Looks like Toyota is coming in HOT into the electric car market

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“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!

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They made this claim in 2018, saying they’d have a prototype ready by 2020

then in 2020 they said 2023

then in 2023 they say 2026

Toyota’s solid state batteries are working on the same timeline as Tesla’s full self driving. I wouldn’t hold my breath.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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

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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

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Yeah, I want a full sized truck that can do 100-200 miles/day that doesn’t weigh 10000 lb. This would open up both senarios and push the tech forward all the way around.

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