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0 pointsWorkaccount22y ago0 comments

It would probably make most sense to compare their EV sales to other companies EV sales.

However I am sure that there are at least a few execs at toyota with your line of thinking: "Our ICE cars are selling better than ever, why are we wasting money on EV development?"

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jeffbee2y ago

The all-time, cumulative amount of batteries sold in Toyota hybrid cars is similar in scale to the amount of batteries ever sold by Tesla. Until about 2 years ago, Toyota was ahead in this metric.

Workaccount2OP2y ago

Sure, Tesla has hybrid sales of zero. It doesn't make golf cart battery packs and electric bike motors. Toyota is great at making (buying off the shelf) those things and connecting them to gas motors.

However, toyota is not great at making EVs and only now is releasing their first (very mediocre) EV. Probably because a hybrid and EV are very different under the hood.

audunw2y ago

Not their first. They were actually quite early with an EV. Though I can understand if you don’t think it counts.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyota_RAV4_EV

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