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Electric VehiclesIts old tech with a finite fuel source thats only getting continued because of other stupid old fucks.
Like an astronomer defending heliocentrism.
Then stop defending combustion engines. Read the room.
Yes, you’re alone in defending a technology that after a century of intensifying development has 40% efficiency (whereas the tech you’re moaning about has 20 years of intense development and has already hit over 80%), consumes a limited, nonrenewable resource, and has significant responsibility for potentially human-extinction-causing climate change.
You feckless idiot!
I think you might have missed the exhaust killing hundreds of millions of people. No biggie I suppose.
Absolutely mind-melting to hear reps from a company that salvaged the concept of GE's EV-1 and turned it into the wildly popular Prius turn around and bemoan battery powered cars.
What causes executives in the automotive industry to commit these acts of self-harm so consistently?
business degrees
This is the guy who wore a MAGA hat to the Indy 500?
No.
Toyota isn't part of Indycar.
That was a promotional event with NASCAR at Fuji Speedway, last year.
The Chairman will be responsible for the collapse of Toyota.
For the sixth consecutive year, Toyota is the world’s best-selling automaker.
Seems to be doing alright.
For now. Wait till Chinese EV keep taking over.
That is such a telling response.
If Akio had access to the internet, he'd be up to speed in the car industry:
"ICE car sales continue to plummet in China, the top 16 cars are now electric".
https://electrek.co/2026/06/09/ice-car-sales-continue-to-plummet-in-china-the-top-16-cars-are-now-evs/
Don't anyone try to tell me what I "demand".
Fuck ICE whether it be engine or government agency
May he combust like the engines he works so tirelessly to defend.
Weird, mine is having to live through a modern reenactment of the end Permian extinction event
I love an ICE engine myself. Which is why my I have a shed full of antiques that I run once every few months on a nice day. My daily driver is electric though, I wouldn't risk a car I love on the road. (My daily driver is an ebike but for bad weather and long trips I have an electric car)
ICE still makes the most sense for bike form factors. My motorcycle gets almost 400km range on 17L of petrol. My electric dirtbike gets 60km (and full sized electric motorcycles get around 150km).
Batteries in cars truly makes the most sense right now. All my cars have large battery packs (despite them not being full ev). I can't justify a full ICE car when hybrids are cheaper to run and more efficient. If I could afford an EV, I'd swap my plugin hybrid immediately.
"400 km" - Most bikers do not sit on a bike 4 hours straight. I'll never ride a noisy ICE bike, but I do find silent, instant torque electric bikes interesting.
I would reread the comment you're replying to. No one is claiming to sit on a bike for 4 hours straight.
Many motorcyclists use their bikes for road trips and joyrides. It's very common to ride for 1.5-2.5 hours non stop between breaks to stretch ones legs.
Road trips are out of the question on an electric motorcycle even if you have a bike that supports fast charging and you live in an area with many fast chargers. With an electric car, you can chill inside a climate controlled cabin while it takes 20ish minutes to charge. There is no such luxury on a bike. Sustained highway speeds drain the battery as there is no gearing. You would need to stop for a 20-30 minute recharge every hour, which is not feasible.
Also if you're travelling over 60km/h, wind noise drowns out engine noise. And engine noise on modern motorcycles is very quiet. You might be imagining Harley Davidson bikes with the exhaust baffles drilled out and then applying that to all motorcycles. Exceptionally lazy heuristic.
Reading his complaint I was thinking, combustion engines will still be around, after all I see people driving steam powered antique autos almost every summer. But that doesn't mean we should stay dependent on old, damaging tech for basic tasks
Yeah but Toyota’s market is daily drivers. Camry, RAV4, boring everyday cars. These are cars that can already go electric for most people.
Is this nominative determinism or is he part of a dynasty that founded the company?
Grandson of the guy who turned it into a car company, and great grandson of the guy who founded the company.
But also worth pointing out that a lot of Japanese companies maintain the family lineage of CEOs through adult adoption, where the person identified as the heir apparent literally changes their last name and gets adopted into the founding family. I think Suzuki has done it 3 or 4 times, where the President of the company is named Suzuki but is not a blood relative, and is the adopted son of the previous President.
It's the latter. Toyota as a car brand was founded in 1937 by Toyoda Kiichirō and Toyoda Eiji.
Oh look the moderators are sucking Toyota's cock.
