Toyota’s chief executive said last week it would be a challenge to boost sales of electric cars to levels predicted by some US states – including the state of California, which plans to ban vehicle sales. run on electricity by the middle of the next decade.
From Volvo and Bentley to Cadillac and Buick, a number of luxury and niche brands have announced the end of gas-powered vehicle development by 2030. Even some mass-market brands such as Chevrolet plans to reduce sales of gas-powered cars in 2035.
That said, automakers, regulators and US State divided about California having it all ban the sale of non-plug-in vehicles by 2035 is fact. Toyota CEO Akio Toyoda is one of the few executives at a major automaker to speak out against the goal of 50% U.S. zero-emission vehicles by 2030 – reportedly calling it “very difficult”. ” at a meeting with dealers last week.
Toyoda has told its dealers that electric vehicles “will take longer than the media would like us to believe,” and he said the automaker will continue to offer the “widest range of powertrains” maybe”.
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Even as other automakers have planned electric vehicles and gas-free dates, Toyota is keeping its roadmap through May 2021 shows. 85% of cars in the US by 2030 there will still be ducts.
“That’s our strategy and we’re pursuing it,” said Toyoda, who likened Toyota to a department store with all sorts of powertrains.
Through an interpreter, Toyoda said that the regulations “tend to narrow the options available for carbon-neutral solutions,” according to Automotive news.
Toyoda not only sees hydrogen fuel cells but also hydrogen burning as a viable, longer-term option, while in the short term, hybrids would generate the greatest benefit, he argued, noting that with a battery pack fitted to an electric vehicle for 320 km, Toyota can produce eight plug-in hybrid models, effectively. Save up to eight times your carbon footprint.
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In 2019, Toyota was one of the automakers that joined the Trump administration-backed effort to challenge California’s Clean Air Act waivers and its priority in regulating emissions. vehicle. Toyota was one of the last automakers to push back, and only in August signaled it was ending the war and Accreditation of state emission management agency.
As recent reviews suggest, that doesn’t mean Toyota won’t continue to fight any of these goals.
