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Eastern_Yam@alien.topB to Cars@gearhead.townEnglish · 2 years ago

Elon Musk dismissed hybrid vehicles as a ‘phase’ while Toyota doubled down on them. Now they’re a ‘smoking-hot market’ as EV demand chills

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Elon Musk dismissed hybrid vehicles as a ‘phase’ while Toyota doubled down on them. Now they’re a ‘smoking-hot market’ as EV demand chills

fortune.com

Eastern_Yam@alien.topB to Cars@gearhead.townEnglish · 2 years ago
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Toyota's chairman, who's long resisted EV hype despite pressure, is feeling vindicated, with hybrid sales surging this year.
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    Dollars from petrol companies.

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      The “writers” at these sites probably just copy/pasted oil company marketing people’s requests directly into ChatGPT lol.

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        Hanlon’s razor

        “Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity.”

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          Brilliant

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          You mean like how every explosion on a Russian military base is caused by careless smoking 🚬?

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      Dollars from r/cars users

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        Did they mention people who drive manual have bigger dicks?

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          Look I think I’m on your side but I swear I hear way more complaining about stick shift supremacists than actual stick shift supremacist nonsense. Quite possibly the dumbest lasting schism in the automotive community.

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          Actually my stick shift adds to the length of my johnson…and increases sales by 48%.

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      I feel this is less EV attacks and more Elon Musk attacks, honestly.

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        equally cringe imo

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      And from Toyota. Instead of actually investing money into making BEVs, they are investing all their resources in churning out headlines about their breakthrough battery tech (coming soon!) and other fud.

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        Who funded those flamboyant videos? Who is behind them? It isn’t Toyota’s style. Could it be Tesla itself, false flagging Big Daddy Toyota?

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