Toyota, Honda, Nissan and other Japanese automakers are serious about rolling out battery electric vehicles to catch up with the world's frontrunners like Tesla and BYD

Toyota, Honda, Nissan and other Japanese automakers are serious about rolling out battery electric vehicles to catch up with the world’s frontrunners like Tesla and BYD

“We love battery EVs.”

Takero Kato, the executive in charge of electric vehicles at Toyota, said that not once, but twice, to emphasize what he considers the message at this year’s Tokyo auto show.

It’s a message ringing clear at the Tokyo Mobility Show, which will run through Nov. 5 at Tokyo Big Sight hall and where battery-powered electric vehicles are the star at practically every booth.

  • AA5B@lemmy.world
    5·
    11 months ago

    having fuel truck networks, fueling stations, etc. continue to exist, would make hydrogen likely less disruptive to the existing model

    That’s crazy:

    — US gas 140,000 EV chargers and it’s nowhere near enough, even with most charging fine at home

    — US had 57 places to fuel hydrogen, all in California

    — we don’t even have a cost effective way to produce green hydrogen yet, most will continue to come from fossil fuels for decades

    And you think it’s cheaper and easier to build entire industries across the US and worldwide, for a fuel source still dependent on fossil fuels, at a cost probably in the trillions of dollars? And it’s desirable to save large oil companies trying to hold desperately to their existing business?