Toyota is setting up a company in Shanghai focused on developing and producing electric vehicles and batteries for Lexus. Production starts in 2027. Thoughts?
Toyota is making a big move with this. They’re developing a new Lexus EV, and the first production run will be around 100,000 units per year. About 1,000 jobs will be created. Looks interesting.
@Oakley
Yeah… until all the tech is ready and China decides it’s theirs.
Lennon said:
@Oakley
Yeah… until all the tech is ready and China decides it’s theirs.
Nobody is trying to copy Toyota’s BZ4X disaster.
Lennon said:
@Oakley
Yeah… until all the tech is ready and China decides it’s theirs.
You doing okay under that rock? Been there long?
Isn’t this the same company that was pushing anti-EV propaganda and saying hydrogen was the future?
Avery said:
Isn’t this the same company that was pushing anti-EV propaganda and saying hydrogen was the future?
Toyota is actually the best-selling car brand in Norway, where 96% of new cars are electric.
@Charlie
How? Toyota barely makes EVs. They only have that weirdly named BZ4X.
@Charlie
I don’t get how Toyota pulled that off…
Harlan said:
@Charlie
I don’t get how Toyota pulled that off…
Here’s the source: Norway EV share hits 96 pct in January, as Toyota tops list and Tesla slumps
Toyota’s bZ4X was actually the best-selling EV in Norway last month.
@Charlie
I’d need to see more data on this…
Peyton said:
@Charlie
I’d need to see more data on this…
It’s not complicated. Toyota was the top seller last month because of the bZ4X.
Peyton said:
@Charlie
I’d need to see more data on this…
It’s not complicated. Toyota was the top seller last month because of the bZ4X.
So you’re saying bZ4X was the best-selling car in Norway last month, but Toyota as a whole wasn’t the top-selling brand?
@Peyton
No, Toyota was the top-selling brand because of the bZ4X.
Charlie said:
@Peyton
No, Toyota was the top-selling brand because of the bZ4X.
You sure about that? VW’s ID models outsold Toyota as a brand.
Charlie said:
@Peyton
No, Toyota was the top-selling brand because of the bZ4X.
You sure about that? VW’s ID models outsold Toyota as a brand.
You just don’t get it, do you?
@Charlie
Not sure what you’re arguing about. Seems like a misunderstanding.
Charlie said:
@Peyton
No, Toyota was the top-selling brand because of the bZ4X.
Saying ‘Toyota was the top seller in Norway’ makes it sound like they sold the most cars overall, which isn’t true. You probably meant that the bZ4X was the top-selling EV model that month.
@Michael
In normal English, yes, that’s what I meant.