Eastern_Yam@alien.topB to Cars@gearhead.townEnglish · 10 months agoElon Musk dismissed hybrid vehicles as a ‘phase’ while Toyota doubled down on them. Now they’re a ‘smoking-hot market’ as EV demand chillsfortune.comexternal-linkmessage-square148fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkElon Musk dismissed hybrid vehicles as a ‘phase’ while Toyota doubled down on them. Now they’re a ‘smoking-hot market’ as EV demand chillsfortune.comEastern_Yam@alien.topB to Cars@gearhead.townEnglish · 10 months agomessage-square148fedilink
minus-squareFew-Sock5337@alien.topBlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 months agoToyota’s logic is that as of the next few years, there is not enough lithium to go full electric, and that for a given quantity of lithium save more on greenhouse gases by building 1000 hybrid than a hundred full electrical + 900 ICE cars.
Toyota’s logic is that as of the next few years, there is not enough lithium to go full electric, and that for a given quantity of lithium save more on greenhouse gases by building 1000 hybrid than a hundred full electrical + 900 ICE cars.