Germans have turned idiotic under Mutti Angela Merkel, Vladimir Putin's best friend. She should be in prison for the rest of her damn life for the tremendous damage she has brought to this country and all of Europe.

So what's happening in Norway is just an illusion then????

@@magikindian Norway is unique. Wealthy country, small population, huge revenue for oil reserves, significant govt incentives. China - is the other exception - their objective has wider implications of taking over world car manufacturing. Why are hybrids increasing in popularity worldwide?? Practical in the real world... pioneered by Toyota... wisdom v wishful thinking.

So adding a new clean energy power station to replace a whole city of combustion vehicles is a bad idea?

It seems the citizens of Norway are very happy with their switch to electric cars. Nobody there wants a return to ICE.

This isn’t a bot channel please

@@Car-Talks Then PLEASE use a human voice rather than an AI one!.

A recent report by Boston Consulting said that most manufacturers lose $6,000 on every EV that they sell. When Toyota produces an EV, it intends to make a profit on each car. Toyota has been producing hybrids for over 25 years with early slow adoption by consumers. Hybrids were a major risk, but Toyota did not bet the company on hybrids like every EV only manufacturer is now doing. If tax credits end, even Tesla is vulnerable in the U.S. Gradualization in EVs isn't a strategy when there is no end game to profitability. Even BYD produces hybrids. Tesla has created a public image of what an EV should be. Toyota could reverse engineer the Tesla, but Toyota's ongoing profitability gives it time. It's not likely with so much global EV investment that Toyota by itself would invent a technically superior EV. Toyota has to target a globally profitable product.

No, it won’t be difficult for them. They could honestly make the switch at any time. The only difficult part is them deciding when to drop their dominance in the sedan market with their ice/hybrid and figuring out how much money they might leave on the table when or if they do abandon the ice/hybrid market. Actually producing EVs is not difficult for them.

😂😂😂😂 Tesla model Y was the Best selling carmodel on planet Earth in year 2023. Toyota = Kodak Toyota bankrupt before 2029. Toyota like to support BIG OIL 🛢️🔥⛽😷👎👎👎👎

Toyota is here to stay.The ev hype is falling down fast historically it backed off once before and going to repeat that failure. Too many issues with that scam.

@@mikafiltenborg7572 The top 10 list then goes No 2 Toyota Corolla, No 3 Toyota Rav4, No 7 Toyota Camry, No 9 Toyota HiLux with all cars from No 2 to No 10 being ICE vehicles. Toyota has not had to go on a crazy, market defensive, discount rampage as Tesla has. I hardly think Toyota are shaking in their boots. If you present the facts in their entirety Toyota is still kicking the auto-worlds backside and is still the No 1 seller in the world with Tesla getting into No 14 with massive and unsustainable discounting. Tesla = Myspace Tesla minor player by 2029 Tesla unlikely to support Hydrogen Cell, the future that will actually work once properly developed.

Scam? That’s very generic and not descriptive. And technically a Scam is an illegal activity.

@@tonybloomfield5635 please put us on notice when Hydrogen as a furl or Foolcells become mainstream, , I'll give U a clue : we will get to Mars first before that happens😂

Didn't Tesla just lay off 10 percent of their staff?

It's not denial. Rather, Toyota along with the entire Japanese industry don't believe that EVs will solve any of our problems because we import and burn natural gas to produce electricity. Whatever we save in gasoline, we ended up importing and burning more natural gas, which will severely impact the electric grid. EVs may make sense in a country like Iceland where everything is geothermal and electricity is abundant and cheap. It will not make sense for countries that need to burn fossil fuel to produce electricity or have weak energy infrastructure.

Exactly

Toyota's lithium-ion batteries are developed, manufactured, and sold by its subsidiary PPES (Prime Planet Energy & Solutions, Inc., a joint venture between Toyota Motor Corporation and Panasonic Corporation). The most important thing is safety. ---- ``absolutely not causing a fire,'' The performance of automobile batteries can sometimes affect people's lives. Although the lithium-ion batteries produced by PPES are compact and can store large amounts of energy, they require extremely advanced technology to handle. For example, the slightest factor, such as the introduction of minute impurities, can cause a fire or malfunction. PPES is equipped with technology and quality control cultivated through many years of experience and achievements, including the Toyota and Panasonic eras, as well as the strength of the people who support them. Employees at PPES are conscious of ``absolutely not causing a fire,'' and work within a thorough quality control system that includes strict control of foreign substances at the micron level and material development at the atomic and molecular level. I'm from Japan.

@@user-uk3mp7mf7u I personally saw a Toyota Corolla caught fire and burnt completely in Texas

None one is coming back. Any proof of your allegation?

@@wavargasmolina It's on news sites in Norway.

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Toyota is rolling out bZ3X (smaller SUV) in Europe the bZ5X (larger SUV) in the United States (produced there, along with batteries so it qualifies for tax-credits) and Hilux (EV pickup) in other markets. Claims of not investing in EVs is utter nonsense.

@@john1701a That's because Toyota values their customers more than compliance with Government forced EV agendas.

You're living in the past. EV's are the future and Tesla reigns. Toyota is spiraling down fast and with a bit of luck they won't exist for much longer.

​@@frankleal1557Toyota bankrupt before 2029 😊

Most of the benefits of owning an electric vehicle will be gone once the majority use them. The cost to charge them will skyrocket. This is because the government will no longer be getting taxed from gasoline sales. There will be massive regulations. They could even place an electric vehicle tax on your home electricity. It benefits you financially to keep these vehicles as niche as physically possible for the time being.

You're a freak. Toyota builds the most reliable cars on any road.

But it is the companies who are making EVs who are losing money on them and going bust!