expensive.
Governments have no RIGHT to tell you WHAT TO DRIVE
When will they UNDERSTAND
YOU WORK FOR US not the UN WEF WHO
Of course the government does.
The government has the right to minimize pollution as a minimum so there definitely needs to be incentivized impact on what people buy. The government works for more people than just those who love driving around in Escalades.
Aren't there tons of regulations for gas cars? Looks like the government already tells people what they are allowed to drive on public streets. 😉 And I think these regulations, at least most of them, do work for the public, improving road safety as an example for everyone.
A society needs rules to work properly. Ideally, these rules are supported by a majority of the people (-> democracy), but that also means not everybody agrees with all these rules. Try to accept it or go to politics to change something. But this "The government is against us" is just ridiculous, if you ask me.
@@RayThackerayyes . The Government works by whoever pays them the most . Lobbyist
That's right these decisions should be left to the oil industry. The oil industry has our best interest in mind. I'm totally convinced by your comment.
I just changed into a 2nd new rav4 hybrid, you can’t go wrong or beat a Toyota hybrid. It is so fuel efficient and extremely practical. I remember when everyone was changing to a full EV, I chose hybrid instead. Now I have a “I told you so” moment with those people lol
Even with high gas prices in California my newer Honda civic will go 400 miles on a 11 gallon fuel tank on the highway. 33 mpg city. It was $28,000 out the door and it's loaded.
More to the point, they haven't answered where the power to charge these EVs will come from once they have abandoned all the coal, gas and oil power stations and we only have wind and solar (in Australia)
Math is not your strong suit, eh.
Obviously not yours...@@godofbiscuitssf
Funny how they never talk about that, isnt it? Want to watch a Climate protester go nuts? Ask him/her the same question.
@@godofbiscuitssf math is not the problem here: electrical technology is the problem. Electric production from solar and wind is very "weak" against power demand and cannot follow the constantly changing electrical absorption in the network. You would need a much much much more advanced battery technology that we have got today to face the problem.
Hydroelectric power is more resistant to fluctuations but also that one is not really capable of adapting to power demand quickly.
@@jossdeiboss California has already experienced full days of renewable power exceeding 100% demand and Texas is close. Load shifting and new and inexpensive methods of power storage, like compressed air, and use of constant (in the aggregate) sources like wind are viable and being added to the grid. Across broad arrays, wind is not "weak", the sun goes away at night but wind does not. New auto battery formulations like lithium iron phosphate are resistant to thermal runaways, have increased range and resistance to cycle degradation, and are already in production, they aren't lab experiments years away from reality. The issues with electrification are ones of transition and they're fading, they're not intrinsic and insurmountable.
I predicted this many years ago before even Toyota CEO can figure that out. I bought a Hybrid in 2015 and figured out EVs were more costly than Hybrids . Even if there is a problem with hybrid you can easily change the Hybrid system for 1000$-5000$ compared to 20k$ for EV.
What probably really helps Toyota outsell other manufacturers with hybrid cars is the cray variety in hybrids they offer. Nearly every vehicle in the company's lineup has a hybrid varient, even the Tacoma and Tundra both have hybrid variants now.
My friends in Bangkok built a machine producing electricity running off magnets. They turned down an offer from toyota and are now building one to power a new village being built. No batteries required and is almost silent. The first prototype has been powering a farm for over 2 years.
I live in Norway where the EV push he's been huge. I doubt they will admit a mistake, rather I'm assuming they will double down and push harder! Covid style!
Now why doesn't that surprise me that someone couples COVID denial/antivax with anti-EV.
@@godofbiscuitssf Covid is a real virus. Vaccines work great but whatever the jab is for Covid is clearly not a vaccine. I'm not anti EV. I am anti authoritarian governments.
Australia isn't much better under our current government. They're currently trying to basically ban all fossil fuelled and hybrid vehicles forcing everyone into Ev's. Utter lunacy in a country our size
Just like the standard government fare, if something doesn't work just throw more money at it. And when that doesn't work, throw more money at it.🤑
@@godofbiscuitssf where did he say he denied COVID, never seen 1 before. There are plenty of people inc me, who question the effectivness of lockdown, masks and the Mortality rate of COVID, oh wait that's all offical , even the liks of Nih, WHO finally agree on it.
Lockdowns where not effective, did'nt save lives, but caused a lot of economic and social harm
Masks where neither effective, the virus simply got through them
And with Mortality , COVID was not as dangerous as portrayed.
It's sad to see people still believe the lies, that even the people who pushed those lies have now walked back from
all the data is out, COVID was a vastly overplayed, most people who got it did not die from it, people who did die had comorbidities or where on their last breath pretty much anyway.
You still doublemasking when you in the shower
Summary: never try to build an industry around a scam.
Elon did and very successful 😂😂😂😂😂
The politics popular worldwide is built on fraud, coercion, NOT reason, rights, choice. Why do the victims worship "The Most Dangerous Superstition" (Larken Rose)?
Never a truer word buddy
Is EV a scam? BYD has overtaken Tesla to become the most desired EV on planet earth. Even the richest men in M.E. has bought one.
It is true that both Japan and USA will left behind. Fossil fuel vehicles will still be their drives for another 20~30 years. It is like steam engine. 😂
@jge123
Elon Musk has something lacking in most Americans - commonsense. That is why he is so successful.
Looks like I'll keep repairing my 2008 honda accord. Zero drama with these cars. And Toyota or Lexus hybrid is my most likely next candidate.
I live in California. I frequently travel up and down the state by my gas truck. The last five years I have seen several brand new gas stations open up along Interstate 5 , Highway 101 And Highway 99.
I have seen no EV charging stations built.
if you care about environment and want to buy EV, it should be mandatory to keep your EV for 10 years , lets see if there will be repeat buyers after that.
If you care about environment then don't get an ev they cause WAY more pollution to produce and lithium ion batteries are NOT environmentally friendly to recycle
It doesn't matter how long the first buyer owns it for, it's the total service life that counts.
Very happy with our hybrid Corolla. Had it for 3 years now, averages 56mpg. Best car we’ve had.
Try 133eMPG for a used model 3 at 24k
We bought a hybrid Crown. 41 mpg. Love it.
@@chensien75 And what is the cost of a replacement battery?
@@telcobilly eBay has refurbished for 7-9k
@@chensien75 Refurbished by whom?
Hybrids makes better sense than full plug in EV. Hybrids can be tuned for fuel efficiency or for more performance.
Other advantage of hybrid its like a transitional setup and technology. While improving, researching and developing electric vehicles the technology going into hybrids helps mitigate any shortcomings of the electric systems (battery, motor etc)
My next car I was thinking about a toyota corolla hybrid or a corolla gr
I personally feel hybrids like the Toyota/Lexus system were the best way initially, and they are making improvements all the time
I have just bought my 3rd Yaris hybrid . Love them . fast acceleration and great economy . £40 gets me about 400 miles . Just bought the Yaris cross excel .
Plug in?
@@wiganfan3373 no. petrol hybrid .
@@8ballphil150 self charging then
@@wiganfan3373 yep . breaking and that recharges the battery . it teaches you to keep off the pedal more . bloody nippy off the blocks . lol.
Customers decide what they want, what a radical idea.
The slow charging time is ev's great weakness. If everyone drives an ev, people will be getting into fights in charging lines.
My 2005 Toyota Avalon just keeps going. I worked in the car industry for 30 years and Toyota was always the best to work with.
Someone posted a stat that the CEO of Toyota makes around $7 million and the CEO from GM makes $30million.
So that more can trickle down to poor peasants, don't you know?
Elon Musk is the CEO of Tesla, the owner. He would have to pay himself. That wouldn't make sense. Imagine what the taxes would be lol. Elon Musk is the most valuable human being we have in our existence today. He is the least corrupt successful person in our time. He has done more for the earth and humanity than any other successful person or organization combined. Watch the money trails and you will find the corruption. Who really still thinks that governments and international organizations have good intentions?
Elon Must has ZERO guaranteed salary. Ho ONLY gets stock options if he grows the company. Having guaranteed salary even if the company FAILS to grow is crap.
Awesome thoughts from Toyota 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
Wouldn't say hybrids are the only solution for the future. Having a small and frugal gas/diesel engine in a small and light car is also great. I have a Toyota Aygo (powered by a 1.0l, 68hp/93Nm Inline-3 called the "1KR-FE", for those who don't know) and it's very economical. Not to mention that it's also really zippy thanks to the fizzy nature of the engine and the way it revs, so I'm very satisfied with it! 😉
A friend is a fund manager in Japan. They saw this coming, invested heavily in Toyota and made a killing.
I remember back in the 1980s TOYOTA was building a factory in Cambridge Ont Canada and Canadas PM back then (Mulroney) asked the Toyota leader why he didn’t build his factory in Mexico to save money on labor (can you imagine?) as if such an intelligent company didn’t perform its due diligence in researching the location?They are anti union because fears of mob controlled unions can retard a company’s progress and creates an adversarial conflicting environment, to boggle the company down internally, rather they encourage friendship and harmony between workers and management, Samurai code mandates a code of honesty and fairness and Toyota employees are well rewarded
You don't know what you are talking about....Samurai codes WTF! all the plants in Europe and UK have unions. I shall ask my partner about the Samurai codes they employ at work LOL
You don't know what you're talking about. Toyota stacks their anti union vote with "special associates" who get different pay and have their own perks and segregated facilities. Their job is to side with the company at all costs and all issues. There is no "right of assembly" among employees and a majority of over 70% of the "non special associates" is needed for union certification. As someone who is Japanese and previously employed in the auto sector, there is a lot they do that is right, but don't be blinded by that so called code of honour.
Very well said ,wish the american dinosaurs would read this comment
I suspect this is at least part reason why Toyota closed manufacturing in Australia. This country is run by the unions and our left leaning Labor govt are mere puppets of the Australia Mafia aka CFMEU.
A nice work of fiction!
People don't realize or not aware how expensive it is to replace an ev battery. Its like buying another used car
Not completely true. If you don't go to the car manufacturer to replace the battery, it is half as expensive. Example: a tesla battery would cost 10k instead of 20k to replace. But yes, it is very expensive. However, not the entire battery needs to be replaced, only the low performing cells so over time with more shops, it will get cheaper.
I love my Toyota now I love them even more
I couldn’t imagine living with a car where I have to constantly be worried if I’m going to make it to my destination and the constant searching for charging stations.
A gas station serves thousands of cars per hour to full tank.
How many cars can charging station serve per hour?
@@sergiofonseca2285 - you’re probably going to be stuck at charging station for a few hours if there’s 6 cars ahead of you that’s for sure.
Bottom line the technology isnt where it needs to be yet for EV's to be a viable replacement for a gas vehicle.
The only time that most EV owners go to a charging station is for long trips. Most of us have the car fully charged at home and if you own a Tesla, superchargers are everwhere.
@@sergiofonseca2285 You only need one plug in your home to charge your car.every day.
I'm all about hybrid vehicles.
Hybrids are a scam, too. Bots pushing them here are just more proof of that.
Just bought a used 2015 Prius with only 66K miles. I get 58 miles per gallon now. Car is fun to drive trying to maximize hybrid battery usage.
Been there. Done that. Had a hybrid. Got rid of it. Resale value lowered 30% because of the age of the battery.
Is it expensive to replace?
@@MasihAmiri_11 Yes, the battery is expensive to replace. But we just sold the car to the dealer with the big, expensive battery still in it in it, and the dealer sold the car to someone else. I doubt that the big battery was replaced. The car ran fine on its engine.
@@MasihAmiri_11Depends on your definition of expensive. For Toyota's hybrids, an OEM battery replacement usually costs a few thousand USD including labor fees. But the batteries are highest quality from Panasonic so they should easily last more than 100,000 miles. Panasonic provided most of early Tesla too.
The difference with BEVs is that the battery in hybrids is much smaller, so the replacement cost is one digit lower. 1 BEV is equivalent to 90 hybrid cars in terms of battery materials used.
An EV is a much worse investment. That’s a fact…
Again we all bare the financial costs and control, while the few gained!
Toyota hit the absolute sweet spot of electric-hybrid vehicle efficiency with the Prius.
We were getting 50-60 mph hybrids that ran excessively clean and could be easily repaired and we switched to something that requires massive amounts of non-recyclable, rare materials and basically have to be scrapped if they get a scratch. Genius!
God bless Japan for telling them to gf.
I worked for Toyota Motors America until they moved to Texas which was a brilliant move on Toyota's part.
I'm a supporter of Toyota. Toyota is correct on their stance against investment in EVS and further conservative manufacturing of hybrids.
Yay … resisted the pressure and bought hybrid CH-R gr
You know that has batteries and an electric motor, right?
Hybrids can also be converted to run natural gas. Australian taxis are mostly Toyota hybrids which can be running on natural gas. Toyota has always been extremely intelligent and innovative in its automobiles.
Honest video! As an EV owner myself, our next car is definitely another Toyota. Perhaps the RAV4, Camry, or the current 5th gen V6 4Runner 🤙🏽
When the hydrogen hybrid technology gets introduced and cost reduced to something I can afford then I can seriously consider it.
The technology has been introduced in California anyway. Infrastructure and supply are the main factors. The thing seems to work well and I’ve heard of no problems.
@@markvincent5992 Just closed most of the Hydrogen filling stations in CA
The main reason for the failure of EV sales in the US and Europe has been the problem of power supply and charging points to charge them which has been exacerbated by problems of range especially under cold winter conditions. Governments are waking up to the reality that mandating green energy is very different from achieving the large increase in supply as their policies mandate an ended to fossil fuels from heating, cooking and industrial use and the even greater problem and cost of expanding the electrical grids to meet that demand as well as rewiring cities to allow for home charging. Add to this the increasing problem of lithium battery fires and they have brewed up the perfect storm.
Failure is due to price. Dont make shit excuses.
@@frankreynolds9930 You are correct the price is prohibitive + the problem of power supply, charging points being unavailable, cold weather, battery fires, reduction in value, + you name it. My son know's about it. Well at least his hasn't caught fire yet that is one big relief.
failure??????
@@frankreynolds9930 they suck and that the truth!
So glad I got meself a Honda FHEV...the thing is so smooth and and when the engine come on...oh that ever so sweet purr of a Honda powertrain! Loving it
Toyota knows cars. Period.
The former CEO of VW (a few years ago being the biggest car producer on the world) made the wrong decision to turn to electric cars only against the advice of all his technical advisors. Meanwhile he has been fired!!! That is the problem if managers without technical expertise become the CEO of a tech company. In Japan and China they don't make this mistake.
Yeah the diesel screw up wasn’t a factor.
@@ronz7046fc k the regulations. Let it polute
Bruh i think you mix up china with taiwan and Singapore, china is the most corrupt country even beyond the Africa Nation with their Guanxi Culture and Face Saving Mindset, critical thinking is simply illegal there only blind obedience is needed in China.
send this to the prime minister of Australia
Great video good info glad it popped up in my feed
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Hybrid cars with easy access to the battery packs to replace cell is the way forward and the most logical way to do it
Nothing relying on fossil fuel is the way forward....
@@Brian-om2hh BEV have been failing for the last 130 years, BEV is the way backwards.
You don’t need a whacking great battery pack for a hybrid either, making replacement easier.
@@Brian-om2hh ever heard about synthetic fuels? Did you know that there is a new opinion going around that says the earth is constantly producing more oil? Makes sense, seeing as how the loony left has been predicting that we would be out of oil by 2010. Oops! Missed again, didn’t ya? The fact is electric cars can only go wherever there’s electricity infrastructure. You can’t run out of juice and go get 5 gallons of voltage. There are still many places on earth that a golf cart with aspirations of being a useful vehicle just doesn’t work, and won’t for the foreseeable future.
@@Brian-om2hh EV's also rely on fossil fuel in all the plastics in the car.
I don’t need range anxiety with an EV. Life has enough anxiety already.Hybrid for me
It's not just EVs, it's also the infrastructure. Some places (California for instance) are struggling to supply electricity, as it is, partly due to lack of decent maintenance, partly because of converting to 'renewables'. Increasing the number of cars that need charging will put such a strain on an electricity grid that it will fail and continue to fail until it's substantially upgraded at huge cost or until the EV market becomes one of the niche markets for enthusiast only.
Brilliant elucidation of the issues in this matter.
Selling exploding vehicles is a tough sell
Hybrid is like the plasma TV before LCD and LED TV.
hybrid = strapping a gas car to a horse & buggy.
It’s still early days for EV’s. They might not be “ready” but you can’t deny there’s been incredible improvement and innovation.
Toyota have incredibly high standards and they have rightly decided that with the current state of EV tech, they can’t make a truly reliable vehicle.
The second that’s not true for them, they will move fast.
I have bought several Toyotas, theyre the best. I’ll never buy anything built by the UAW ever again.
The only mandate the government should push on auto makers is to abolish the UAW.
Agree
@@braddouglas7839 fried brains hurt much?
I bought a Toyota CHR hybrid , three years ago, and I am more than happy with it. The UK has never been ready for EVs without any infrastructure in place to support their ridiculous forecasting of EVs by 2030! The wise money is on Toyota , instead of keeping all your eggs in one EV basket, pure stupidity! Toyota are miles ahead......
Private enterprises are always better than government.
By that logic private car companies should be doing well….. oops
Two years ago we replaced one of our cars with a cargo e-bike. I run all local errands (under 4 miles round trip) with it. I won’t work for everyone, but when it does, it’s fun and saves significant money, too. My neighbor works downtown at Amazon and usually rides his e-bike “I get home faster than by car” he told me. I wish Toyota would make one.
I am old retired and living in my 2002 Toyota minivan which rarely has problems despite its age. But if I were young again and starting out in life I would want the EV companies to quit chasing longer ranges and instead build cheaper lighter vehicles that I would use for 90% of my driving which would be within the City and surrounding District. Secondly I would want auto rental companies to be prolific cheap and easily accessible for whenever I needed to go on longer trips.
if they didn't do it when you were young why would they now.
@victorhopper6774 because when I was young we were concerned about a new coming ICE AGE if you can believe that
Risk of EV fire, long charge time, expensive insurance, & crazy low resale value would stop most people from buying one... not to mention they are anything but reliable just check all the new EV reviews with tons of problems!
I bought a new Mitsubishi PHEV. Kept it 6 months. Expect fuel consumption of 7 - 10.5 ltrs/100km, inaccurate fuel content indication, range of around 400km (not good in France), electric range only about half of what is claimed. 4WD system excellent. Lacks power on mountain roads.
Well done Toyota. World leaders in innovation!
My wife bought a new Lexus recently. The salesman asked about her driving habits and then advised against a hybrid as it wasn't cost effective for her needs.
I cannot understand why that salesman would say that to your wife.
Ones driving habits should not matter about your choice between a petrol or a Hybrid. They both have ICE's, they both run on petrol, they are both held up in traffic jams, and traffic jams do not discriminate by what you are driving, we are all in the same boat at the same time here.
During normal driving or when needing to pull a heavy load, Hybrids are just a joy, with extra torque in reserve.
Toyotas CVT does take a little getting used to but that is a very small LITTLE. The engine does have to work earlier but only if you are loading the throttle or climbing steep hills.
All Hybrids return a small cost advantage to run, whatever your driving habits.
I purchased a one owner Toyota Prius back in 2010 from a Toyota garage in Worcester. That car only once let us down and that was after 8 years ownership, on a very cold January evening when we went to the cinema. When we came back to the car it would not start. We called the AA and a short boost to the battery got us going.
Latter in 2017, I purchased one owner, Lexus RX450h (REAL NAME TOYOTA) with 67K miles and I hope it is the last car for me to buy.
In January this year it turned over to 100K miles, I no longer drive the mileage as I used to. My overheads are petrol, insurance, servicing, MOT's, one pair of tyres, I had all the discs and pads changed @ 80K miles 3 years ago as I knew they will now outlast me.
In return I get the joy of driving the best car manufacturer in the world.
TOYOTA…..As their 1970's adverts said…..Ask an owner.
My only sorrow is that I sold my 3 litre twin turbo Toyota Supra Mk4.
I am still grieving now.
@@daviddavies8637 When a salesman suggests I don't spend money on a more expensive car on which he would make a greater commission I tend to believe him.
@@daviddavies8637 obviously she drives few miles. i only drive 2,000 miles a year so it almost isn't worth owning a car at any price.
@@victorhopper6774 I agree with your point, why buy an expensive car for very little use. I always tell family and friends, if they are looking to change thier car, look for an ex-demonstrator or one owner with low mileage.
Look at the end of the month when salespeople are themselves looking to clear their stock as best they can and there is usually quite a saving. Also, always worth keeping to touch with a couple of salepeople even when you are not looking to change, keep them on the hook.
Having my own independence and freedom to go where I want, when I want, as I want is for the time being my freedom that I pay for just like most other motorists, but that freedom may not last as long as you think.
The palaver of hiring a car, calling a taxi, catching a bus or train is not what I have done in the past.
My only arranged journey is my last, with family (few) and friends (also few).
Until then I want to decide what I wish to do. Our elected dictatorship is steering us their way, I should have said the "ESTABLISHMENT" way.
But as Bob Dylan once wrote... "...for the times they are a-changin..."
Great run down of the victory for the customer who is not convinced (yet) of the total package of EV’s; as Toyota realised some time ago. But on the disadvantages of current EV’s you didn’t mention the very low prices that 2nd hand EV’s go for.
Because no one wants them and you will have a $15k battery replacement cost n your future along with resale value that reminds me of the Yugo
I'm surprised you didn't point out charging. The time it takes, availability, the infrastructure. EV is not yet ready. It was shoved down everyone's throats.
Great summary, thanks.