Looks like Toyota is coming in HOT into the electric car market
see this the kinda shit i wanna see
how sick would that be 1000k miles, with no ICE? now my real dream is a long distance E-motorcycle so this is great news to me
Honestly, if they can reduce the size of the battery pack, and resulting in a reduced weight of the vehicle , this will also save on having buying tires, road maintenance and more
On the one hand Toyota doesn’t usually make outrageous claims, on the other hand there are battery breakthroughs announced all.the.time. and few make it to production.
Laughs in cold weather
“Toyota backtracked on their stubborn refusal to make pure EVs? Did Toyoda die?” - what I thought reading this.
Turns out I was close: Toyoda stepped down, and the new CEO is apparently gung-ho for EVs.
This is great to see!
You know what I’m not excited for, all these companies locking long battery life behind a fricken paywall. My future car is gonna be carrying around a heavy-ass battery and not be able to use the entire volume.
I’m really hoping not, but I expect the least from these companies.
In theory, EV’s should be very maintainable. They’re very simple, mechanically, and other than packaging, batteries are batteries. Even these new batteries Toyota is touting will provide a DC voltage for done amount of time.
It seems vehicle manufacturers are trying to lock vehicles behind DRM though.
Here’s hoping right to repair continues to gather Steam.