Credit to Author: David Waterworth| Date: Sat, 15 Oct 2022 16:04:23 +0000
Toyota claims that by producing 900,000 conventional hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs), it has effectively produced and sold the equivalent of 300,000 BEVs. Whether this is true or not, I will leave the mathematicians and the wise ones who understand the battery chemistry way better than I do to chime in. I just wonder if Toyota […]
Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Thu, 13 Oct 2022 05:20:16 +0000
US auto sales were up 1% in the 3rd quarter of 2022 compared to the 3rd quarter of 2021, but they were down 13% compared to the 3rd quarter of 2020 and down 21% compared to the 3rd quarter of 2019, which we use as a bit of a control year since it was before […]
Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Sat, 08 Oct 2022 06:29:10 +0000
A recent headline regarding Toyota and a clever response to it caught my attention. The headline: “Toyota president calls meeting California zero-emissions requirements ‘difficult’.” The response from our friend Nikhil Chaudhary: “‘difficult for Toyota’.” It was a clever way to correct the headline, and it highlights the key point superbly: Meeting California’s zero-emissions requirements isn’t […]
Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Thu, 06 Oct 2022 19:30:41 +0000
Toyota says it will bring a plug-in hybrid version of the Crown to the US market shortly, but refuses to talk about a battery-electric version.
Credit to Author: David Waterworth| Date: Thu, 08 Sep 2022 06:27:23 +0000
In the Toyota transition, will job security be an unintended victim? Electric vehicle production requires a smaller human workforce than internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicle production. This allows for a greater use of robots and therefore increases profitability. Toyota’s President Akio Toyoda has been a strong advocate for job security when undergoing the change to […]
Credit to Author: Raymond Tribdino| Date: Mon, 05 Sep 2022 19:30:28 +0000
When Toyota announced its plan in April of 2021 to introduce a full line-up of 70 electrified vehicles, with 15 BEVs, including 7 new and already available bZ BEV models by 2025, it also set in motion a series of peripheral manufacturing and R&D actions. Just over a year later it finalized plans to create […]
Credit to Author: Jo Borrás| Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2022 19:25:35 +0000
Toyota is spending big bucks to get you that IRA tax credit!
Credit to Author: David Waterworth| Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2022 13:46:11 +0000
I remember when the Prius was launched in Australia. There was a lot of Fear Uncertainty and Doubt cast upon this innovative vehicle. Would the batteries last? It’s too expensive. Who would want to buy that? Sound familiar? But it didn’t seem too long before they were being used as taxis and Toyota extended the […]
Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2022 19:46:32 +0000
Yesterday, we looked at the Tesla Model Y’s and Model 3’s leadership at the top of the California auto sales table as well as Tesla as a brand getting up to #2 in the overall California auto market. However, we didn’t look at the actual 2nd quarter results themselves. It’s a similar story as the […]
Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2022 03:57:05 +0000
Tesla is doing quite well in California, the largest auto market in the United States. As reported earlier today, the Tesla Model Y was the best selling automobile in California in the first half of 2022 and the Tesla Model 3 was the second best selling model. In the largest state in the country, Tesla […]