Carlos' fault, yet dares compare himself to Elon.Sad that Infiniti had a EV strategy in the early 2010s they backed out on. They would have been way ahead by now .
Carlos' fault, yet dares compare himself to Elon.Sad that Infiniti had a EV strategy in the early 2010s they backed out on. They would have been way ahead by now .
Could the enhance RX be a heavy refresh like with the 2021 IS?
No, it’s going to be quite the product…not a refresh at all
I remember back when Toyota had a bit of partnership with GM, things were the other way around, GM was the one that wants to slap their badges on Toyota's cars because GM sucked so badly at making good compact cars lol.Bro their plan is let GM build the vehicles and slap
Honda and Acura badges on it lol.
Sad that Infiniti had a EV strategy in the early 2010s they backed out on. They would have been way ahead by now .
Now I think about it, will Toyota keep investing in Dynamic Force 2 that was planned to come before 2025? They saw Mazda struggle with Skyactiv-X and Nissan's VC-T was a pile of trash. Would the continuation of 2ZR on next-gen Prius be a sign that they are cutting back on ICE development? Dynamic Force 2 involves electric supercharging which is an expensive and high risk item. Sure they have been testing those on the Mirai FCV for several years now, but it will still be extra cost.I find it funny that Nissan somehow thought it was a great idea to dump the time, money and resources to develop their VC-T technology, which has been shown to be unable to offer any of the claimed benefits(improved performance and fuel economy), yet it still introduced extra cost and complexity, not to mention their variable compression mechanism can only work with inline engines.
I've always been wondering why the 2ZR hybrid still keeps soldiering on and not get replaced, the M15A hybrid is only slightly less powerful than the current 2ZR hybrid, with better motors and batteries it could easily match the 2ZR hybrid's performance while getting better fuel economy.Now I think about it, will Toyota keep investing in Dynamic Force 2 that was planned to come before 2025? They saw Mazda struggle with Skyactiv-X and Nissan's VC-T was a pile of trash. Would the continuation of 2ZR on next-gen Prius be a sign that they are cutting back on ICE development? Dynamic Force 2 involves electric supercharging which is an expensive and high risk item. Sure they have been testing those on the Mirai FCV for several years now, but it will still be extra cost.
Dynamic Force 1 is perfectly balanced when it comes to specific output, efficiency and cost of production. Even here they have to cut costs by omitting some technology on for example the T24.
2ZR-FXE shares production line with 2ZR-FE and 2ZR-FAE. These engines are still used in many Corolla-derived products around the world. Economy of scale + all fixed costs already paid off.I've always been wondering why the 2ZR hybrid still keeps soldiering on and not get replaced, the M15A hybrid is only slightly less powerful than the current 2ZR hybrid, with better motors and batteries it could easily match the 2ZR hybrid's performance while getting better fuel economy.
I agree that DF 1 right now is already at the sweet spot, we are probably at the point that trying to significantly improve a petrol/gasoline ICE's thermal efficiency will probably introduce a lot more complexity but not actually bring much improvements in efficiency and performance, I do hope that Toyota can prove me wrong though.
Nissan's VC-T is a really hot garbage technology, like did they only found out that it doesn't actually bring any meaningful improvements in performance and efficiency until they are already so late into the development phase that if they don't bring it into production they will bleed even more money than they already do? But then again Nissan has long history of building engines that are more impressive on the surface than they are when being tested properly in the real world.
Well, they want to extend their definition of 'renewable energy' to natural gas because their people are freezing...This is just amusing.Germany admits carbon neutrality targets not possible without hybrids, reverses EV goals | WapCar
Germany's original target aims for 15 million EVs on the road by 2030 Progress as of December-2021, only 670,000 EVs are on the road Original goal is unrealistic considering the battery supply shortagwww.wapcar.my
This is just amusing.Germany admits carbon neutrality targets not possible without hybrids, reverses EV goals | WapCar
Germany's original target aims for 15 million EVs on the road by 2030 Progress as of December-2021, only 670,000 EVs are on the road Original goal is unrealistic considering the battery supply shortagwww.wapcar.my
Good on Toyota for keeping a more big picture approach to trying anything that can work within reason and building up from there. Hope those legitimately seeking to fix this climate crisis learn a thing or two from this error.I am not surprised in the least that BEV is not the only answer in the future. And I've owned two Model S's!!
So yeah Toyota was right. Let's see a company with an extremely long view business plan versus politicians and EV evangelists with very short termed thinking. Huh....